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As the others have said you’d charge for the travel days, whether it’s full or a discounted rate is upto you. Long haul flights in and out should probably be full rate.
Some companies would offer a buyout for the whole of your time there which is usually less than paying your full day rate for every day, so you could work out what your day rate for everyday is, then subtract the discounted travel days to give yourself two totals and if they offer a buyout, see where that lands.
But I’d go in with full day rate for all days and see what happens, they’ll be budgeting from their end so if it’s over what they can afford, they’ll look to negotiate it down.
Edit:
Would you be taking your own kit to shoot on? If so that affects your day rate as well.
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Hello. Looking for a bit of a steer on costing a bigger job. I'm a shooter/editor but would be just shooting on this job with a creative director and a photographer. Mainly interviews and b-roll capture.
Baseline details are 4 shooting days in Vietnam, 4 in Indonesia and 4 in Singapore, over approx 3 weeks with travel time. Being asked for an estimate excluding expenses.
Thinking of my day rate x12 which I would consider a decent return. Would a production company/ client expect a discount for booking a 12 day block? Or should I be charging more as there's additional days on the job where I obviously can't be working on other work.
There is additional interest personally in terms of the aspect of travelling to those countries so I don't want to scare them away but also aware it could well be a grueling job in practice.
Any thoughts or similar experience would be great!