DS is finishing school and heading to college soon. He’s missed out on all the school overseas experiences (it’s always limited numbers, name in a hat, and his never got chosen. He’s pretty gutted). Want to find him some sort of summer teen experience if we can. He’s not at all sporty so definitely no sports camp. I’ve found one that looks ok, a London-based careers camp, hours away from us so he’d need to do residential. But it feels very commercial and based on their aggressive marketing and some suspicious reviews, I’m not wholly convinced they’re ’about the kids’ if you catch my drift. It would be £3,240 for one week (inc residential) or £5,745 for two, which feels v expensive for what it is, compared to some of the adult residential courses I’ve done. We couldn’t afford to do the latter, and they make the former sound like a ‘poor man’s’ version, with the best elements crammed into week two, so I’m not really sold on it.
Anyone know of anything else? Could be overseas if it’s with a really safe package provision that takes full care of them (he’s quite young for his age), or something in the UK that would be a fab careers or personal growth type experience? I can’t seem to find much else.
Edit: though it doesn’t have to be careers/learning etc. I mainly just want him to have a once in a lifetime experience to make up for all the stuff he’s missed out on. We’re doing a family holiday, but he has young siblings, and I think he’d appreciate something that was just for him.