I`m toying with the idea of a new structure of charging customers, and was wanting some opinions on it.

Basicly, I`ve been charging my hourly rate, plus travel expenses. But what I`m thinking of now, is just marking up the hourly rate when involved with a job over xxx amount of miles. Example, if you normally charge $50 per hour for locals, then for out of town customers where a hotel would be needed you would charge $65 per hour(20 hour job would be $300 extra) . This way, when you give them a quote, you can avoid making them feel like they are paying extra for travel expenses, when in fact it`s all factored into the quote. You could adjust your hourly rate depending on the distance involoved.

What are your thoughts on this? Is it better to just let them in on all of the costs involved? Is this just being sneaky and deceptive?

Thanks,
Nick