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Travel Profit Guide

Run the inspection business from one monthly system for jobs, photos, approvals, payments, and report delivery.

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Travel Profit Guide
Videos and instructions for Travel Profit Guide Page help

Watch the real video if it exists. Otherwise use the script, the related guide, and the connected assistant or handout.

Travel Profit Basics Live
Travel Profit Basics Inspector | 3.9 min

Teach travel scoring, travel fee logic, and travel-plan repair workflows.

  • Show service zones, travel score, travel fee suggestions, and profit-by-ZIP
Script outline

Show service zones, travel score, travel fee suggestions, and profit-by-ZIP.

Transcript

Travel Profit Basics. Teach travel scoring, travel fee logic, and travel-plan repair workflows. Show service zones, travel score, travel fee suggestions, and profit-by-ZIP. Next step: Read instructions at https://smartstarthomeinspections.com/route-profit-guide/.

Travel Profit

Travel Profit Guide

Use travel-smart scheduling, travel fee logic, and workload balancing to protect the day before profit leaks out.

Inspector Ready to use Visual, non-invasive, approval-safe guidance
What this covers

Use travel-smart scheduling, travel fee logic, and workload balancing to protect the day before profit leaks out.

  • Score jobs by miles, time, and workload.
  • Apply travel fees where they belong.
  • Repair the travel plan when cancellations or overload hit the board.
Why it matters

Inspection companies lose money on avoidable drive time, underpriced travel, and overloaded schedules. Travel Profit makes that visible.

What to do next

Pick the next useful guide, handout, or assistant instead of trying to decode the whole process at once.

  • Set service zones.
  • Score the current travel day.
  • Review profit-by-ZIP and recover the day.
Related videos and scripts 1 cards
Travel Profit Basics Live

Teach travel scoring, travel fee logic, and travel-plan repair workflows.

Audience: Inspector | Duration: 3.9 minutes

Show service zones, travel score, travel fee suggestions, and profit-by-ZIP.

Transcript

Travel Profit Basics. Teach travel scoring, travel fee logic, and travel-plan repair workflows. Show service zones, travel score, travel fee suggestions, and profit-by-ZIP. Next step: Read instructions at https://smartstarthomeinspections.com/route-profit-guide/.

Downloads and handouts 1 items
Travel Profit Scorecard HTML Ready

Scoring sheet for travel profitability, travel fees, and service-zone decisions.

Scorecard for miles, time, travel net value, and travel-fee logic.

This scorecard helps inspectors see whether a route or ZIP is truly worth the time.

Track per job

  • Drive time and total miles.
  • Base inspection fee plus add-on value.
  • Travel fee added or missed.
  • Time lost to gaps, traffic, or poor sequencing.

Questions to ask

  • Did this job fit an efficient route or break the day apart?
  • Should the service zone or travel fee change for this area?
  • Would bundling nearby jobs improve the margin next time?

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Helpful assistants 1 routes
Travel Profit Assistant Ready to use

Score travel days, suggest travel fees, and protect travel profit.

Provider mode: Manual mode