A minimum of 5 hours travel time is billable to the client. All transcontinental trips are billed as full day rates. The travel day clock starts one hour prior to scheduled departure time and ends when the technician arrives on site and after any required work is done. Any delays due to air or ground transportation are billable. Any ground transportation, tolls, tips, or other incidentals are billable.
All hours begin and end accordingly to the time zone the technician left from.
Per Diem amount depends on geographic location. The client is to provide a separate hotel room for each AVI technician. If a room is not provided in the same hotel as the show, the time it takes the technician to arrive will be added to the technicians total hours for that day. Meal Breaks Meal Breaks. Meal breaks are taken off the technicians hours, provided per diem is paid and the break is 1 hour long and the technician is allowed to leave the work site.