Of course as cheap as possible, but we can do a simple maths to find out.
Say in average the instructor is 12 km from the student, the “to/from” will be about 30 minute or more, so for an one hour lesson, the instructor and the car would work for 1.5 hours. With this in mind, I worked it out like this:
Instructor wages: $20×1.5=$30, petrol $7, car depreciation/Maintenance/Insurance $11, Advertising $2, total $50 per hour.
The costs can’t be changed except the instructors wages, so when some people advertising for $35 per hour, the instructor is getting $15 for 1.5 hours of works ($10 per hour)!
This is like a 16 year old working in McDonald’s. What does it tell you? That instructor is simply NO GOOD.
If you are paying your instructor less than $20 per hour (less than $50 per lesson), please think again, and again!
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There are certain ways to reduce the costs of driving lessons, but please check the QUALITY of the driving school/instructor first!
These are the ways to negotiate a better deal (ONLY IF the driving school/instructor is good):
- Do longer than 1 hour in one go, e.g., 1.5 hour per lesson, even 2 hours per lesson
- Pay for 10 hours or more in advance to get a ‘wholesale deal’
- Go to your driving school/instructor by public/private transport
- Avoid bookings during weekends/evenings
Of course as cheap as possible, but we can do a simple maths to find out.
Say in average the instructor is 12 km from the student, the “to/from” will be about 30 minute or more, so for an one hour lesson, the instructor and the car would work for 1.5 hours. With this in mind, I worked it out like this:
Instructor wages: $20×1.5=$30, petrol $7, car depreciation/Maintenance/Insurance $11, Advertising $2, total $50 per hour.
The costs can’t be changed except the instructors wages, so when some people advertising for $35 per hour, the instructor is getting $15 for 1.5 hours of works ($10 per hour)!
This is like a 16 year old working in McDonald’s. What does it tell you? That instructor is simply NO GOOD.
If you are paying your instructor less than $20 per hour (less than $50 per lesson), please think again, and again!
*********
There are certain ways to reduce the costs of driving lessons, but please check the QUALITY of the driving school/instructor first!
These are the ways to negotiate a better deal (ONLY IF the driving school/instructor is good):
- Do longer than 1 hour in one go, e.g., 1.5 hour per lesson, even 2 hours per lesson
- Pay for 10 hours or more in advance to get a ‘wholesale deal’
- Go to your driving school/instructor by public/private transport
- Avoid bookings during weekends/evenings
