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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I usually max out my FSA, which until recently was 5K.  About 4K was on summer camps and the rest on spring and winter break camps.  Most we do are $350-550/wk, depending on whether a bare bones camp, or private school or specialty camp.[/quote]

Oh and this is for one kid.  We’ve found that you get what you pay for.[/quote]

Totally disagree.

My kids have done ridiculously expensive summer camps in Maine and (DH wanted them to go it's a thing for his family), not worth it.  The grounds were nicer and maybe bunks were slightly nicer, that's it.  Everyone drove up in a fancy car or helicoptered or flew private jets in didn't matter. Staff same period. It's not like these camps pay staff more than the cheaper camps. They are not run any better than a good one at even half or a third the price

If I had it to do over again my kids would have skipped those expensive ones and I would have donated those monies. W[/quote]

+1 Anyone who thinks they are getting what they paid for has drunk the cool aid.[/quote]

PP here, that’s been my experience with day camps.  I can think of a couple day camps we did that were cheaper, but they basically were unstructured babysitters.  Aftercare was basically kids sitting at a table.  I’ve heard even worse for some DPR camps in DC.[/quote]

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