Where are you located and what is your start-up price/minutes?

[CentralTex]

Central Texas - $1.75 = 4 minutes. Debra thanks for starting this thread. Very informative.

 

[CentralTex]

Also $2 for credit card minimum for 4 minutes

 

[fastlx]

central georgia.. 45 min south of Atlanta

 

[soapy]

Idaho $3 for 3 and 1/2 minutes in the bays, $1 4minutes vacs.

 

[srr5008]

Northeast PA
$3.00 for 4:00 minutes.

 

[docopp]

Kingwood Texas (30 minutes north east of Houston)
$2.50 for 4 min bays
$2.00 for 4 min vacuums
we keep our vacuums clean and strong, they get a lot of use....

 

[AZcarwashman]

Phoenix, AZ
$3 for 5 minutes. No bonus time, same CC same, $3 for 5 minutes minimum count up. Will be going to $3 for 4 minutes 1/1/22

 

[AZcarwashman]

$3 for 3.5 minutes in the bays. $2 for 3 minutes on the vacuums.

Thinking this fall is time to raise the bay price. Not sure which would be better, $3 for 3 minutes or $4 for 4 minutes?

Northern Ohio

I’d go $4 for 4. Just tell customers you raised the price, but you also raised the time. Make it sound like you’re doing them a favor. Also, you’ll then get at least $8 out of bucket washers and at least a minimum ticket of $4 for those that spray out truck beds etc. and leave. Maybe, the $4 for 4 price will send these undesirable type of customers elsewhere. In the end, it’d be nice to have a $4 minimum either way if your area supports the price/time increase.

 

[Carwashmafia]

Southern CA
Cards only no cash
Bays $5.00 for 10 mins
Vacs $2.00 for 6 mins

 

[seattleguy]

Seattle Washington

$6 start for 4 mins. $1.50 each additional minute
$3 3 mins vacuums.
no cash all credit cards

 

[OurTown]

Seattle Washington

$6 start for 4 mins. $1.50 each additional minute
$3 3 mins vacuums.
no cash all credit cards

Wow! That has to be the record.

 

[Andy Burn]

Northern Ontario

$3.00 to start with $1 per minute
$2 for 3 minutes on vacuum
$1 for air pump

 

[AZcarwashman]

Wow! That has to be the record.

Wow! Do you have any competition?

 

[Randy]

Wow! That has to be the record.

I've been to Seattle guy car wash numerous times and it's a nice well run operation. Things are really expensive here so that's what we have to charge up here in the Pacific Northwest. The last 3 times I've raised my prices I've gotten zero complaints. Gasoline has gone up almost .50 a gallon in the last month. They say it's going to hit $4.00 a gallon by summer. When gas prices go up we see a drop off of car wash business and more illegal dumping.

 

[GoBuckeyes]

I’d go $4 for 4. Just tell customers you raised the price, but you also raised the time. Make it sound like you’re doing them a favor. Also, you’ll then get at least $8 out of bucket washers and at least a minimum ticket of $4 for those that spray out truck beds etc. and leave. Maybe, the $4 for 4 price will send these undesirable type of customers elsewhere. In the end, it’d be nice to have a $4 minimum either way if your area supports the price/time increase.

Those would be a lot of positives , however, the $4 start is a much more in your face price increase. On the flip, 3 minutes isn’t much time. I’m going to have to mull this one over for a while.

 

[Bob-O]

Central Florida
Self serv. bay $2.00- 4 min.
Vacuum $1.00- 4 min.

 

[seattleguy]

Wow! Do you have any competition?

Not much competition close by. All the other car washes have been sold and torn down to build mixed use buildings. (apartments on top of 1 story of retail. I need to raise my prices again soon. Seattle is a really expensive place to live and run a business.

 

[SanDiegoSS]

San Diego
$3 for 5mins bays - 3 locations. $2 3mins 20secs - 1 location
$1 4mins vacs

doing a price increase soon. planning on $3 for 4mins

 

[Martins]

Damn.. SE MI
$1.25 for 3 mins ($3 min 15 max on cc) when we installed our new boxes i changed from 1.25 for 4 mins to the 3. no complaints that i know of .25 more then my competition for less time and paired with the CC on count up.... its actually starting to turn some sort of profit! but I'm also using strong products and really have a great show and smell.
.75 for i believe 3 mins on vac

 

[MEP001]

Austin Texas, $1.50 for 3 minutes bays, $1.00 for 3½ minutes vacs. No CC yet, will probably go with $2 start on vacs and bays same time as cash.