Weekly vs fortnightly mowing contracts: crew capacity and job margin

For a lawn-care business owner, weekly and fortnightly contracts occupy different amounts of crew capacity and travel time. Compare the estimated cost per visit, available schedule slots and margin per customer before agreeing a recurring contract. Do not price the second option by simply halving or doubling an unrelated visit rate.

Explore the wider recurring work inside the crm guides for the steps around this decision.

Compare the operating assumptions

Input	Weekly arrangement	Fortnightly arrangement
Visits in an illustrative four-week period	Four	Two
Time per visit	Measure or estimate for that scope	Measure separately
Service standard	Agree with customer	Agree with customer
Travel/setup	Incurred at each visit	Still incurred per visit
Disruption	Record missed/moved visits	Check the longer gap’s effect on the task

The period is a teaching example, not a billing rule. Calendar months and actual visit counts vary.

An illustrative cost comparison

If a weekly visit uses EUR 35 of defined costs, four visits model EUR 140. If a fortnightly visit uses EUR 45, two model EUR 90. These are invented inputs and omit costs not specified. They do not establish recommended Irish prices or that less frequent service always takes longer.

Check actual durations, clippings requirements and agreed scope. Keep specialist horticultural judgement separate from a spreadsheet comparison.

Record the service choice

Confirm interval, scope, price basis and how changes will be handled. Update the recurring arrangement without losing prior visits or creating duplicate future work.

JobDiary supports recurring work within the full CRM. Use the visit history to compare the business’s own assumptions and outcomes; do not infer a customer’s profitability from frequency alone.

Connect this to the next step

Continue with How to change recurring visits for the winter season. If the next issue is elsewhere in the workflow, use How to reschedule work after rain without losing jobs.

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