Ive been offered some gig's further away than I normally would travel (40-50 miles away)
How far do you guy's and gals travel ? and how much extra do you add to the cost ? does anyone use a formula based on distance and petrol cost to calculate the extra cost ?
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One of my regulars is 75 miles away so 150 round trip, the prices sort of reflects this, it was OK 2 years ago when I quoted but my local gigs have doubled since then and the price for this one is unchanged !
I cover Cheshire, Staffordshire, Greater Manchester, Derbyshire and parts of North Shropshire so you could say roughly a 150 mile radius of the home base give or take, although I will travel to any part of the above mentioned area's.....Our fee does vary, obviously depending on the distance travelled and we have ventured down to the West Midlands on more than one occasion 
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The furthest i've ever actually had a confirmed booking is Warwickshire, although I have been asked to quote for a booking in Inverness in the past
.The furthest i've ever actually had a confirmed booking is Warwickshire, although I have been asked to quote for a booking in Inverness in the past
My regular venue is an hour and 20 minutes drive away. But they do put me up free for the night, and a full English breakfast the next morning...to pack away on.
| QUOTE (Gary @ Oct 22 2003, 10:28 AM) |
| My regular venue is an hour and 20 minutes drive away. But they do put me up free for the night, and a full English breakfast the next morning...to pack away on. |
If ever there was a competition to find a D.J who was spoiled rotten, then my vote goes to Gary
Quoted for a gig in Chester once, conferences take me all over the country though
I get offered overnight stays but always come home during the night.
Futher actual disco was a wedding 175 miles away on a Sunday evening with no lights smallest sound system and ONE cd required (Otis Redding's Greatest Hits) played all night
I get offered overnight stays but always come home during the night.
Futher actual disco was a wedding 175 miles away on a Sunday evening with no lights smallest sound system and ONE cd required (Otis Redding's Greatest Hits) played all night
| QUOTE (Chris_Pointon @ Oct 22 2003, 10:30 AM) | ||
If ever there was a competition to find a D.J who was spoiled rotten, then my vote goes to Gary |
But..but...but....I NEED the free room overnight...otherwise I wouldnt be able to drink all the free pints at the "after-public-disco-staff-parties"...which happen most times that I'm there....hic!
During the public gig itself, I'll have one pint at about 8pm and then just coke cola until the barman brings me a pint at 11:10 to remind me to announce "last orders" (good reminder)...
If I havent got a room there that night, then I have the pint at 8pm and then nothing but coke-cola at all.
Wanna roadie ?
I once flew from here to Munich for a gig(1 night) thats about several thousand miles! But with the mobile? 200km round trip and yep the price goes up. 
I normally dj within a 50 mile radius and charge extra but there is no distance i would not travel for the right money.
The furthest I travel is to a gig 70 miles away but it's through personal choice and I have accomodation there.
And I charge the same
And I charge the same
I recently stuck 50 pounds on a gig, but it probably involved a extra 40-45 minutes travelling each way. Wasn't too bad as it was staright up the M4 and easy to find.
Recently had a gig in Greenwich, got lost and spent just as long travelling! Still having said that it's a bit of drive from Ealing to Greenwich.
Recently had a gig in Greenwich, got lost and spent just as long travelling! Still having said that it's a bit of drive from Ealing to Greenwich.
I charge the same - I moved 78 miles away from my residency hotel but didnt charge extra... I tend not to put my prices up for existing clients, but if a new client asks me to go to essex (as one has this week) I told him that I would charge an extra £20 to cover the cost of diesel.. but basically, 100 miles each way is still worth the normal fee as it dont really cost me any more than £20 - which is claimable anyway
But kazz its not just the cost of fuel its the time driving for a 50 mile drive i would have to leave a hour eairlyer and i would not get back in my nice warm bed for a hour later so thats 2 hours out of my time.
Any distance if the price is right! Once did a gig up in Scotland (Range Rover and fuel card supplied by punter together with overnight accomodation)
Generally even during the week my gigs are 40 -50 miles from home!
Spin
Generally even during the week my gigs are 40 -50 miles from home!
Spin
didnt think about that one sin! No the reason that I dont charge is that I tend to do two or three jobs on the same day so once I have done the initial drive, it makes no difference when I am going from job to job.
An hour to do 50 miles....... are you driving miss daisy!!
