Crew charges or dues: do you ask for extra for journey? – Crew Group

I’m interested by this mannequin for crew charges. Currently, we ask one fee for every scholar. In the previous, we tried asking for a base fee, plus extra for individuals who needed to journey. I feel this was achieved in two separate seasons below completely different head coaches, who then returned to the one-fee-fits-all mannequin.

I’ve not requested these coaches but why they switched, however I believed I would ask right here. I think it was extra of a headache in ensuring the correct amount bought paid.

Pros and cons, anybody?

I might advocate fascinated with the place a lot of the crew bills are going. If you’re constructing a really complicated and costly robotic and solely touring to 1 native regional competitors, I might have very completely different recommendation than should you’re a crew planning on touring a long way to a number of regionals and worlds.

All this to say that it actually relies on the crew and related expense varieties. One-fee-fits-all is unquestionably an easier mannequin; it’s only a matter of whether or not or not that mannequin is smart for what the scholars are “paying for” or getting out of this system.

We have 2 district occasions and presumably DCMP’s and worlds, all of which contain overnights.

We’ve all the time billed the price of every journey to the households of the touring college students. We have been capable of fundraise sufficient to supply journey scholarships to those that want it.

This has labored moderately effectively. We would have a tough time precisely predicting prices firstly of the season. Worlds was round 50K together with airfare, vans, rooms, meals entrance charges and pit transport.

Its not low-cost, however by that time within the season, the households perceive what a singular expertise it’s, and are typically fairly supportive. We are a 100% group primarily based crew and don’t obtain any district funding or workers.

The journeys are fairly intense, and I wouldn’t need any household to really feel like their child wanted to go as a result of they already paid for it.