[Callers] Re: Going rates for ONS dances?

Hi Seth, Not sure if my UK perspective will be relevant. I charge 225 GBP plus petrol. The cost is the same whether it is twenty minutes or four hours (I have done both!) but usually more like 2.5 to 3 hours. Whatever the length it means I can't do anything else that evening. Weddings are the same price. I only charge more if they want me to travel more than an hour each way - then I make the price prohibitive, but they still occasionally pay! Happy dancing, John John Sweeney, Dancer, England john(a)modernjive.com 01233 625 362 & 07802 940 574 http://www.contrafusion.co.uk for Dancing in Kent From: Tepfer, Seth via Contra Callers &lt;contracallers(a)lists.sharedweight.net&gt; Sent: 31 July 2023 16:34 To: Contra Callers &lt;contracallers(a)sharedweight.net&gt; Subject: [Callers] Going rates for ONS dances? Hello hive mind The costs of everything have gone up post-COVID. What are you charging for one-off dance events, aka One Night Stand dances? Assuming: * you, the caller, are running sound and providing sound equipment * there is no band * It is 90 minutes give or take * it is NOT a wedding * no alcohol (hat-tip to Tony Parkes - if alcohol, double your fee!) If the assumptions above are not true (there is a band, it is a wedding, there is alcohol, etc), how does that change your rates? Seth Seth Tepfer, MBA, CSM, PMP (he, him, his) Senior IT Manager, Emory Primate Center <https://outlook.office.com/bookwithme/user/fcd3f5d71da848759228584d1a49babd @emory.edu?anonymous&ep=signature> <https://outlook.office.com/bookwithme/user/fcd3f5d71da848759228584d1a49babd @emory.edu?anonymous&ep=signature> Book time to meet with me