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juggernaut · 2005-06-21, 01:16 PM

It depended on how much the shoot involved. IF it was over 3 days (weekend) I would always ship to the company I was working for and make sure for confirmation sigs, etc. If It was a 1 or 2 day shoot I would send it to the manager of the hotel. I would call them first to explain. 99% of them have provisions for this. I would just make it out to be the most important thing in the world so they took very good care of my boxes. IE tell them you have 1 million worth of equip in the box. I really never had any issues. Well one time I did have a UPS truck break down on road but it only took off 2 hours on the shipment. It was not time sensitive for the boxes to be there that time.

2005-06-21, 01:16 PM	#9
juggernaut Registered User Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Central Jersey! If I was rich and powerful I would dress as my avatar does. Posts: 1,448	It depended on how much the shoot involved. IF it was over 3 days (weekend) I would always ship to the company I was working for and make sure for confirmation sigs, etc. If It was a 1 or 2 day shoot I would send it to the manager of the hotel. I would call them first to explain. 99% of them have provisions for this. I would just make it out to be the most important thing in the world so they took very good care of my boxes. IE tell them you have 1 million worth of equip in the box. I really never had any issues. Well one time I did have a UPS truck break down on road but it only took off 2 hours on the shipment. It was not time sensitive for the boxes to be there that time.