When planning a multi-day route I get in touch with schedulers at about 5-10 MSCs to look for jobs. In Feb I will do a route fron DC to central FL and back. That's about 2200 miles, but there will be lots of little side trips for shops off the main route that will really add up. I have done the same trip, with different shops each time, twice before and pretty much know what to expect. If you do a search ou "route shopping" for the past year, you will find additional great tips from the road warriors here.
Yesterday was the first day that I started actively contacting specific video schedulers about the route. A lot of video assignments are not released by the clients before the first week of the month, but I locked down enough shops for the first two days of the route to net $300, with room to add more shops to those days. And, I got promises of priority for shops that come into "inventory" between now and early February from those same scheduler.
BUT, video is a small world, where we know our schedulers and they know us very well. Schedulers from mammouth MSCs may not be as cooperative. And, if they have plenty of "local" reliable shoppers for your destinations, you won't see many bonuses.
Don't forget to negotiate extensions of all report deadline when on a multi-day route. Everything takes twice as long as you expect when on the road.
Finally, I strongly advise against booking any lunch shops on a long route. Delays will almost always screw up any route schedule to the point where the time windows for lunches will not be met.
Based in MD, near DC
Shopping from the Carolinas to New York
Have video cam; will travel
Poor customer service? Don't get mad; get video.