It wasnt something id really thought about till recently.
maybe the whole mp expenses claims got me thinking along with the 2k towards a car thing.
i have just roughly toted up the cost for me to get to work.
now just for my petrol is about £1700 a year. add to that road tax, oil, tyres, services, mots, car finance if i took on a new car.
i do need a car to get to work living in cornwall and living 30 miles from work. that trip takes me a hour a day x that over the year is 260 hours even at mim wage thats almost £1500 unpaid work related travel.
i thought that was amounting to quite alot, then i spoke to some friends who live up north and was shocked at home much a train pass costs to get to work.
how much does it cost you and do you think i could claim this on my taxable deductions????
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the cost of getting to work
Sex God
I used to be able to walk to my local office, so cost of shoes, not much per year.
Now it starts mounting up, fuel, time, etc.
Now it starts mounting up, fuel, time, etc.
Sex God
My office is 0.9 mile from home there and 1.2 miles back owing to a one way type system.
But during the course of a year I do about 30,000 business miles.
But during the course of a year I do about 30,000 business miles.
Sex God
My monthly commute works out at 2600miles, 60 hours per month, £350+ fuel bill. Because of what i do i can't choose where i work too much as there are limited opportunities to do it.
The travelling time doesn't really bother me too much but the fuel cost really pisses me off, even more because i'm taxed heavily on the cos of it and then taxed on the tax thanks to the VAT
I'm currently looking at getting an LPG car to cut down on this cost and eventually i plan on making my own diesel which should work out at 10-15 per litre instead of the current Alister 'Turpin' Darling shafts me for each time- i won't even mention the 1/3 of my wages that goes to them either.
The travelling time doesn't really bother me too much but the fuel cost really pisses me off, even more because i'm taxed heavily on the cos of it and then taxed on the tax thanks to the VAT
I'm currently looking at getting an LPG car to cut down on this cost and eventually i plan on making my own diesel which should work out at 10-15 per litre instead of the current Alister 'Turpin' Darling shafts me for each time- i won't even mention the 1/3 of my wages that goes to them either.
Master of Sex
Oh bloody hell ... I'm keeping my head down on this thread lol
Sex God
Free if I walk... per day if I get the bus. :mrgreen:
Sex God
Costs me around £20 a week in fuel to travel to work and back....
Its about 7/8 miles each way....
Suppose I could leave even earlier and use some form of public transport to get to work but would struggle getting home as I dont finish till midnight and there aren't any night buses...
Its about 7/8 miles each way....
Suppose I could leave even earlier and use some form of public transport to get to work but would struggle getting home as I dont finish till midnight and there aren't any night buses...
Sex God
I tend to think of it the other way round.
For me, it's the cost of living where I choose.
I could live closer, but if you could see the area my work is loacted in, you'd understand why I want to love further away.
There simply isn't room for us all to live within walking distance of our work. So most of us have to live somewhere 'elese'.
I moved to where I am to a) offer my son access to one of the more effective schools in the area and b) to get a house that will provide the majority of my old-age income. I stay because a) I'm not old enough to cash it in yet and b) I like it.
Yes it costs, but it's cheaper to drive to work than go by public transport and 2 buses and 10 minutes each end trudging through all weathers isn't an option.
I don't enjoy work so much that I want to increase the anticipation by getting there slowly.
For me, it's the cost of living where I choose.
I could live closer, but if you could see the area my work is loacted in, you'd understand why I want to love further away.
There simply isn't room for us all to live within walking distance of our work. So most of us have to live somewhere 'elese'.
I moved to where I am to a) offer my son access to one of the more effective schools in the area and b) to get a house that will provide the majority of my old-age income. I stay because a) I'm not old enough to cash it in yet and b) I like it.
Yes it costs, but it's cheaper to drive to work than go by public transport and 2 buses and 10 minutes each end trudging through all weathers isn't an option.
I don't enjoy work so much that I want to increase the anticipation by getting there slowly.
At the moment I have a 50 mile drive to work; 100 miles a day. Most days is takes 1 hour but as I live in Devon and have to travel the dreaded A38 between Exeter and Plymouth it can take much much more. Thanks to volume of traffic (summer, weekends, bank hols!!) and the huge amount of caravans that overturn every week.(Am sure caravans are breeding!!)
It costs me about £50-£80 a week as also have to travel throughout SW.
