Originally Posted by
Often1
I don't know any high-end professional who doesn't charge for their travel time unless they have some special discount arrangement with a particular client. Time is time. If someone pays me to write a sophisticated document or to mow their lawn, I am expending the same time and the fee is the same. That's why people don't pay me to mow their lawns. It's also why many now use video links and the like because clients are much happier with that than paying for 16 hours for a 1-hour meeting.
Oddly enough, my Father was a lawyer for Skadden Arps and he could only bill for his travel time if he was actively working on the client's material. I always found that strange as he was going to see them/work for them when he got there but that's how it was. When I was in electrical sales my meter started running the second I left my door to go to the airport.