Start a Mobile Beauty Care Business

Travel-Zone Price Sheet

Companion to the lesson "Pricing and travel fees"

One rule the market enforces for you: the house call costs more than the salon visit, never less. Base = local salon rate + a 20 to 40 percent convenience premium. If your number lands below the salon you left, redo it.

Zone Map

Sketch or screenshot your three zones here. Zone 1 center: Zone 2 outer edge: Zone 3 cutoff:
Zone 1Roughly a 10–15 minute drive. No travel fee; the convenience premium in the base price covers it.
Zone 2Out to the far edge of the typical 10–25-mile radius. Flat fee, commonly $20–$40. Your fee: $ ______
Zone 3Beyond that. Per-mile, typically about a dollar a mile (most operators 75¢–$2). Your rate: ______ /mile, or decline and refer out.

Base Prices

ServiceYour priceMarket reference
Women's cut and finish$70–$100 mobile
Single-process color with finish$75–$150
Senior house-call cut$30–$50; multi-resident facility visits run lower per resident because travel is shared
Men's cutPriced lower; big-market prices run about a fifth above smaller metros

Do not launch with a discount. Prices move up a step at a time, driven by a book that is full.

Event Sheet (weddings and parties get their own sheet)

ItemYour priceMarket reference
Bridal hair or makeup, per personAbout $150 average each
Bridal trial$100–$300
Event travel fee$50–$200 flat, or $25–$75 per hour of drive time
Group quote (as one clean number)Example shape from the lesson: five people at $90 plus a $75 travel fee reads as one total, $525, and one deposit
Deposit requiredAmount and refund window in writing before the date is held

Cancellation Policy (write once, paste everywhere)

Card on file at booking: ☐   Automated day-before reminders: ☐

Published fees: no-show commonly the full service price $; late cancel commonly half $. Enforced calmly and uniformly; the first waiver for a sympathetic story is the moment the policy becomes a rumor.

Where it lives: booking confirmation, price sheet, voicemail message.