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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We do travel hockey, and it cost about $14,000 last year. This included fees and travel to in-season tournaments. We also do things on the cheap side, so will drive for anything under 8 hours, there are many families that choose to fly more frequently, so could certainly be several $K more if you choose to do that. In addition, this does not include anything extracurricular like occasional clinics/skills sessions, HS hockey, spring/summer tournaments/camps[/quote]

Is his AAA or AA?  My son plays AA.  I'm guessing our bill is about the same.[/quote]

Included in my original statement was summer camps - he did 2 weeks at a sleepaway hockey camp, plus I had to fly him and his friend there but another parent brought them home. Private/small groups were about $5k that year. I did a spreadsheet that year and tracked everything and hockey was $30k that year.  I shared it with a couple close mom friends on the team and they thought it tracked their estimates.  We could afford it but actually tracking costs, missed school days, missed work days and other things we missed for hockey helped us realize it was time to pull back.  [/quote]

We did heartland one summer and others when my kid was younger.  Luckily he has outgrown camp.[/quote]

Is Heartland worth it?[/quote]

Hmmm, tough one.  My kid actually went twice.  He went with friends, so he had fun.  It's better than York, but it's just so far.  The parents split up the travel duties. Also, it doesn't have the amenities we are used to in the dmv area.  They are really nice and they try, but it's pretty basic.  Food is not great.   The lake is simply gorgeous but after the first two days, my kid was too tired from hockey to do any of the lake activities.  So I guess in that regard, it's good?...

Folks rave about CanAm in Lake Placid.[/quote]

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