Ridecamp: Re: [RC] Price per Mile

No flames from this quarter! This is what Bo and I have said for years,
except you phrase it better than I could have.
The USFS used to have 'just' a $30 permit fee here. Now they have jumped on
the bandwagon and we are having to pay an extra $5 per horse per event.
Thought we could manage rides without those huge fees for campgrounds - we
already have to charge a $5 per rig for the cow pasture we use. Adds up fast
when no one was expecting it. And it doesn't count that the announcement of
USFS fees was posted way in advance! <g>
(And I'm not begrudging the USFS fee. I think it is wonderful that all have
to pay for the upkeep of the trails.)
Prices just keep increasing.
Linda



----- Original Message -----
From: mb
Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2002 3:26 PM

> It is not price per mile, it is overall charges.  Some rides pay upwards
of $1500 just for their campground.  They also pay as much as $1500 to $2000
for vets if they have 4 or 5 vets which some rides need.  The dinners must
be ordered ahead of time and if people don't eat, the dinners still must be
paid for a lot of the time.  The porta potties are upwards of $100 each.
That does not count awards, mailing, phone bills, supplies such as TP,
cards, pens, markers, supplies for marking the trail, etc., postage, and on
and on.  I am sure I have forgotten some.  In answer to the next question,
yes we do charge our LD riders and our 50's the same fee.  In general they
cost RM the same no matter which ride they are doing.  The 100's are more
expensive because the vets have to stay longer.  But LD and 50's are about
the same cost no matter what.  We give the same awards for both distances.
>
> Anyone that thinks the RM's are making money should try to put on a ride
sometime.  If by chance you do make a small profit, trust me you are still
in the hole if you divide it by the hours and hours the RM and the secretary
and the various other people put in.
>
> Ride management people feel free to flame me.  The rest of you need to try
putting on a ride before you start complaining about the huge entry
fees......mb
>



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