Your daily commute

serious_saver

I'm just curious really.

-How long does it take you to commute to work?
-How much does it cost you?
-How far would you travel for work?

I've recently started a job and it takes me two hours door-to-door each way (that's 4 hours a day!). It also costs £33.50 per day in travel.

I'm finding it quite hard but it's only a 12 month contract which will end in April 2015. Counting down the weeks until then is the one thing keeping me going.

Bill.i.am

About A 90 - Second bus ride (Only two Stops) and then a three or four minute walk.

£10.50 Per Week.

How far I would travel would depend on the salary. If it was minimum wage then no more than about £20.00 of travelling per weeks.

trailingspouse

OH travels 90 minutes each way, but only 3 days per week.

I walk up 2 flights of stairs to my office in the attic - takes 3 minutes, if you include the time it takes to make the coffee...

fufu_banterwaite

Bill.i.am wrote: »

About A 90 - Second bus ride (Only two Stops) and then a three or four minute walk.

£10.50 Per Week.

How far I would travel would depend on the salary. If it was minimum wage then no more than about £20.00 of travelling per weeks.

Out of interest why don't you walk the bus bit?!

Mine is a 10 minute ride to the train station, a 10 minute train journey and then a 5 minute walk.

hieveryone

Takes me between 1-1.5 hours, driving, each way.
I am about £320-£350 a month in diesel.
This would be my limit, I am approx 56 miles.

bossymoo

I'm about 6miles away, no direct buses, trains not close enough to office.

So I drive, takes 20min on my early start and 30-35 if rush hour. I have to work around the school run so time is a factor.

It's a fine balance between working extra hours (more pay) and using childcare (more cost) if I use public transport.

Luckily I only go in max 2 x per week so parking cost is low.

On my off site days, I work in my home office, so just have to walk the littlies to school / nursery then come home again.

A long commute wouldn't work for me as I'm a lone parent.

mumonashoestring

I used to do 90 minutes each way from Bedford to London (1 mile walk to the station, 45 minute train journey then a mile and a half to the office) and my season ticket was about £3700 for the year, but we didn't have any kids then and if I'd taken a comparable job in Bedford (not that there were any) I'd have taken a £10k pay cut.

Now I cycle 3.5 miles each way (unless I'm feeling feeble and get off and walk up the hills ) or occasionally get the bus (a week pass is £15). Cycling takes 25 minutes, the bus is more like 45!

martin2345uk

30 minute drive from South Manchester to Alderley Edge. No real way to do it on public transport and it's a good hour on a bike, and it's wet up here

My car is quite economical, I fill up £30 of diesel every couple of weeks or so.

Not sure I could hack a 2 hour commute each way but as you say the end is in sight!

scooby088

About 5 mins by car maximum i would travel is 20 mins each way plus it costs me about £10 a week

Mulder00

60 minutes door to door. It works out roughly £40 a month (I get a season ticket loan and 75% reimbursement of my season ticket and some other travel included). I could get it down to about 45-50 minutes, but it would involve two changes as opposed to just one (travelling from the suburbs into London) and standing the majority of the way as opposed to sitting comfortably.

KiKi

serious_saver wrote: »

I'm just curious really.

-How long does it take you to commute to work?
-How much does it cost you?
-How far would you travel for work?

I've recently started a job and it takes me two hours door-to-door each way (that's 4 hours a day!). It also costs £33.50 per day in travel.

I'm finding it quite hard but it's only a 12 month contract which will end in April 2015. Counting down the weeks until then is the one thing keeping me going.

1.75 hours in the morning, 1.5 hours in the evening
£3700 for an annual travel card. However, I play a bit of a game with the train tickets by working from home, so I buy weekly tickets, costing around £250 a month.
Depends how good the job was, and flexible working options. Would happily commute five hours a day if it was only two days a week and a very well paid job.