Glad this was helpful Dave. Be sure to let us know your schedule so some tweetups can be arranged!
For well-paid professional speakers, travel time is often part of the contract. No doubt this varies by industry. I stand by the most important piece: be happy with whatever you negotiate. :-) (Hi Jim!) Aloha, Rox On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 3:29 PM, David Jones <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 5:11 AM, Roxanne Darling > <[email protected]<okekai%40gmail.com>> > wrote: > > Can you stay a little extra time there and book any other work or > vacation? > > That's the plan! > Flights from Australia are expensive, so I'll make the most of it with > an extended holiday. Doesn't cost them anything to book my flight two > weeks earlier ;-) > > > > 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 certainly does. probably no chance of getting another paying client > while there, but I might be able to get some blogging opportunities in > at least. > If I had done this sort of thing a hundred times before and it was > real grind as a day-to-day job, there is no way I would travel 50 > hours for 25 hours paid work, that would be crazy. But I know I'm > getting a) a free trip to the US that don't come that often, and b) an > awesome opportunity to further my blogging/industry profile. > And it's all fresh and exciting of course, so I'm doing the gig > whatever it takes. > It's no charity case though, they are getting my industry profile, > blog audience, and talent in exchange, so they need to pay for that of > course. And they want to discuss further ongoing blogging work too > that I can do from home. > > > > 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. > > Yes, that's the thing, I am giving up my full time work and other > private stuff to do this gig. > So I'll at least mention it to them that the travel time will be > almost double the actual work hours and try and work it out. It was > supposed to be a much longer gig, so they have changed the job > requirements somewhat. > > > > Can I assume you are getting all travel costs reimbursed as well? > > Yes, airfare, plush accommodation, meals, and I'll ask for a car too. > > > > 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." > > I think it's probably a bit rich that I book them for travel time > directly, so I might ask for some extra prep/editing/production time, > as that seems to be a bit tight in those 25hours they have suggested. > > > > 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. > > Thanks, I appreciate the feedback. > I've gotten a few other responses from various people and it generally > seems that travel time is just "part of doing business" and usually > doesn't get charged for. > > Regards > 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 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
