to think that £100 is vv expensive for a one night residential trip?

[Geordielassinacoat]

DD has just stared yr3. She has her first school residential trip next June, at a local scout camp. They'll stay in dorms, get one dinner and one breakfast and do some outdoor activities (no canoeing or anything exciting like that!). Now I have no experience of this kind of this, but a hundred quid for one night??? She'll go, as luckily we can afford it. But I'm sure there'll be those that can't. It's £50 for kids getting FSM but there'll be families not at that threshold who'll struggle to pay the full amount.

Is this a normal charge? What am I missing???

That is reduculase. Id ask for a run down of why its so expensive.

That's very expensive

We did a weekend at PGL with activities all day Saturday and Sunday and it cost just over £100 for the weekend and then about £50 each for the bus.

I suppose it depends upon the company, the accomodation, the ratio of staff/instructors and the cost of the coach/minibus/ also how many school staff are going. You could ask for a break down of costings but you would be that parent

Accommodation
Travel/ transport hire
Dinner
Breakfast
Activities
Insurance
Adult supervisors

I don't think it is unreasonable. Shorter trips will always have a higher average cost per night than longer trips.

Longer trips will always be better value for money in that respect.

Regardless of how long you go for, you have to pay transport, insurance and activity costs but it's cheaper if those costs are spread over four days than if you have to pay them all for a one night trip.

OK I can see how the insurance, transport etc is the same for one, two nights etc, that makes sense. Still, a hundred quid! I suppose I better get used to needing deep pockets as they start to do more adventurous therefore more exciting thing as they get older :)