The High Price of Gas

[Jim Coston]

How is the high price of gas affecting you as an entertainer?

Are you taking less "out of towners" or just raising your prices? How are you coping with the situation?

The Cruise Industry is in particular peril. Not only are fuel surcharges raising passenger ticket prices, but most cruisers have to fly to get to (and from) the ship's port of embarcation - a double whammy!!

We are waiting to see how the Cruise industry reacts. Will they fly entertainers between ships less often ? Or use less entertainers...

Troubling times all over....


PS: You can find tools to locate the cheapest gas in your area from the main page of Entslist.com. Look in the far right column below the Stock Market Links.

[Ric Steel]

Great topic !

For me I bought a honda Civic Hybrid and have had zero trouble getting to most of my gigs in and around Nashville getting 40 mpg.

BUT.....I could not even believe it yesterday though when I spent almost $40.00 filling up my little car with 10 gallons of precious gasoline !

The entire world is going to be changing radically for a while where this is concerned.

As far as the Cruise entertainers are concerned...... I think there will be fallout as well.

Rather than spending $2,000.00 flying me in and out of Capetown for a gig that only lasts a week I think that they are going to be keeping me out longer and spreading their travel costs out over three or four weeks. ....Maybe longer.....

The good news is that I will actually be out alot this year ( perhaps...lol...)

The bad news is that fewer entertainers will be working because we will not be revolving as much....

What does the forum think?



PS: You can find tools to locate the cheapest gas in your area from the main page of Entslist.com. Look in the far right column below the Stock Market Links. It really works !

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[guitarMike]

Michael Ward here in Nashville Tn :

Just filled up my Chevy Tahoe today ( $63.80 ) , thats really starting to make me think about the distance I travel for gigs ...

For Private / Corporate Functions - I'll add the cost into the gig -
However for Club Dates , not much can be done there ....

Times are tough - I'm glad there's still venues out there for full-time entertainers/performers ( Casino's , Cruise Ships , Corp Theme Shows , ect )

Still Pickin & Grin-in

Michael guitarWard
www.myspace.com/redlight11nashville

[Ben Robinson]

Hi Jim, I work pimarily in the NYC, CT, NJ area with trips so far this year toi London, Paris and the west coast. yes I drive, just did a gig in MA with a van and assistants and gas cost me $88 round trip, plus the van rental was $558, and then tolls at $20. So...I built all that into my price and still came out ahead, but, it sure makes one wince because this is not going to ever change I think. i read the papers of the world and no one has any answers. We are at war with the peiople supplying us in part! I do less out of town gigs andtake public transportation I am finding. Great site. Thanks for doing it.

[Jim Coston]

Just the Tip of the Iceburg...

Air Travelers Avoided 41 Million Trips in Past Year - U.S. Economy Takes $26.5 Billion Hit

First-of-Its-Kind Study Demonstrates Travelers Changing Behavior Due to Immense Frustration with Air Travel Process

The Travel Industry Association (TIA) today released a landmark survey revealing that deep frustration among air travelers caused them to avoid an estimated 41 million trips over the past 12 months at a cost of more than $26 billion to the U.S. economy...... More

[Jim Coston]

Gas is down about 15 cents a gallon and the price of a barrel of oil has dropped below $125...

How many people think the Airlines will rescind their baggage fees and other add-ons once the price of fuel drops?