Camps charging ridiculous prices this summer.

[Anonymous]

So clearly the ones running are using the crisis to their advantage. And I think it's gross.

Ugh.

Regular day camps charging double their normal week rate.

[Anonymous]

Their fixed costs are probably the same but with half the number of kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So clearly the ones running are using the crisis to their advantage. And I think it's gross.

Ugh.

Regular day camps charging double their normal week rate.

Who ?

[Anonymous]

I just paid $700 for a week of half-days. Horseback riding camp with 5 students plus instructor.

Is that too much?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
I just paid $700 for a week of half-days. Horseback riding camp with 5 students plus instructor.

Is that too much?

My kid is going to a horseback riding camp that is $930 for two weeks (10 days) of 9-4 each day. I think you overpaid. That price hasn't changed from the pre-Covid advertised price.

My other kid will be attending two different day camps. One raised its prices by ~30%, while the other didn't raise theirs at all.

[Anonymous]

I spent yesterday looking at which outdoor sport camps were running and they looked like the same cost as any other year. I paid $180 for a half day skills camp that had openings. I found the new, online virtual camps to be outrageously priced.

[Anonymous]

I seriously don’t think they can operate with the same rates they had pre-pandemic. They are probably running at 50% capacity but have to pay staff and all other expenses the same no matter what.

The reason they used to be cheap was because they couldn’t roll lots of kids.

[Anonymous]

people will always find something to complain about.

[Anonymous]

You are free to find a better price or stay home and watch your own kids.

[Anonymous]

My son’s camp didn’t ask for any additional money, so I am paying the price set back in January. Given the huge changes they’ve had to make, along with dramatically reduced participation, I feel certain they are losing money. I am hoping, for their sake, that more kids will be in camp starting next week so they could get closer to break even.

[Anonymous]

I found the pricing for the 6 week mini Camp at Congo to be totally egregious. They wanted like 5K per kid for 6 weeks.

[Anonymous]

Supply and demand. Plus like earlier posters said, they can take fewer children per staff person.

[Anonymous]

OP no one is gouging you. They need more staff to maintain the now-required ratios. More staff=higher cost.

[Anonymous]

We are doing two weeks at Camp Sonshine. Price did not change, it’s just over $300 a week for 9-3. It was originally 9-4 so I guess I lost an hour but I’m ok with that. Camp has always been expensive in my opinion.

[Anonymous]

All of mine are charging the regular price - same as always. But my kid is older and does mostly outdoor sports camps.