However my office is moving to nearer to Exeter so I will now have a 20 minute commute of about 10 miles and I can't wait!!
My decision to make the long commute rather than relocate was easy. I need a strong network to be able to do my job as it involves being on call so I rely on family near home for child care at these times.
I do consider the cost of fuel but I need to do it so don't fret about it anymore.
Wench
It costs me about £50-£80 a week as also have to travel throughout SW.
However my office is moving to nearer to Exeter so I will now have a 20 minute commute of about 10 miles and I can't wait!!
My decision to make the long commute rather than relocate was easy. I need a strong network to be able to do my job as it involves being on call so I rely on family near home for child care at these times.
I do consider the cost of fuel but I need to do it so don't fret about it anymore.
Wench
I can travel anything up to 250 miles a week depending on where I'm placed. As I use my own car I do get the 40p a mile essential users allowance which I have to claim back a month in arrears.
40p a mile sounds generous and when I started this job almost 5 years ago I was quids in when I was reimbursed but nowadays by the time you take into account petrol at almost £1 a litre again, wear and tear on the car and having to insure it for business use it's not so good
40p a mile sounds generous and when I started this job almost 5 years ago I was quids in when I was reimbursed but nowadays by the time you take into account petrol at almost £1 a litre again, wear and tear on the car and having to insure it for business use it's not so good
Orgasminator
I work 4 miles away from where we live. I don't drive so I get the bus. My monthly bus pass costs me £75 per month so I pay £900 a year to get on busses which are never on time and take ages to get anywhere 
*Her*
*Her*
would any one consider car sharing for their jorney to and from work?
i practiacally couldnt as i never work the same hours or sometimes dont even go to the same place.
a selfish part of me tries to make the most out of the journey i have to do by blasting my music and forgetting about the day to come or the day just done.
i cant be arsed to be sociable if i had a passenger.
xx fem xx
i practiacally couldnt as i never work the same hours or sometimes dont even go to the same place.
a selfish part of me tries to make the most out of the journey i have to do by blasting my music and forgetting about the day to come or the day just done.
i cant be arsed to be sociable if i had a passenger.
xx fem xx
Sex God
Quote by markz
Free if I walk... per day if I get the bus. :mrgreen:
blimey you can't have much left each week out of your wages.....
You're soooooooooooooooooo funny! :roll:
Sex God
Car-share is darned near impossible unless people work exactly the same times in exactly the same building, and of course live very close to each other.
My company operates staggered hours in the offices, shifts in the manufacturing areas and is spread through about 20 buildings covering about half a square mile.
I did car-share once - it was more trouble than it was worth. It was better for me to cycle to work than share. And I HATE doing exercise to get to work.
My company operates staggered hours in the offices, shifts in the manufacturing areas and is spread through about 20 buildings covering about half a square mile.
I did car-share once - it was more trouble than it was worth. It was better for me to cycle to work than share. And I HATE doing exercise to get to work.
Orgasminator
this all depends on how organised i am.
my weekly Travel Costs should cost a week, which is about 65 or so quid a month. this would be the case if i got my arse out of bed at the right time, and caught the bus
sadly........ my bed and me are very connected in the moring and the seperation process is a long and difficult one.. which normally results in my getting up late. so not to be late for work, my morning journey results in getting a taxi which works out at (then the bus fare back).
so guessing my yearly commute is about
i may have to invest in a bike
my weekly Travel Costs should cost a week, which is about 65 or so quid a month. this would be the case if i got my arse out of bed at the right time, and caught the bus
sadly........ my bed and me are very connected in the moring and the seperation process is a long and difficult one.. which normally results in my getting up late. so not to be late for work, my morning journey results in getting a taxi which works out at (then the bus fare back).
so guessing my yearly commute is about
i may have to invest in a bike
Sex God
Quote by Optix
this all depends on how organised i am.
my weekly Travel Costs should cost a week, which is about 65 or so quid a month. this would be the case if i got my arse out of bed at the right time, and caught the bus
sadly........ my bed and me are very connected in the moring and the seperation process is a long and difficult one.. which normally results in my getting up late. so not to be late for work, my morning journey results in getting a taxi which works out at (then the bus fare back).
so guessing my yearly commute is about
i may have to invest in a bike
You could invest in a couple of alarm clocks and set them to go off 10 minutes apart and place them somewhere that you have to get out of bed to turn them off (trust me, it's a tried and tested method)
Sex God
Quote by Optix
this all depends on how organised i am.
my weekly Travel Costs should cost a week, which is about 65 or so quid a month. this would be the case if i got my arse out of bed at the right time, and caught the bus
sadly........ my bed and me are very connected in the moring and the seperation process is a long and difficult one.. which normally results in my getting up late. so not to be late for work, my morning journey results in getting a taxi which works out at (then the bus fare back).
so guessing my yearly commute is about
i may have to invest in a bike
OMG!!! :giggle:
You seriously need to do the alarm thing!!
