RE: A question for the hourlies out there...

If you have to travel at the client's request / requirement, then you should be able to bill for your travel time, beginning with the time you arrive at the airport and ending with the arrival time. Any weekend work for the client should be billed for the time onsite. (You may want to consider billing the travel time at a reduced rate.)

I would think that you would want to negotiate this with the client before you travel and put it in writing, so that there are no surprises at invoice time. Remember, the client is hiring your expertise and your time is valuable.

My $.02

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Bellow, Bambi
Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2003 5:09 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L

Friends --

I find it weird that I've been consulting some 25 years and have never run into this situation, and really could use your two cents. Here's the deal. I am supposed to travel for a client. They have me on a plane Sunday, expect me to work M-F onsite *and possibly the weekend*, returning Monday. Now, if I get to the airport at 9AM for a flight at 11AM and arrives at 3PM for a client meeting at 4-6PM, how does that bill? M-F, I bill for hours onsite. If I work Sat/Sun, I bill for hours onsite... but what if I don't? My time isn't my own... I'm at the client's service... I'm not with my family... that's not time off... how does that bill? Monday, I get to the airport at 6AM for a flight at 8AM arriving back at 3PM... does that bill a full day, or just time in the air?

TIA!
Bambi.

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