If we are travelling you to a different city from your home city for a shoot, you can claim a retroactive reimbursement of a Transfer Allowance for each day you’re travelling to make shoots with us. This is intended for travel between;
- Your home and the airport in your Home City
- The airport and your accommodation in the Shoot City
- The shoot location and your accommodation in the Shoot City (if different from your accommodation), for each day you’re attending shoots
- Or, if the shoot location is the same as your accommodation, travelling to get food once per day.
- To the airport in the Shoot City for your return trip, and
- The airport and your home back in your Home City.
“Retroactive” means this is a reimbursement: you pay the costs on the day, and after your trip, we give you some money to cover those costs. The per-day amount depends on the country the Shoot City is in (see below).
The Shoot City Transfer Allowance is paid on a per-day, per-city basis you’re away from home for this trip. For example;
Model Jane leaves her home in the UK at 4pm Tuesday afternoon, to catch a flight to the Shoot City of Amsterdam. She appears in shoots on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.
She wants to have a day to explore Amsterdam on Saturday, so pays for her own accommodation on Saturday night. Finally, she flies home on Sunday morning.
Jane can claim a total of €70 for the Transfer Allowance, broken down as follows;
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- €10 for travel in the UK on Tue 23-Jun-2022 (getting to the airport)
- €10 for travel in Amsterdam on Tue 23-Jun-2022 evening (getting from the airport to the accommodation)
- €10 for travel in Amsterdam on the first Shoot day (Wed 24-Jun-2022)
- €10 for travel in Amsterdam on the second Shoot day (Thu 25-Jun-2022)
- €10 for travel in Amsterdam on the third Shoot day (Fri 26-Jun-2022)
- [No Transfer Allowance for Sat 27-Jun-2022, as it’s not a shoot day]
- €10 for travel in Amsterdam on Sun 28-Jun-2022 morning (getting to the airport)
- €10 for travel in the UK, from the airport back home, Sun 28-Jun-2022
The above is an example of what models need to supply to the Model Liaison.
The Transfer Allowance may not always cover all the costs (and on some days, will cover much more than the costs). You can choose how to spend the Transfer Allowance, but we recommend you use public transport where possible (busses, trains, ferries, trams and similar), purchasing a day ticket when more than one trip in a day will be be necessary.
We always book accommodation and shoot locations to be accessible by public transport (in cases when this is not possible, we’ll work to make alternative arrangements with you).
You may choose to use ridesharing services (like Uber), but it’s unlikely the Transfer Allowance will cover much of a ride-sharing trip – any overages will be at your own expense (though there are some exceptions to this in Australia and the USA, see details below).
The Transfer Allowance is not due on;
- Days where we do not require you to travel for shoots (ie, designated “rest days”)
- When the model appears in shoots in her Home City
- When the model has travelled herself to a Shoot City, and appears in shoots
- For example, “I am heading to Barcelona for a holiday, will you have any shoots for me?”
How to claim the Transfer Allowance
If you wish to claim the Transfer Allowance, you must email model.liaison@abbywinters.com on or after the last day of your trip, with a list of the days and events that required transfers, similar to the above example (“Jane from the UK visits Amsterdam”).
We’ll review your request, and once approved, pay it with your shoot fees and any other reimbursements due.
Per day allowances by Shoot City
Cities in Europe: €10 per Shoot Day
Cities in Ukraine and Russia: €5 per Shoot Day
Cities in Australia: €10, but with €40 for the first trip in the Shoot City, to help the model get oriented by catching a rideshare or taxi to the accommodation, unless the Shoot Producer meets the model at the airport.
Cities in the USA: €40 for travelling from the airport to the accommodation, and another €40 for the accom back to the airport (unless the Shoot Producer provides this service). €15 per day for other Shoot Days.
Cities in Colombia: €8 per day.
