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Notes from the road.
Tour management, show-day logistics, and the craft of keeping live entertainment on schedule.
Planning & Logistics
Touring Internationally: Work Permits, Visas, ATA Carnets and Tax
The paperwork behind an international tour: work permits and visas, ATA carnets for gear, withholding tax on fees, and how to check each country's rules.
Planning & Logistics
Tour Hotels and Rooming Lists: How to Book and Manage Them
What a rooming list is, what goes on it, and how tour managers book hotels, handle room blocks and keep check-in smoo...
Planning & Logistics
Tour Bus vs. Van vs. Fly Dates: Choosing Tour Transportation
Van, sleeper bus or flying in: how to choose tour transportation based on routing, crew size, gear, budget and how mu...
Planning & Logistics
How to Plan a Concert Tour: A Step-by-Step Guide
From setting goals and routing dates to budgets, crew, travel and advancing, here's how a concert tour actually comes...
Planning & Logistics
Routing a Tour: Why Travel Days Are Where Money Goes to Die
Every day on the road costs money, whether you play or not. Here's how tour routing works, why travel days and days o...