> --- In [email protected], Jim and Cheryl Martin wrote:
>
> About a year ago on the podcast, I interviewed Paul Allen of
> England about the UK show circuit. Train shows over there
> are much more like show business and the "acts" (layout
> exhibitors) are paid for attending the shows.
OK, missed that, but it depends what you mean by "paid".
Fuel costs are paid, van hire if necessary, accommodation put on (can be very
basic, can be very nice) and breakfast included. Lunch is provided during the
show, and sometimes an evening meal is provided, very occasionally (one show
organiser, in my experience of well over 100 shows over the years) you are
provided with hot food before setting off for home.
Expenses are paid, yes, but nothing else.
Most weekends I have ended up out of pocket, so being told I have been "paid"
for giving up a weekend with my family rings a bit hollow...
Traders pay to attend, based on size of stand, and have to sort out their own
costs. Some of them are small one-man bands, and I wonder how they can afford
it.
Simon Dunkley
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