Do they pay the VAs for their attendance at conventions?

[TheRed259]

Do they pay the VAs for their attendance at conventions?

And I am not talking only about the English cast (Sean Schemmel, Chris Sabat) but for other VAs as well like the ones from Latin America (Mario Castaneda, Rene Garcia).

[Dragon Ball Ireland]

As far as I know they pay for their flights and hotels, but I don't think they get anything on top of that.

[VegettoEX]

Different actors have different types of appearance contracts/agreements, and different conventions have different abilities to support/afford these arrangements.

Some guests require lodging and transportation only, while others have an appearance fee on top of that, and any combination thereof in between. Some will make compromises based on the size of the convention and familiarity they may have with its staff.

Furukawa had a stipulation that his wife come along with him when his arm was broken, for example (at least that's what I remember the problem being?); that's a unique scenario, and some conventions are willing to accommodate that. She is also a voice actresses (she did Videl in Kai), so if they're willing to make it work, they will find a way.

[TheRed259]

Thanks for the replies. I was always wondering about stuff like that.
[spoiler]And watching these VAs from Latin America... man, they spend so much time on conventions... I don't know when they find time to dub DragonBall LOL.[/spoiler]

[UpFromTheSkies]

Do they pay the VAs for their attendance at conventions?

And I am not talking only about the English cast (Sean Schemmel, Chris Sabat) but for other VAs as well like the ones from Latin America (Mario Castaneda, Rene Garcia).

I'm sure funimation and the other companies pay them, they are there representing them and promoting their product after all.

[Robo4900]

I remember hearing from some friends who used to organise Star Trek conventions in the '80s and '90s that Ricardo Montalbán didn't appear at any; he didn't completely rule it out, but he'd set an appearance fee so high, no convention would book him.

So, guests can set apperance fees.

IIRC, James Doohan didn't charge an appearance fee, but would request free drinks, and then he would drink the bar dry. So, I suppose some guests do effectively sneak fees in one way or the other.

I think these days, most guests make most of their money at cons from photos, signing stuff, etc., though.

[Blondiebear_17]

I think it depends on the convention. I have been to a hand full and I feel like you can really tell when they are getting paid because at some of the bigger ones you can get free autographs and stuff and depending on what shows they are promoting they will give you free materials to get signed but at smaller cons I think some of the voice actors have to make up their costs on the autographs and stuff. I happen to live in Texas so i'ts really really easy to meet the Funimation voice actors at the local cons the smaller the better as the bigger ones have big attendance and so that means way longer lines.