state school ski-ing trip too expensive?

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It's £1,500. To go for a week at Easter to America. They always go there, facilities and snow very reliable etc.

Now I think for beginner ski-ing it is in some ways a bargain, because a family ski-ing trip for five is obviously going to be so much more, and anyway my Dh hates ski-ing so we would never go in the first place..

But surely they could have chosen somewhere in Europe which was slightly less expensive, say at Feb half term or even Xmas/New Year?

Anyone else's experiences?

I want to send ds because I can afford it and because he is hopeless at sport and really wants to be better and really really wants to go and has never been and never will go skiing with us, but why is it such an outrageous price so as to discrimate against most of his classmates?

It's optional. Anyone who thinks it's too expensive doesn't have to go. FWIW £1500 for guaranteed snow strikes me as better value than £900 for Austria and poor or no snow. If it was compulsory I would understand the issue; it isn't.

You aren't paying for the teachers. the travel companies give one free teacher place per x no of students. I won't even get into the whole issue of what they have to do to organise the thing, what a huge responsibility it is to be in loco parentis for a trip like this that involves air travel, mixed sex overnight stays and a dangerous sport where the likelihood is that you WILL come home with someone in plaster. If you don't want to send your kid, don't, but schools are not in any way profiteering or the teachers getting a "jolly".

I don't get the appeal of spending a lot of money sending your kids on holiday without you really.

Maybe when mine are horrible teenagers I'll be more keen to get rid of them.

Blimey! That is very expensive - my son's (European) ski trip in February was 900. Mind you, I heard quite a bit about how sub-part the hotel accommodations were, but as far as I know about school trips - they're not meant to be luxe.

It is a reasonable cost for the location (which is beautiful! he'll love it!) but I'm a bit scratching my head at the choice. That's really far in the case of a broken arm or leg, and it's just a bloody long way to go for presumably a group of non-expert teenage skiers when you're next door to the Alps.

ds school (Independent) its £883 for a week next easter in Austria high enough on a glacier for guaranteed skiiing and snowboarding the letter says

My dd1, is going to attend a new private school when we move along woth my dd2 and ds1 (they are twins and 5), she has a ski trip to Italy and they're asking for about two thousand dollars, after I pay that I just need to buy new ski clothes. At private schols, some kids do get financial aid so they might feel left out but the school.does trips to mueseums and broadway.
I just have to move countries and organise a family holiday&start my new job. My daughter visited america about 2-3 years ago ans loved it- so happy because we are moving their xD. But schools cannot win sometimes they try to cater to needs but of they had cheaper holidays children who have busy parents and a lot of disposable income so they cannot go on holiday may not like the trips- also there was no question of sending my dd1 to the trip but the best thing was that I could not do a family holiday - the twins were too young and I did not want them skiing. It also is good for them to go because members of them family like different type of things..
Like me and my dd1 love skiing and theatres my dd2 and ds1 love parks and theme parks. So if you decide to go on a family holiday instead cater to individual family person needs:)

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