Kelleth wrote:

This a really good point.

Some clients will cover travel and possible accommodations if they want a specific model from out of town and some will not. Usually agencies that represent models from out of town will keep this in mind and not submit you for low paying jobs. If a job has a very high budget or you're not coming from all that far then covering your own transportation may not be an issue but if you are eating up your entire profit on a flight/hotel, then there's often little point in taking the booking at all.

Also every market is different. There are some cities in which it is easier to direct book than others. Other cities, you HAVE to spend a period of time there and meet with clients because they do not want to book models based off of their images alone. Other times, you just send in audition videos or do a casting via skype or chat with a client on the phone, etc.

Yes video auditions are very common as well............
or modeling reel..........