I know many SWs say go high, but personally I see nothing wrong in charging a reasonable price, and I don't agree that it only attracts dodgy or less pleasant clients. I wouldn't increase your prices for the sake of it.
I do hear you on that. However I had been wanting to do this for a little while but was cautious about it all. I’m now in the middle for my area and I feel better for it. Plus as I only work from hotels and I travel a good hour plus for work I am just breaking even half the time.
I just can not afford to continue this way unfortunately but also it was making me feel cheap from the comments I was getting too.
I don’t think I’m being unreasonable as only changed my hour and additional hours are still my old hourly rate on top. Just the first hour is slightly higher as well as my 15 mins (which I don’t like to do much of anyways).
Overall I’m feeling positive and well if it does hit me in the face, lesson learned. But what I have realised is that there are clients for all price ranges. For me it’s about targeting the ones I enjoy the most.