Travel fees

Hi, everyone! Hope your planning is going well.


I have to decide ASAP if I want to move forward with my makeup artist (and also potentially for hair). She's really excellent. The only thing I'm concerned about is her prices are already quite high at about $120 for bridesmaid and $150 for bride (although I think she's very good, so it aligns with her skill level). That would just be for makeup and then hair would probably double that.
Additionally, the travel fee for 135km each way is $320 total. Is this normal?
I can't find many photos of the hair she does, but it seems good. How much "evidence" of their work do you look at before booking?
I certainly don't want to miss out on a good artist, but I know I should be sure as budgeting seems harder than it did originally! 😄