That is great advice Roxanne. Especially about the end part being happy inspired and fresh.
Jim On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 1:11 PM, Roxanne Darling <[email protected]> wrote: > OK _ that sent by accident, > > Think also about: > Can you stay a little extra time there and book any other work or vacation? > That might influence things. I often try to get another client or two in > situations like this, and spread the travel costs among them. > > It is not unusual for people to charge a percentage of their normal day > rate > for long distance travel. So you could also ask for that directly. Yes you > are not working directly for them but you are giving up other work time for > them, them being the client. > > Can I assume you are getting all travel costs reimbursed as well? > > Then I consider the client - their size and budget, how much I want the > job, > how much will it help me and my portfolio, what can I get done on the > plane, > etc. It may be that you can book some "storyboarding" type time and > actually > do that on the plane to get compensated for your work and your time, > without > having to bill directly for "travel time." > > Hope this helps - as you can see there are a lot of options therefore no > wrong answers. Just do what will make you feel good about going and do a > superb job for the client! It's in their best interest for you to be fresh, > happy, and inspired. > > Aloha, > > Rox > > On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 9:05 AM, Roxanne Darling <[email protected]> wrote: > > > David, > > > > Congratulations! > > > > You've outlined the key points except for these: > > > > > > On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 8:14 PM, David Jones <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > >> > >> > >> Hi > >> I've got my first commercial blogging gig coming up in the future, and > >> it's overseas. > >> The crazy part is the travel time to fly there and back (from > >> Australia) is in the order of >30 hours, more like 40-50 hours if you > >> include packing and transfers. But the gig itself has turned out to be > >> not much more than half that travel time! > >> > >> I'm charging my usual professional hourly rate for the gig itself, but > >> does anyone have any experience on what/how to charge for the travel > >> time in situations like that? If it was like a week long gig I may > >> have just written off the travel time, but in this case it seems like > >> a crazy situation. > >> > >> Any insight appreciated. > >> Thanks. > >> Dave. > >> > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > Roxanne Darling > > "o ke kai" means "of the sea" in hawaiian > > 808-384-5554 > > Video --> http://www.beachwalks.tv > > Company -- > http://www.barefeetstudios.com > > Twitter--> http://www.twitter.com/roxannedarling > > > > > > -- > Roxanne Darling > "o ke kai" means "of the sea" in hawaiian > 808-384-5554 > Video --> http://www.beachwalks.tv > Company -- > http://www.barefeetstudios.com > Twitter--> http://www.twitter.com/roxannedarling > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > -- Jim Turner One By One Media, LLC www.onebyonemedia.com www.bloggersforhire.com @Genuine this email is: [ ] bloggable [x] ask first [ ] private [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
