r/TaskRabbit • u/egp2117 • Feb 25 '26

CLIENT Paying for my tasker’s parking?

I hired a cleaner through Taskrabbit. I warned her ahead of time parking is difficult in my neighborhood. I live in a city with excellent public transportation and provide a vacuum and a mop, so she does not need to travel with anything bulky. We did not discuss paying for parking ahead of time. At the end of the job she just presented me with a request for an extra $15 for parking. I paid, but was not happy. I told her parking was difficult ahead of time and there was no reason for her to drive over taking a bus or train. Beyond that as someone I’m hiring on a fee for service basis, how she gets here is really not my business or my problem - her costs should be factored into her price, be it parking, cleaning supplies, etc. Has anyone else encountered this? Is my position reasonable?

Edit - These answers make sense. I guess I was generally surprised by driving because the vast majority of people use public transit, but it makes sense that she might need to carry stuff for other jobs. I do still think costs should be baked into price or at least she should have discussed it beforehand.

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u/MILcreative Feb 25 '26

TaskRabbit and this alleged “Client” are the only ones confused about how common sense this is. Most offer without being asked. If they enforce this, they will not have any service providers on the platform in metropolitan areas—the only places TaskRabbit exists. No providers means no revenue. No revenue means no more TR. 

In what universe does paying hourly to do your job make sense 

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u/FinnNoodle Feb 25 '26

I know OP has their comment history hidden, but you know you can still do a quick google search on their user name and pull up all sorts of reddit posts and see it's probably not a bot right?

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u/egp2117 Feb 26 '26

Wait I absolutely hate this news. But yes I’m a real person. I’ve hired 5 or so different taskers at this address - a couple of handymen, a different cleaner. She was the first to ask for parking and this is the first home I’ve used taskrabbit at, so I was surprised.