Originally Posted by
Tchiowa
I don't give my clients an option. All contracts include paid Business Class fare. Flights more than 12 hours include me arriving day early and they cover the extra day in the hotel. If they don't want to pay for it they can hire someone else. No client has ever turned my down.
As Ruskin said: " The common law of business balance prohibits paying a little and getting a lot. It can't be done. If you deal with the lowest bidder, it is well to add something for the risk you run. And if you do that, you will have enough to pay for something better."
Or the shorter version: "You get what you pay for".
I can't believe I'm agreeing with you, but here I am. Self employed and I have the same policy - if you're going to fly me all the way around the globe, don't you want to get the best work out of me? You're not gonna get it if I'm exhausted and depleted.