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UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Carpet Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Paul Evans on December 12, 2010, 09:00:17 am

Title: How far do you travel
Post by: Paul Evans on December 12, 2010, 09:00:17 am: Just a thought,
I am thinking of leafleting in February. How far do you travel from base for a average job.
I was thinking of a 7 mile circumference from home. I am in quite a highly populated area.

Paul
Title: Re: How far do you travel
Post by: Mike Halliday on December 12, 2010, 09:40:21 am: Paul what is your postcode?

My target area is Hu17 if you look at google maps you will see 40k homes within 5 miles all in the middle to high price bracket. If you are the same type of area then why travel any further.
Title: Re: How far do you travel
Post by: Steve Barnett (Carpet Care Plus) on December 12, 2010, 11:34:08 am: Anywhere as long as it is financially viable.
Title: Re: How far do you travel
Post by: Simon Moat on December 12, 2010, 01:03:02 pm: I advertise in a forty mile radius of my base, but if the monies right i'll go anywhere.
Title: Re: How far do you travel
Post by: Mike Halliday on December 12, 2010, 01:17:57 pm: we all would travel if the monies right.... but he's asking how far do you travel on an average job

I bet if you looked into it deeply you could come up with a formula to work out how far you need to travel....

10% of the population have their carpets cleaned

500,000 homes within 20miles

so 50.000 potential customers

40 carpet cleaner within that 20 miles so they all have 12500 customers each!!!!

looks good to me :D :D
Title: Re: How far do you travel
Post by: jasonl on December 12, 2010, 01:23:25 pm: 40 into 50,000 is 1250 , still about 25 jobs per week each, plus commercial premises.
Title: Re: How far do you travel
Post by: Mike Halliday on December 12, 2010, 01:26:43 pm: yep your right, so from that formulas it looks spot on....... but imagine if there is only 20 carpet cleaners in that area or worse 60

i have about 30 carpet cleaners in my 100k area
Title: Re: How far do you travel
Post by: derikraven on December 12, 2010, 02:48:20 pm: I cover the highlands of Scotland so I can travel anywhere up to 150 miles. A trip of fifty miles is quite common for me.
Title: Re: How far do you travel
Post by: clinton on December 12, 2010, 03:52:05 pm: I travel about ten miles here in cheshire..

We have a lot of c cleaners in the cheshire area and plenty of newbies so guess they will travel to get the work..
Title: Re: How far do you travel
Post by: Dave Regent on December 12, 2010, 03:58:15 pm: Quote from: clinton neylan on December 12, 2010, 03:52:05 pm
I travel about ten miles here in cheshire..

We have a lot of c cleaners in the cheshire area and plenty of newbies so guess they will travel to get the work..

What makes you think they're newbies? Do you know everyone of them personally?
Title: Re: How far do you travel
Post by: md_cleaning on December 12, 2010, 06:17:29 pm: Most of my jobs are in the town i live harrogate, but I advertise that I'll travel 25 miles, but as others say will go anywhere if it pays, I went to central London to do a £300 job for a clients daughter with a stay in a hotel thrown in ;D
Dave
I think everyone knows when a newbie comes into their area, I don't know all my rivals personally but I know company names, not really hard to spot when a new one arrives on the scene.
Title: Re: How far do you travel
Post by: JandS on December 12, 2010, 06:30:22 pm: My average drive to my first job from home is probably around
4 miles. 3 or 4 jobs a day and I still only do around 14 miles
round trip.
Tuesday got 4 jobs, 4 mile drive then maybe 2 miles to cover
all 4 then 4 back home.

John
Title: Re: How far do you travel
Post by: jsm on December 12, 2010, 09:18:01 pm: about a hour drive from base most days ( 45 miles or so )
Title: Re: How far do you travel
Post by: Shaun_Ashmore on December 12, 2010, 09:46:49 pm: Mostly I would guess 7 or 8 mile, I have 1 to do 25 miles away but that's £620.

Shaun