Mum who drives for Deliveroo as 'side hustle' reveals how much she makes a day
A mum who spends some of her time driving for Deliveroo so she has enough to afford a holiday has revealed how much she makes in a day.
TikToker, mum and delivery driver Samantha is working to provide for her baby boy Morgan and she's recently started her 'side hustle' as she drives around dropping off people's orders as she's targeting taking him on holiday by the end of June.
While she's on Universal Credit and looking after her son, Samantha drives with Deliveroo when she can find the time and has been keeping track of how much she's made on each of her shifts.
Filming herself working on a busier Sunday, Samantha said: "It is my baby's first holiday so that's why it's extra special he's just turned one.
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"I just want to show it as possible to be able to side hustle your way to anything you want, really."
She's also been using Vinted to make a bit more cash, and since she's made under the £1,000 tax allowance limit she's still in the side hustle territory instead of counting as self-employed.
The amount she's been making varies day by day as she works between two and three hours in the afternoon or evening, often meaning she's not available during the times when the orders come flying in, and on her first day she made £21.21 from her Deliveroo work.
Unfortunately some days the side hustle stalls out, the second day she made £14.38 and picked up a £2 tip as well, while on day three she bounced back to £22.13.
Day four got better as she earned £26.65, while Sunday (3 May) gave her the best earning day she'd had since starting as she earned £26.96.
However, things were 'dead' on the Bank Holiday Monday that followed it and to Samantha's dismay she discovered the 50 percent extra fee for drivers doing their thing while many others had the day off wasn't on for the area she was working.
Since she has to fit in delivering when she can she was working during a relatively unbusy afternoon and her total for the time behind the wheel then was £12.58.
If your humble writer can operate the calculator app on his phone properly that's £125.91 she's made in six days from doing two or three hours of Deliveroo driving at times when the orders aren't exactly rolling in.
In between bouts of singing Taylor Swift's 'Love Story' she explained she'd been working full time before she became a mum, and now had to fit in work where she could.
"I did work full time, I worked 12 hour shifts in a factory before I had my baby," The TikToking driver explained.
"I quit my job, I'm in the process of setting up a business organising baby and children's markets so hopefully I'll be in a better position financially, hopefully this time next year."
Her time documenting her deliveries on TikTok have led to some other boosts as on the fourth day she got recognised by staff at a restaurant and was given a pot of baklava to snack on.
The further she has to drive the more money she makes on a delivery, so Samantha has to balance what she can manage in the brief window of time she's able to deliver with making more money towards her goal.
One of the problems with taking a longer deliver is it leaves her 'miles away from home' and if there's not another order in the area she's got to drive back without getting paid for it.
Thanks to the proceeds from her various side hustles including Deliveroo driving, selling on Vinted and putting her birthday money towards her goal she's made it to £248.61 in just under a week.
Here's hoping for that summer holiday.
Topics: Money, TikTok, Parenting, Cost of Living
Joe Harker