To ask how much would you be happy to pay

[Littlestgirlguide25]

For Guide camp?

It's a big event for 7 nights in the summer holidays, for Guides from across the UK and some international groups attending.
Lots of exciting and adventurous activities, all food, accommodation and activities included but with parents providing transport to help keep costs low (90 min drive from home).

What would you be happy to pay for that?

£200 is great but ime most the time Guides find a way to get price much much lower than the reasonable price. Which is amazing, well done.

dd3 left for Kent International Jamboree about two hours ago :)

we've paid £250 for camp, £15 for minibus to get her there and back, £20 for the hoodie (optional), £15 for a Saree off eBay (Asia Pacfiic sub camp, festival night!), £30 for pocket money and a cake for eating!

dd1 did a Guides trip to Switzerland a few years ago which was a lot more (£600 from memory) and we had fund raising and monthly instalments.

We will give a whole school years notice - 11 months.
When we fundraise it's done as Waxon suggests, there's always one who never turns up to any fundraising events. We've got plenty planned, large and small scale so everyone can get involved.
It's just that some years everyone just smiles and tells us how cheap it is, and other years parents are raising eyebrows over £40.

We - and most Guide and Scout groups - do absolutely everything we can to keep costs low and our activities accessible for all families. But things do cost money, this is the real world, and we aren't able to offer discounts for larger families.

My ds is currently on a 6 night cub camp it cost £80.
Dd is going to euro Disney with guides for 3 days in Feb that's £350.
It depends on lots of factors dd is only going to Disney as it's the week after her b day so that will be part of her present. Personally I'd be happy to pay 100-150 for a camp any more than that and we would struggle. I'd also need plenty of notice to be able to pay in instalments

As a scout group treasurer I can say I give a huge sigh of relief if we actually break even on a camp In the unlikely event we actually make a profit, if it is a small amount I would roll it into the next camp to reduce the cost of that one, and also cover the possibility of any extra costs coming out of the woodwork e.g. Leader making an expense claim 6 months later! If the profit is a reasonable amount we would refund the parents.

As a group we do try and keep the cost to the parents as low as possible, but it is amazing how quickly the costs build up. And as other people have mentioned you have to factor in cost of equipment, both buying new and replacing/repairing existing equipment.

installments of £5 per week, it is a weekly event isnt it?
or £10 - 15 a month sounds reasonble

Hipster hunter - I haven't made myself clear. I meant £200 is great value. But my kids wouldn't be able to go. I do not mean it should be made cheaper for them. I am saying some will still not be able to afford it but that is not because it is too expensive for what it is. I think your reply rude for what I have written.

As I understand it the Scout organisation and presumably guides? Will always try to help disadvantaged children take advantage of opportunities that they'd otherwise be denied through cost. The difficulty is identifying those children as often those in dire need wouldn't ask. Also there is a difference in genuine need and parents who simply choose to prioritise other things and cry poverty. We've given up lots to ensure our children can attend. We probably have average income so are able to afford all our basic needs so are giving up luxuries. I would expect help.

That should be that I wouldn't expect help.

We're paying £180 for 5 day Cub camp, which is a bloody bargain. I know how hard Akela works to keep costs down, so the activities included in that are amazing.

If people give you shit for £205 for 7 days, remind them what 5 days (not nights!) costs in a local holiday club; round here it's £199 and I've got to supply packed lunches!

£200 sounds very fair (rainbow leader, rainbow and Brownie daughters so biased) considering wellies and wristbands is £105 for 3 nights.

Given you've a year for fundraising to subsidise it, you can offer for parents to pay in instalments, if my daughter was in your guide unit and wanted to go, even at full price I'd snap your hand off. The event would be such a different experience for them. But I'd also be encouraging the girls to do their own fundraising. There are plenty of challenge badges around and I presume there is a guiding gfi or similar which would fit the fundraising theme. You will always get the girl who cannot participate in fundraising so work round it so they do other things instead - leaflet drops, admin in meetings etc.

Once they're in senior section fundraising is pretty much a given round our way to enable to girls to go on internationals.