school Frank trips have become, with a new research indicating two -thirds (64 %) of Parents They were unable to pay the price of their child to attend an expensive trip in recent years.
A survey of 2000 parents of children at school Hyundai, Local days are also found outside – such as daily visits to museums and recreational gardens – are now unreasonable for 16 % of families.
On average, school trips cost parents about 203 pounds for each child every year.
One of the parents shared X how their school was I planned a four -day trip To Iceland for students, at a cost of water of 1,280 pounds.
It is not alone. One of the participating parents on mumsnet How did her son, a ninth year student, have the opportunity to go to Kenya to volunteer in a school.
The father said: “I think it is an incredible opportunity.” “But I have some conflicting feelings,” she said, adding that the trip will cost 1800 pounds, which you could not really bear.
Even when the flights are closer to the home, the costs soon rise.
Writing on expert forum to save moneyOne of the parents attending his children at the government school, said that she was asked to pay 23.50 pounds for a trip to Pantomime and 245 pounds for housing for two days for her child in the seventh year.
She added that her other child, who is in the fifth year, also had a two -day housing trip, and she expected to have to get 500 pounds on school trips for both children within one year.
School trips are likely to be expected in the next few years. “We are not hard like many families, but we are making very accurate decisions on how to use our backup money.”
“I do not feel fair to the school to decide that they want something for children to cost much more than they can pay and then expect the parents to measure the bill.
“I called the school to discuss this day. They have provided financial help if we could not bear its costs. I don’t feel that I can take it because we are not anywhere near somewhat.”
Despite the high costs, 63 % of parents believe that school trips and trips positively affect their children’s mental welfare.
Feeling guilt is real when you cannot send your child on a journey that their friends can continue.
More than two -thirds (67 %) admitted that they feel guilty when their child misses the financial restrictions. Another 37 % said that their child had to stay at school while their peers went in an exciting place.
Nearly half of the parents (49 %) is concerned about the long -term effect that these experiments may cause on their child.
In 2023, Ability Throughout the child’s education, parents may end with a boasting of 2,250 pounds sterling on trips, for each child – but with high cost of living, this number is likely to rise more.
Hyundai’s great British school trip program, which helps to pay the bill for expensive picnics, has supported 146,882 children to go on school trips in the past three years.
“These results highlight the financial challenges facing many families, making it difficult to reach school trips,” Ashley Andrew, President of Hyundai Motor & Genesis UK.
“While parents are eager to provide these opportunities, the increasing costs put them increasingly.”
Hyundai has reopened the grant requests from today to ensure that more children can benefit from school trips. You can advance here.