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 beetleboy88
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| posted on November 19th, 2009 at 02:36 PM |
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Hire costs??
Hey guys just wondering what you think is a reasonable price to hire a beetle for a couple of hours for a wedding?? Just received a email asking me if
they could hire my car. Any ideas??? I have told him $50 an hour. too much, too little?? what do you say?
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| posted on November 19th, 2009 at 03:04 PM |
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A good mate of mine paid $100 for the day per car (x2) (55 oval and 58 beetle) Plus he paid for their fuel costs as they had to drive almost an hr
each way
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| posted on November 19th, 2009 at 03:10 PM |
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Does that include you??
Do you get a feed etc etc
Futue te ipsum!!!
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| posted on November 19th, 2009 at 03:48 PM |
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Yeh that includes me. Will only be for a couple of hours. When he asked what the cost was going to be i didnt have a clue so i just said 50 per hour.
By going on VDUBXTC it seems i quoted him way too much lol. Ohh well, he seems happy enough with it from his email response. Im not to sure on whether
or not we get a feed lol
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| posted on November 19th, 2009 at 05:37 PM |
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i think that for a couple hours and your time and fuel 50 bux an hour would be cheap but fair
i was going for 2-3 bugs hire and drivers was going to be 3 k!!!
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| posted on November 19th, 2009 at 05:45 PM |
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Licenced wedding cars are $150 first hour, plus $50 per hour after
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| posted on November 19th, 2009 at 06:24 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by helbus
Licenced wedding cars are $150 first hour, plus $50 per hour after
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If that's the case then they are getting a bargain! 
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| posted on November 19th, 2009 at 08:58 PM |
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I'd say you have offered them a bargain!
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| posted on November 19th, 2009 at 10:22 PM |
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do you get a bridesmaid?
I worked with 2 guys that had white hsv clubsports. One was married in his 40's, the other single in his 20's. Neither of them wanted to guys in his
car in case they were pissed and trashed it. The younger one wanted the girls... so he won the argument. He didnt pick up, the girls were pissed and
trashed his car.
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| posted on November 19th, 2009 at 10:25 PM |
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I am a partner in a limo service, and that is $300 for the first hour and $100 per hour after for a RHV licenced vehicle and driver.
$600 for a 4 hour hire classic car or limo wedding car is average price. Some very special vehicles get up around $900 for a minimum 4 hour hire.
Understanding they are RHV licenced vehicles through the Victorian Taxi Directorate.
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| posted on November 20th, 2009 at 02:12 AM |
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I hired my beetle for a high school formal drop off last night. 45 minute drive plus half an hour for photos. I charged $150. Buy the time you add
fuel and a hourly rate there and back and the time it takes to prep the car its got to be worth your while.
I asked a limo driver there what he charged for his 11 seat rig and he said $1200.
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| posted on November 20th, 2009 at 05:55 AM |
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ive done a couple of weddings and a formal in mine now
i usually charge $100 as well
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| posted on November 20th, 2009 at 08:11 AM |
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Be very careful about what you are considering here.
I don't want to be a wet blanket, but if you hire out your Beetle, whether you drive it or not and there is an "accident" or other mishap, you
could find yourself being sued.
I assume that you do not have millions of dollars worth of public liability insurance, so I say again, be very very careful.
Getting a few hundred dollars for a few hours could cost you everything that you own and everything that you will ever earn for the rest of your
life.
Leave that sort of thing to the fully insured professional limo hire industry. I know they don't have Beetles and Kombis and that there is a demand
for them as hire vehicles, but that's not your problem.
I say, "Don't do it !".
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| posted on November 20th, 2009 at 09:40 AM |
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i charge a flat rate but I'm registered & as Shaihulud said be very careful as no licence & your up for massive fines & total
responsibility if in an accident NO MATTER WHO'S AT FAULT.
All you need is a pissed off hire car owner to point the minister of transport to this site & those of you that have stated that you received
money for the service & have no licence to do so then whats written here can be used in court against you.
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| posted on November 20th, 2009 at 12:23 PM |
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i charge a flat rate but I'm registered & as Shaihulud said be very careful as no licence & your up for massive fines & total
responsibility if in an accident NO MATTER WHO'S AT FAULT.
All you need is a pissed off hire car owner to point the minister of transport to this site & those of you that have stated that you received
money for the service & have no licence to do so then whats written here can be used in court against you.
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Ok, I will plead insanity.
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| posted on November 20th, 2009 at 12:25 PM |
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i do it as a "favour" free of charge for friends
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| posted on November 20th, 2009 at 02:51 PM |
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your car insurance probably wont cover you either because its not private use.
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| posted on November 20th, 2009 at 03:39 PM |
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im just saying to advertise on an open forum like this is asking for trouble & as amazeer has noted insurance companies will not cover you in an
accident as its under the same law as having an accident in an unregistered vehicle naturally.
you can do it for mates but not be paid for it, as soon as your paid then its a business.
The Passenger Transport Act requires that operators of private hire vehicle services must be accredited by New South Wales Transport and
Infrastructure (formerly Ministry of Transport).
A maximum fine of $110,000 may be imposed for operating a private hire vehicle service without appropriate accreditation by New South Wales Transport
and Infrastructure (NSWTI).
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| posted on November 20th, 2009 at 06:20 PM |
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What I should of said is that I drove a friend to her formal and she made a "donation" to the Alien8 Foundation for Veedubacemia.
Jezz, next time someone asks me to hire the Beetle I am going to say no way.
No way am I gettin fined 100 g's.
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| posted on November 20th, 2009 at 06:23 PM |
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Does that mean that if i give someone a lift i cant charge them petrol money?
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| posted on November 20th, 2009 at 06:45 PM |
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bloody hell i didnt know it was so scrutinized! I mean all im doing by the sounds of what the guy has told me is to drive around the corner a short
distance. I think it's more for photo opportunities anyways. I'm going ahead with it. I'm pretty sure im not gonna crash the car!
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| posted on November 21st, 2009 at 08:24 AM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by 71-BEETLE-SEDAN
Does that mean that if i give someone a lift i cant charge them petrol money?
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Many moons ago I had a fella tell me that was the case(using the exact scenario) but he also said that they wouldn't bother chasing it as it would be
too hard to prove, mind you if you upset them I reckon they could make it damned hard for you.
I dream of a day when a chicken can cross a road without being asked for it's motive!
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