Originally posted by Flashman
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Previously on "Role Includes Paying For Work Related Flights"
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Originally posted by NotAllThere View PostWhat receipts? They just invoice. That's what I do if I need to have the client reimburse my company for plane tickets.Originally posted by Flashman View PostThe Agency just charges the client a wacking great total that 'includes' the contractors expenses.
Agency pays you 50% of their invoice. Tells you 'Sorry expenses not included'. Pockets the difference.
When do you ever see the Agency's invoice to the customer?
As an aside, in my first permie job, me and a few others worked onsite for a client in Holland.
Our company paid for our flights home every weekend, but to sweeten the deal (living away from home) they said if we wanted, we could fly out our wives/girlfriends/friends IF the cost was cheaper than our own return flight home - it always was because our flights were business class.
It worked great, us employees were happy with that deal, I was single at the time, so lots of my mates got a free weekend in Amsterdam.
6 months later (after I'd finished up on it), the client co start looking at the expenses that had been charged and found lots of flight receipts with people's names they did not recognize and refused to pay them. Oopsie!
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Originally posted by Flashman View PostWhen do you ever see the Agency's invoice to the customer?
In the meantime, make sure you claim the cost of the tin foil for your hat
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Originally posted by TheFaQQer View PostSo the client relies on the agency to just guess the cost of the flights, and pays them without question?
You can add the exact sum to your invoice because you know what it cost you. If the client queried the cost, you would show them what it cost you. The agency cannot do that, they need to guess the cost and get the client to pay that, with no supporting evidence.
Agency pays you 50% of their invoice. Tells you 'Sorry expenses not included'. Pockets the difference.
When do you ever see the Agency's invoice to the customer?Last edited by Flashman; 11 November 2014, 12:41.
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Originally posted by NotAllThere View PostWhat receipts? They just invoice. That's what I do if I need to have the client reimburse my company for plane tickets.
You can add the exact sum to your invoice because you know what it cost you. If the client queried the cost, you would show them what it cost you. The agency cannot do that, they need to guess the cost and get the client to pay that, with no supporting evidence.
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What receipts? They just invoice. That's what I do if I need to have the client reimburse my company for plane tickets.
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It also depends where in Europe. Not all European cities are properly served by budget airlines in terms of frequency. As others have said it all depends on the daily rate and how often you would be expected to be travel
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Originally posted by kaiser78 View PostHad call from agent today - they are advertising a role which requires few days travel to European sites each month. Clientco though will not pay for these flights/accom. Agent explained that they are expecting the contractor to pay out of the contractor daily rate and they will also not budge on rate to accommodate.
I have not come across this before, expressed how ludicrous this sounds and politely declined to take the conversation any further.
Cynical? Nah.
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Originally posted by jmo21 View PostQuite, but I wouldn't want to be in that situation in the first place.
Originally posted by kaiser78 View PostRate was standard market rate from which flights would then be paid for out of.
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Originally posted by mudskipper View PostThat's how psychocandy started out - it's a slippery slope...
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Originally posted by kaiser78 View PostCorrect - I was just sharing the experience with my fellow forumers, as had not come across this situation before.
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