Per diem & settlement calculator
Budget per diems for the whole run, then work out what the artist walks with on a flat, door, or versus deal. Free, no account, works in the venue office at 1 AM.
Band + crew getting PDs
Per person, per day
Half on travel days is the usual deal
Per diems come out of the tour budget, not the settlement.
PDs are a fixed tour cost you pay your own people daily; the settlement is what the promoter owes the artist after the show. Budget the first before you route, and check the second against the deal memo before you leave the venue. How per diems work on tour.
Glossary: per diem · settlement · versus deal · door deal
Frequently asked questions
What is a per diem on tour?
A per diem (PD) is a daily cash allowance paid to band and crew to cover personal expenses like food and laundry on the road. It is a fixed tour cost set in advance, not part of the show settlement.
How much should per diems be?
Club and theater runs commonly land in the $40-75 per person per day range; larger productions and high-cost cities go higher. Many tours pay a half per diem on travel days, since travel days usually include a provided meal or less time to spend it. The real answer is whatever the tour budget supports.
What is a versus deal?
A versus deal pays the artist the greater of the guarantee or an agreed percentage of net box office receipts. At settlement you compute both numbers and the artist takes whichever is larger, which is exactly what the settlement half of this calculator does.
What counts as show expenses at settlement?
The costs the promoter deducts before splitting the net: production and backline, house crew, venue rent, marketing, taxes and ticket fees where the deal memo says so. What counts is defined by the contract, not by the calculator, so check the deal memo first.
Is this calculator really free?
Yes. It runs entirely in your browser, needs no account, and nothing you enter leaves your device. We built it because settlement math at 1 AM in a venue office is where mistakes happen.
When the numbers are real, they belong in the tour
Per diem budgets live in the tour budget template, and the night-of accounting lives on the settlement sheet. TourPro keeps budgets, settlements, schedules, and day sheets in one place so the whole team works from the same numbers. tourpro.app.