Cost of year 6 school trip.. AIBU?

[BanginChoons]

My dc came home from school today with a letter for a school residential. It's for 4 nights in the UK, at an activity centre. The children will be doing things like canoeing and high ropes. The cost is £360. Aibu to think this cost is too high? I would prefer a shorter trip and a lower price, I am concerned that families on lower incomes will struggle to afford this.

School trips are a rip off. People on lower incomes can get help from Rainbows though

at the school, my dd went to the residential trip was £350 for 4 nights. for the children who got fsm they only needed to pay £50 the school covered the rest

Cost sounds about right.
They have to pay
Food
Accommodation
Sports equipment
Salaries of all the staff
Insurance in case you sue them
Make some sort of minimal profit.

It sounds alot but actually alot of hotels are at least 100 a night for a room and breakfast. This will include all activities, all food and travel to and from plus chaperones so actually probably very fair

Sounds very fair for a 4 night trip to me. My niece is doing a 1 night stay at a residential for €185.

Ours is £230 for 2 nights. In November! Not just the trip fees to take into account but suitable clothing. We are lucky as we have decent stuff for camping & dog walking but many won’t so that’s more expense.
Apparently November was cheaper than the summer months.

£90 a day to include transport, supervision, accommodation, food and activities?

Sounds like a bargain.

@lillylemons

at the school, my dd went to the residential trip was £350 for 4 nights. for the children who got fsm they only needed to pay £50 the school covered the rest

Ours was the same, although was less than £200 for 4 nights. FSM kids got free accommodation and only had to pay £50 for the activities. Difficult when you're just over the threshold for fsm.

I used to work at one of these places and it is a good deal, they keep the cost down by having the vast majority of their staff L2 apprentices, and hen making them pay half of that towards accom and another quarter of what’s left to their food, which summer camp staff HAVE to pay for as they sit and eat with the children (they essentially play the teacher role) but instructor staff don’t (Summer camp staff become instructors after summer)

If they paid a living wage and didn’t charge extortionate prices for accom that you have to live in and food the price would be a lot more insane

@Soontobe60

Them price is quite high, but that is paying for 4 day’s worth of activities delivered by trained staff, all meals, night supervision, travel to and from the centre, accommodation. It breaks down to £90 a day. It’s excellent value. If you’re unable to afford it, speak to the school - they may be able to help put.

All of this.

Sounds like really good value to me and most primary schools run a trip in Y6 so it's not like it's a surprise so if you can afford it by saving £60 odd a year towards it then that's a sensible thing to do

Ours are going on a £15 trip to a wildlife park and school consider this to be expensive enough to offer the option of paying in instalments. I don't think anyone would go on something costing £100s.

[quote BanginChoons]@aggathapanthus it includes transport, 4 nights accommodation, food, and daily activities such as high ropes and canoeing.[/quote]
Sounds a reasonable price then.

Not sure you could do it cheaper yourselves tbh.

YANBU, that’s a lot, but hopefully help is available. We did a similar course in the late 90s for a whole week, it was £50 per child.

Sounds standard.

5 day ski trips at our school were upwards of £1,200 (we declined!)

@Newmumatlast

It sounds alot but actually alot of hotels are at least 100 a night for a room and breakfast. This will include all activities, all food and travel to and from plus chaperones so actually probably very fair

Yes.

.but to be fair, these kids will be in bunks in dorms, and have the words crappiest buffet at breakfast ... Not the same as a queen bed, ensuite and a lovely cooked and continental breakfast buffet

Ours is £140. I think it is 2 nights on a weekend as that was the cheaper option. I'm very pleased with the cost, seeing what a lot of others have posted

@earlydoors42

Ours is £140. I think it is 2 nights on a weekend as that was the cheaper option. I'm very pleased with the cost, seeing what a lot of others have posted

That's a good price but poor teachers giving up their weekend for a school trip

Our school made it clear that they expected everyone to send their child, they started payments in year 5

Schools will help those who genuinely can’t afford it

I was really about the cost etc, but I made the payments and he went and had a fantastic time

Let your kid go, they’re going to love it!

Sounds about right. My DD2s was £360 for 4 nights and that was 3 years ago. If its not for a while won't you have time to save up?
We had six months to pay off the full amount.