Parking fee

I did a party this weekend that involved me going to a national park for a party. The fee for parking was 4.00. I had told the patron since travel was over 20 miles there would be a 10.00 charge for gas. I just did not know how to bring up the fee and decided to swallow it. What are your thoughts?

I have a spot for them to fill out in my contract that mentions parking that way I know what to expect ahead of time. That way I can do my research and find out how much it will be to park there as well as figure out if I need to charge them for it

I just pay the parking.
It's never that much - $5 or something... I mean it can come out of my $80 p/h... I'd feel pretty low hasseling for $5.
If you know in advance you just say - I need the travel to include the parking.

A lot of people have it in their contracts that the client has to supply parking close to the event.

I have a clause in my contract that mentions parking...

I factor it into my travel. Just like my travel zones are by the city - the people at the east edge of Burnaby are going to pay the same as those on the west edge, even though it's closer. I figure it evens out and is the same as parking.

Downtown Vancouver is no further than central Van or North Van but I put it in a higher zone because driving d/t sucks and it's ALL pay parking.

I live in a rural area so my fee per hour is not so high yet. I would like to work up a client base. I have only been at it about 2 months so I think I need to work on a contract That way it never feels icky cause its in black and white.

Yes...you know it makes it easier to have it all spelled out to refer to. I so totally am ok with paying agent fees if it means I don't have to dicker the contract, do the e-mails, etc. BUT, of I DO..it helps me tremendously to play "agent" and handle it the same way with everything on paper...

i just pay it and wear it. Most places in my city has no parking and at an event they usually accept im working there so they dont charge me.

Paid parking? What's that?