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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]$29 is cheap, OP. Where on earth were your kids going that only cost 6-10?

In middle school, the music field trip to Bush Gardens costs more than a 100, and in high school, it's more than a 1000 for an overnight trip to various US cities for music competitions.

You've seen nothing yet and you need to accept that your field trip budget will need to be adjusted. OR, that you need to ask for financial help.

But the prices you cite are par for the course.
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They are that high as you pay for the chaperones and a private company to arrange it.  They could do it much cheaper.  Teachers get kickbacks from the tour companies.  [/quote]

There are no tour companies, PP. You're confusing school field trips with private international travel sponsored by a school language teacher. The latter are several thousand dollars and a complete rip-off (but some families still do them because they want their kids to travel and for various reasons, they can't travel as a family).

I chaperoned multiple field trips at Busch Gardens when my kids were in middle school, for their choir and orchestra groups, and I had to pay for my own ticket and was required to ride in the bus.

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DP here and you are mistaken. The PP is correct. [/quote]

Prove it. [/quote]

https://www.schooltoursofamerica.com/why-travel-with-us

https://www.eftours.com/eliterature/etus/efschoolpoints.pdf

https://www.passports.com/2025 - This one clearly says "Cash and travel rewards for group leaders"[/quote]

These are NOT elementary trips! The locations include NY, Williamsburg, Philly, etc. I know you think teachers are “getting over” on the public but use common sense! [/quote]

These are secondary school trips. Chaperones don’t have to be teachers. Parents could set up and run them. They don’t because it is an insane amount of work. I’ve chaperoned two and they are 14 hour days. I only got a “break” if a student was under the weather and needed to stay at the hotel. We do it because we believe travel is a great education, not because we consider 10 fourteen hour days with twenty adolescents a vacation. [/quote]

The teachers at our school only allow a few select parents and teachers.  Teachers go for free and get perks from the company. [/quote]

So, contact the company and set up your own trip staffed by the teachers and parents that no one else wanted.[/quote]

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