PERHAPS one of the reasons the costs for camp are higher is because of some of the expenses incurred by the camp. If these costs would go away, perhaps camp prices would come down. Do camps have to go on trips all the time? When I was in camp 25 years ago, the trip was going to camp (and in sleepaway camp the major trip, was to the local blwling alley). Concerts twice a summer? Specialty activities such as white water rafting and trips to water parks? (It is true that some camps now charge a “trip fee” on top of the camp fee)
Yes, there are certain fixed costs that exist no matter what, but there is a lot of extra fluff that can costs tens of thousands of dollars that can be done away with. BUT, would you want to send your kid to that nebby camp that doesnt do all those cool and exciting things? How could you face your kid? How could your kid face their friends. What, your camp didnt go on the three day excurion to Niagra Falls, what a horrible summer you must have had.