{"id":4852,"date":"2014-02-01T14:00:14","date_gmt":"2014-02-01T07:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/the-parents-expected-to-pay-3000-for-a-state-school-trip\/"},"modified":"2016-02-16T08:33:47","modified_gmt":"2016-02-16T01:33:47","slug":"the-parents-expected-to-pay-3000-for-a-state-school-trip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/the-parents-expected-to-pay-3000-for-a-state-school-trip\/","title":{"rendered":"The parents expected to pay \u00a33,000 for a state school trip"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nSkiing in the Alps for \u00a31,000, sports in Malaysia for \u00a32,000, and a biology expedition to South Africa for \u00a33,000 \u2026 is it time to cap the cost of school trips?Have you been asked to pay more than \u00a31,000 for your child to go on a school trip? More than one in five parents has received requests from their child’s school for a trip costing that much or more, and many feel pestered into paying for an expedition they can ill-afford \u2013 and often feel is overpriced.Guardian Money spoke to families across Britain about the pressure to send their children on trips which, they claim, are often of dubious educational value. Many felt they were paying four-star prices for stays in youth hostels, and were made to feel like “rubbish parents” if they refused to allow their child to go. We found wealthy families for whom \u00a32,000 school trips to Washington DC were barely a drop in their annual holiday spending budget. But we also found others asked to pay more than their entire family could spend on a holiday in a year, and who felt the cost of trips should be capped. We also found private schools where trips cost \u00a34,500 a head. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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