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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]NP here. So why do families agree to travel, if they know they're being fleeced?

For example: my kid is not athletic, but she's an advanced violin player. She's often invited to compete in regional, national or international competitions. Most of them are purely commercial enterprises for the organizers, and after doing one which landed her at Carnegie Hall, we're not going out of our way to travel to and fro and spend our hard-earned money on many more. She'll do some in high school, for college apps, but the bulk of her playing time is already well spent in private lessons and local performances. There is no reason to get sucked into more stuff.

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Well, I think some families do know, but others either don’t know or go along because they see benefits for their child/family. And thanks for pointing out that it exists in music. I think dance competitions are a particularly egregious example of a cash grab. Some families enjoy the weekend traveling (and then complaining about the travel), spending time with their kids, watching them compete, etc. I know it’s a commercial enterprise, but taking a kid to an away soccer tournament is fun for the team, gives either myself or my husband one on one time with the kid, and fits within our budget. So we fall into the group of families who do it for the benefits to our family. We would let our kid join a team with a crazy amount of travel -2 out of state soccer tournaments is the upper limit. I do think some families are spending way to much money on travel sports at the expense of saving for retirement/college, which is a whole other discussion. [/quote]

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