What is the furthest you have travelled for a signing?

[vizionzmobilenotary]

Me too! 2 miles from a fedex and 3 from a ups store. I prefer not to use drop boxes. Although I heard they have some drop boxes that allow you to get a receipt

[VIPnotaryCO]

OMG, I had a day from hell today I have to tell you all about it later tonight:(

[donaldsonnp]

at least it is over. Grab yourself a tall glass of red wine and snuggle in front of the fire. Tomorrow is another day.

[movmobilenotary.email]

If you don’t mind the drive time, I think this is a great opportunity for you to increase your profits.

I live in WV and I regularly travel around 1 hour for signings and usually get around $150 a pop. Outside of that one hour drive time that price goes up to $175 - $200.

[cNsa5]

@movmobilenotary.email & others . . . Did you see my note above?

What is the furthest you have travelled for a signing?

Just an additional item to consider when you’re calculating your average costs incurred while creating your established fee structure . . . => Remember to consider that if there are any oversights/mistakes/errors inadvertently occurring during a signing appointment with an extended amount of travel required, the return trip costs are going to be directly out of your budget to correct those oversights/mistakes/errors inadvertently made.

[donaldsonnp]

(knock on wood) So far I have an extra process in place that works on these types of long assignments…(knock on wood) I do increase my fee and so far it’s been accepted without issues. My extra process that i implemented is working with zero errors…(knock on wood)

[lsnydernsa]

I’m very rural and dual commissioned so I travel 100+ miles regularly. I think the furthest I’ve driven is 3 hours one way. I got $400 for that one, so it was worth it to me. Most within an hour I’ll get $150-175. I also have no FedEx stores. I don’t even have a FedEx drop box. I have a personal number for our local express guy. I call him if I have a pickup, so that’s just as good, although I’m never able to do overnight from out here.

[VIPnotaryCO]

3 hours one for $400? They are lucky that you took it.

[donaldsonnp]

Yeah… That is way too far for me the max i am willing to go is 1.5 hours… but you have to do what you need to do in your area to get the business. Thank you for sharing.

[divinevoicescr]

You really must live in the city. The cities that I serve only have dropoff locations not manned facilities. I have to drive through a few counties to get to a “real” FedEX. Sometimes its not worth it. When I saw the cost of new ties installed today, I will not think twice again about accepting measly little pay for long distances.

[epeterson.legal]

I think it depends on your circumstances and where you live. In NYC traveling more than 25-30 miles for a signing in my opinion is a bit much. Too much time sitting in traffic and too many tolls. To get from one borough (county) to another can take over an hour with good traffic flow. Traveling from Queens County to Nassau County is much easier, so I don’t mind going further out. Traveling from Queens County to Kings County (Brooklyn) can be a nightmare. Most of the time, you’ll have to park somewhere and take a bus and two trains to get where you’re going. That’s about 2 hours just to get there. (Yes, you read that right.)

[johnsonps306]

I live in Eastern Washington it takes forever to get anywhere. Most jobs are 50 miles or more round trip and the furthest I’ve done is about 115 miles away. With winter weather on the way, I go places lots of notaries won’t. 25 miles? That would be heaven but it doesn’t happen very often.

[Bobby-CA]

Wow! I hope you are paid handsomely for those miles you drive.

[divinevoicescr]

Yikes thats a real push to work for a living