Travel Cost Calculator

Enter the client's address, on-site hours, number of technicians, and optionally a hotel rate. The calculator will find the nearest office and estimate travel costs including mileage, hotel, and per diem.

How This Calculator Works

  • Uses Google Maps APIs to find the nearest office and calculate driving distance and time to the client site.
  • If the distance is under 50 miles, technicians commute daily.
  • If the distance is 50 miles or more, weekly travel (5-day workweek) with hotel stays during the week.
  • For hotel costs, hotel nights = total project days minus 1 for the final day, multiplied by the number of technicians.
  • Per diem is based on first/last day rates and a standard daily rate for intervening days, determined by the project's state.
  • All partial days round up to a full day (e.g., 1.2 days counts as 2 full days).
  • "Half Mileage" is the total mileage divided by 2.
  • Travel times are rounded up to the nearest half hour for one-way calculations.