An hour to do 50 miles....... are you driving miss daisy!!
| QUOTE (kazzachi @ Oct 22 2003, 02:48 PM) |
| An hour to do 50 miles....... are you driving miss daisy!! |
well you know ive got all that expensive gear in the back got to be careful
Ah Kray..... thats what it is! I hadnt thought about the huge strain it must put on his motor carrying all those light screens!
Luckily most of my gigs are within a 25-30 mile radius.
It would have to be a much better payer than normal to cover a longer distance as whilst I work without a roadie on the home gigs, I'd probably want to take one on a distance gig, especially for a one-off.
Spinko
It would have to be a much better payer than normal to cover a longer distance as whilst I work without a roadie on the home gigs, I'd probably want to take one on a distance gig, especially for a one-off.
Spinko
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| Recently had a gig in Greenwich, got lost and spent just as long travelling! Still having said that it's a bit of drive from Ealing to Greenwich. |
It's funny, I'd guess that anyone up north reading that will think to themselves 'that's not far, it's in the same city?'
Yet in actual fact although it's only 15 miles from Ealing to Greenwich and anywhere else in the country would only take around 25 minutes at most to drive. Ealing is in west London and Greenwich is south east London and would probably take well over an hour on a good day, and more likely closer to 2 hours during the day!... mind you, at least the journey wouldn't involve the worlds biggest car park, more commonly known as the M25
A lot of my gigs involve journeys on the M25 and it's so difficult to plan journey times! You know that there will be a traffic jam on at least one section and very often there'll be big jams on 3 or 4 sections at anyone time!
A few weeks ago I arrived at a gig in Chelmsford almost 90 minutes early and the venue staff thought it very strange; I think for the first time in my life I hadn't encountered a jam on any stretch of the M25... no it's true, I'm not dreaming, I swear it actually happened... oh sh
here come the blokes in white coats 
Like most I'd travel almost anywhere if the price was right , but I try to work in a 30 mile radius (give or take) anything further I charge 50p per mile extra.
I was kind of surprized when I first did it that the client was happy to pay it rather than find someone local, but as he said he'd rather have someone he had seen, so since then I do this as standard practice.
Vinnie
I was kind of surprized when I first did it that the client was happy to pay it rather than find someone local, but as he said he'd rather have someone he had seen, so since then I do this as standard practice.
Vinnie
Try and not travel more than 20 miles of of Chorley. But get enough work in this area so no need to travek further
being based in Blackpool the local gigs dont pay much ie the £80 at night price. so i do tend to work in East Lancashire and the Lake District. Normally only an hour or so from home... but they pay alot better.
in Blackpool it could take you longer to unload and find somewhere to park than drive the 60 miles to Windermere. Most hotels have no car park and the streets around are always full and then the streets further back are resident parking. you could end up walking 15 minutes from the car back to the hotel.
in Blackpool it could take you longer to unload and find somewhere to park than drive the 60 miles to Windermere. Most hotels have no car park and the streets around are always full and then the streets further back are resident parking. you could end up walking 15 minutes from the car back to the hotel.
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| A few weeks ago I arrived at a gig in Chelmsford almost 90 minutes early and the venue staff thought it very strange; I think for the first time in my life I hadn't encountered a jam on any stretch of the M25... no it's true, I'm not dreaming, I swear it actually happened... oh sh here come the blokes in white coats |
Eskie you been on them mushrooms again
a few weeks ago sharon had a gig in Dunstable, on a good day an hour is more than enough time from my home in Essex, as always you need to allow an extra hour because of the M25.
it was a car park we arrived at the venue with 10mins to spare, almost 3 hours it took
I seem to be getting more & more residencies so my travelling is minimal (saturday nights half a mile) but normally for mobiles any where within 1 hour of the M25.
The furthest I've travelled, from Essex to Blackpool, Liverpool, also Euro Disney & the Nato Base in Belgium
Mushrooms
See thats why you need ferrying about in a helicopter 
off to polish my propellas
See thats why you need ferrying about in a helicopter
off to polish my propellas
Like Spin, most of my gigs are 50+ miles away, with the odd one closer at only 20+ miles!!!
Recently did a Hampshire gig that was 190miles round trip, but typically over a weekend, I can exceed that.
Thank God for diesel.
Farthest I've gigged is sunny Scotland, closest I've gigged is the next door neighbours!!!!
Recently did a Hampshire gig that was 190miles round trip, but typically over a weekend, I can exceed that.
Thank God for diesel.
Farthest I've gigged is sunny Scotland, closest I've gigged is the next door neighbours!!!!
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