Orgasminator
Quote by meat2pleaseu
this all depends on how organised i am.
my weekly Travel Costs should cost a week, which is about 65 or so quid a month. this would be the case if i got my arse out of bed at the right time, and caught the bus
sadly........ my bed and me are very connected in the moring and the seperation process is a long and difficult one.. which normally results in my getting up late. so not to be late for work, my morning journey results in getting a taxi which works out at (then the bus fare back).
so guessing my yearly commute is about
i may have to invest in a bike
You could invest in a couple of alarm clocks and set them to go off 10 minutes apart and place them somewhere that you have to get out of bed to turn them off (trust me, it's a tried and tested method)
I've tried leaving my phone in the corner of the room, but i just end up ignoring it until it shuts up.
with me relocation next week, i'll have to find another solution.. as guessing the taxi fare will double from my new location. so if anyone fancies becoming my morning alarm. please let me know lol
Sex God
Quote by Optix
I've tried leaving my phone in the corner of the room, but i just end up ignoring it until it shuts up.
with me relocation next week, i'll have to find another solution.. as guessing the taxi fare will double from my new location. so if anyone fancies becoming my morning alarm. please let me know lol
Depends on where you're relocating to! :rascal:
Orgasminator
My colleague drives past my house every morning and evening for 3 1/2 years and has never offered me a lift so I think car sharing is off the cards there 
*Him* drives 60 miles a day to and from work but I have no idea how much that costs him. He sometimes lift shares when someone moves near us but his lot don't seem to want to drive 5 minutes out of their way to join a lift share so he usually drives alone.
*Her*
*Him* drives 60 miles a day to and from work but I have no idea how much that costs him. He sometimes lift shares when someone moves near us but his lot don't seem to want to drive 5 minutes out of their way to join a lift share so he usually drives alone.
*Her*
Sex God
A weekly travelcard would cost me about £36, but I work from home twice a week, price of a daily card would be £10 but if I end up going into town on the weekend, an off-peak card costs another £6 making it debatable as to whether I should just get a weekly card anyway ...
Quote by DarkJedi
A weekly travelcard would cost me about £36, but I work from home twice a week, price of a daily card would be £10 but if I end up going into town on the weekend, an off-peak card costs another £6 making it debatable as to whether I should just get a weekly card anyway ...
omg your brain works like mine. lol
do you find you talk yourselfin or out of things by going in cricles?
eg: it looks like its going to be sunny, lets go beach, nah everyone will think same thing so it will be packed,but then if everyone thinks everyone is thinking that, then they wont go so it wont be packed, but what if everyone is thinking everyone will think it again so will go so it will be packed.
by the time ive made a desision its 7pm and no fooker wants to go beach :roll:
xx fem xx
Yep I'm one of the lucky ones who works from home 
Quote by meat2pleaseu
this all depends on how organised i am.
my weekly Travel Costs should cost a week, which is about 65 or so quid a month. this would be the case if i got my arse out of bed at the right time, and caught the bus
sadly........ my bed and me are very connected in the moring and the seperation process is a long and difficult one.. which normally results in my getting up late. so not to be late for work, my morning journey results in getting a taxi which works out at (then the bus fare back).
so guessing my yearly commute is about
i may have to invest in a bike
You could invest in a couple of alarm clocks and set them to go off 10 minutes apart and place them somewhere that you have to get out of bed to turn them off (trust me, it's a tried and tested method)
tried, tested and still very much practiced here.
A gentle beeping from a close at hand mobile-'phone alarm... five minutes before the main alarm.
the mobile rouses me from sleep without too much of a shock... so the day doesn't start in paniced horror... then I'm more prepared for the shrill and insistant alarm (the sort of thing saved to herald imminent nuclear distruction) that I have to climb from bed and across the room to stop.
Then I have plenty of time to waste on cups of coffee and cigarettes.
lp
