School Trips

irishesman

Hi
I have been volunteered by my youngest daughter to help on her school trip next week. However, nothing has been mentioned about whether I have to pay my way regarding entrance fees. She had to pay (well I did) £13 for the trip. Has anyone any experience with trips like this?

thanks

tori.k

Give the school a call, with ours it was free it was factored in the trip price for the kids, as you are giving your time and they have to have a set number of adults to children,... tho i did grumble at this with my older child's France trip, as it was also a beer run for the teachers but four days peace was worth the extra i suppose

LISSILEIGH

i go on school trips all the time, and have never had to pay, the costs are covered by the children, so i guess in effect you have already paid

dizziblonde

Generally schools get a number of free adults with the number of kids going so parents take those places.

January20

tori.k wrote: »

Give the school a call, with ours it was free it was factored in the trip price for the kids, as you are giving your time and they have to have a set number of adults to children,... tho i did grumble at this with my older child's France trip, as it was also a beer run for the teachers but four days peace was worth the extra i suppose

And who do you think was responsible for and looked after your kids 24/7 for 4 days? Would you expect teachers to have to pay to take your kids away and then have to look after them too?

I have been on trips abroad with pupils of various ages and it's no picnic. The weight of the responsibility of looking after other people's children is very heavy, especially as many think they are invicible and know it all :rolleyes: