180 ???

mind as well not do. You have your own fuel, repair and loan to pay for your van.

morning how to do 2 rounds? I mean, maybe 1st pick up, 615am to 645 am, then do second pick up, 7am to 745am ? macam ini?

very rush wor...need to plan where everyone stays...if reach school late, sure parents complain.

if 180/student, you need at least 40 students to pick up. I estimate 7k is the break even. So need to do 2 pick ups and drop offs for morning school and another 2 pick ups and drop offs for afternoon school.

180 is just too low. I think RM300/student is a fairer price.

They collaborate with tuition centre one. Coz tuition center didn't take any profit. They just free refer. And my gf tuition centre exceeding 500 students.

i think tution center don't pay so well unlike school.

maybe some of these van drivers, do these deliveries in between their schooling schedule.

Damn can't imagine, my butt also pain.

But i notice they use official van logo, like the Mirc van I notice driving near my neighborhood

Ok maybe got some miscommunication here.

The delivery route is not from
House > school
School > house
If according to above route. Then it would be hard because all students have different location.

The route is from
Tuition center > school
School > tuition center

They work like above only

must be chinese school lah

I notice schools like Lick Hung in Subang, no need van, as just next door to school, the kids walk to the shop houses to go for tution.

because chinese schools a lot of homework, so they require these tution centers to teach them.

I no surprise it is half price.

tution centers probably have to cut price as parents complain they have to pay tution fees + transport.

am i right to say?

This post has been edited by hoonanoo: Oct 14 2025, 09:21 AM

Yes, my gf centre mostly Chinese independent school students

secondary students sure drop rate lah

because by now, they know how to take public transport.

ur gf teach what subject?

math?

why don't go do self tution ?

can earn more money

This post has been edited by hoonanoo: Oct 14 2025, 09:28 AM

i know those vgro education tuition center, they have own van, it is RM4 per trip, one person also the driver will send

this one already absorbed by the tution center lah.

the driver work for them, not self employed

RM 4 how to survive lah.

You charge RM4 for KTM also bungkus liao lah

Wow..deja vu indeed. I never thought about the timing until this very morning when a van stopped at the housing roadside and picked up a school kid , when I was driving home after dropping off my kids.

Then I wondered which poor students must wait earlier than other students becoz thats the timing the van is taking to optimize the route. sure some kids must wait at 6am while others can sleep 40min longer and wait at 6.40am for van to arrive.

This post has been edited by alanyuppie: Oct 14 2025, 09:52 AM

Van so expensive?

Some chinese schools start early like Kuen Cheng

school bus have to come as early as 5am something due to the traffic jam.

10 seater van.

I don't think its cheap

Depends on the age and condition for used van, usually for school they bought used van only

This post has been edited by GamersFamilia: Oct 14 2025, 10:57 AM

Nah.. i have a family to jaga so I only do one round to school in the morning and back to homes in the afternoon. About 5 hours work daily.
Most schools have a registry for transporters or join local/school communities on FB/Whatsapp.
As for not getting enough students, that's the risk of business.
How much you willing to fork out for the vehicle also depends on you.
I can say, Urvan is not a good idea. First of all, it is a phased out model no longer sold by Nissan Malaysia.
Secondly, it only comes in manual with 3.5L engine. It's going to be a shitty driving experience with an expensive roadtax.
For noobie who wanna try transport service, I recommend a 7 seater just so you can dip your toes without heavy commitment.
Alza is a very good starter vehicle. Just pick the spec with leather seats.

7 seater can earn meh?

each month 4,550 judging from 650/month. But not bad idea if you have 2 businesses.

For eg, morning I do student delivery then afternoon to night, I do freelance tution business.

so you mean to say you don't always get full capacity? By the way are you using a 10 seater or Alza ?

welcome to the real world bro... why people hire you to fetch their kids? to let you stress about the jam and beat the traffic behalf of parent. if you can't take stress because of rushing, better not. else you have accident lagi worst. no one said being a school van driver is easy.

NOthing is ever easy.

but for those who are out of work, this is a good option

better than real estate agent.

sure you have to wake up early and drive kids to school.

but if you work hard and do this for morning and after school shifts 2x a day, you may be able to earn up to 10k.

40 students, if you charge 250 each. But that's in a perfect world. In an imperfect world, you may not get this many passengers. Sometimes perhaps van also cannot reach full capacity.

Never overestimate the income. At 500 per student per month, 5 students should be able to let you cover your expenses and have some left over.

750 - Alza loan per month
300 - Petrol, average rm75 per week
200 - Toll if necessary
300 - Keep for maintenance, roadtax and misc.
Total expense about 1.5k

You'll have to be prepared to have none or little income for at least 2-3 months. Don't do this if you have no savings.

you doing this part time or full time?

500/student X 5 students = 2500 - 1500 = 1000 net

how to survive?

I think minimally 10 students.