Cost / Number of school trips

sheramber

this makes interesting reading

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/365929/charging_for_school_activities_-_October_2014.pdf

Prothet_of_Doom

Our kids went to a Secondary school in an affluent area, which meant that trips could have included CHINA, Skiing, and places that we as parents couldn't dream of affording. I explained that if they could find a spare £1000 in our budget, they were welcome to go. I actually think, the discussions we had about cutting your cloth, in a way that you can afford, has turned them into sensible adults.

CathA

I remember when one of my twins came home with a letter about a school trip to Spain. If I remember it was about £700 for 5 days!! (This was about 9/10 years ago?
They were going camping, hiking, mountain climbing, sleeping in a tent, bivouacking, digging their own toilet trench-for that money, really? Her older sister was going on a German work exchange trip (she was doing A level German) and her twin sister was going on holiday to Greece with her best friend's family, which they were paying for. Her argument was that they were going overseas on holiday, only fair that she went to Spain.
A 14 year old, obsessed with make-up, hair straighteners, internet (think it was MSN messenger then, rather than Facebook!) who hated getting dirty and showered every day, thinks going halfway up a Spanish mountain and shi**ing in the woods is going to be lovely time? Character building perhaps but even if they were going to be staying in a 5 star hotel I would still have said no.
Ridiculous amounts of money are charged by schools for these trips. More parents say no than yes for these trips, hence the majority of them get cancelled before they get off the ground. The only ones I agreed with were the ones relating to the languages they were learning.

pigpen

mum2one wrote: »

Re passport - with dd they had a collective passport done throu the school the cost was tied in with the trip, x

They don't even do those any more do they?.. haven't for at least 7 years when my oldest daughter went


Or maybe they are available.. but our school won't get one.. that might be annoying

mum2one

pigpen wrote: »

They don't even do those any more.. haven't for at least 7 years when my oldest daughter went

Ah - don't what they did then - dd had a small cardboard card with a photo on - I can't remember whether I had to say whether she had a passport or not X

pigpen

mum2one wrote: »

Ah - don't what they did then - dd had a small cardboard card with a photo on - I can't remember whether I had to say whether she had a passport or not X

No, it was me believing the school apparently they do still do them but they were just not prepared to fork out for it.. bit crap when you consider how much work they have the children doing when they get them there.. they have very little free time!

I may be irritated and will definitely be bringing it up at the meeting next month!

mum2one

CathA wrote: »

I remember when one of my twins came home with a letter about a school trip to Spain. If I remember it was about £700 for 5 days!! (This was about 9/10 years ago?
They were going camping, hiking, mountain climbing, sleeping in a tent, bivouacking, digging their own toilet trench-for that money, really? Her older sister was going on a German work exchange trip (she was doing A level German) and her twin sister was going on holiday to Greece with her best friend's family, which they were paying for. Her argument was that they were going overseas on holiday, only fair that she went to Spain.
A 14 year old, obsessed with make-up, hair straighteners, internet (think it was MSN messenger then, rather than Facebook!) who hated getting dirty and showered every day, thinks going halfway up a Spanish mountain and shi**ing in the woods is going to be lovely time? Character building perhaps but even if they were going to be staying in a 5 star hotel I would still have said no.
Ridiculous amounts of money are charged by schools for these trips. More parents say no than yes for these trips, hence the majority of them get cancelled before they get off the ground. The only ones I agreed with were the ones relating to the languages they were learning.

I'm sorry I had laugh, the thought of paying that much and having to dig out the toilet..... at that price I'd want 5 star luxury...

Just reminded of something DD did....

We went to the Dom Rep for my 40th (she was 8 1/2 then), upgraded to premier on plane, nice hotel, later that year we went to Tunisia as were getting onto the plane, the crew were directing us to the seats, they'd said go down and xx rows.... DD pipes up, wheres the 1st class, I only fly first class).... it was so funny.

Now - Its hair straightners, make-up, lush bath bomb (bath is a luxury - we have a wetroom), phone, tablet... how we ever managed without the internet I would never go.


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To add she is over the moon about London, I'm pleased for her, not because its the cheapest, but I think she would get more out of it xx

mum2one

sheramber wrote: »

this makes interesting reading

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/365929/charging_for_school_activities_-_October_2014.pdf

Thank yo so much, going to download and digest over the weekend xx

mum2one

pigpen wrote: »

No, it was me believing the school apparently they do still do them but they were just not prepared to fork out for it.. bit crap when you consider how much work they have the children doing when they get them there.. they have very little free time!

I may be irritated and will definitely be bringing it up at the meeting next month!

Def worth bringing up, yes there is a small cost but its not going to be price passport (think about £75), they'd include the cost in the price of the trip - even if it was £20 still be a lot cheaper. x

Homeownertobe

mum2one wrote: »

I'm sorry I had laugh, the thought of paying that much and having to dig out the toilet..... at that price I'd want 5 star luxury...

Just reminded of something DD did....

We went to the Dom Rep for my 40th (she was 8 1/2 then), upgraded to premier on plane, nice hotel, later that year we went to Tunisia as were getting onto the plane, the crew were directing us to the seats, they'd said go down and xx rows.... DD pipes up, wheres the 1st class, I only fly first class).... it was so funny.

Now - Its hair straightners, make-up, lush bath bomb (bath is a luxury - we have a wetroom), phone, tablet... how we ever managed without the internet I would never go.


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To add she is over the moon about London, I'm pleased for her, not because its the cheapest, but I think she would get more out of it xx

This certainly puts a different spin on your OP.