<br><br>1. How far are you willing to travel to daytrip? (hours, mileage) I do,
and have daytripped up to 6 hours (one way). Usually around 4 hours is
normal.<br>
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2. What is the deciding factor as to whether you camp or stay at a
hotel? event, activities, money, friends camping and depending on how
often that month we are traveling. During the months we go to 3 -4
events, we daytrip most of them.<br>
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3. Do you find it more expensive to camp or stay in a hotel? Depends<br>
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4. If you got a break on the site fee, would you be more willing to
show up early and stay late for set up and tear down? We already do,
no discount needed, we help wherever we can. This also depends on my
children's schedules.<br>
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5. If you day trip, what time do you generally arrive at the event and
what time do you leave? Between 8-9 am (in time for armor inspection or
archery inspection), leaving depends on the kid's schedules for school,
usually after court (or when packing up is done) if there are special
events, parties or friends staying, we will stay later.<br>
6. What kinds of things would make you more likely to stay later, lets
say Saturday of the event? (bardic, parties, special nighttime
fighting)see above, also... torchlight tournies, vigils, friend's
parties we will stay for, also depending on my kids and the amount we
have traveled that month.<br>
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7. Do you have the ability to have one or two people carpool with you
to an event? (space in vehicle, for them and their stuff) Usually we do
carpool with our friends, whenever possible.<br>
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8. What kinds of things do you like in a site? Please rank the following (1 thru 8 with 1 being most important)<br>
__3___ Flush toilets __4___ Showers __2__ Easy access to water
__5___ Easy access to electricity __7___ Indoor (A/C or heated)
hall of some kind __8___ Formal parking (Blacktop/cement) __6___
Close distance to hotels/food __1___ Shade trees<br>
These answers are based on us traveling an average of 2-4 times per
month, depending on the time of year, tournament schedules, and sports
schedules for our high schooler.<br>
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Elspeth and family<br>
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<div id="1eus" class="ArwC7c ckChnd">Hi all!<br><br>Here's my two marks' worth!<br><br><br>
1. How far are you willing to travel to daytrip? (hours, mileage) <br><br>Usually about two hours/120 miles.<br><br>2.
What is the deciding factor as to whether you camp or stay at a hotel? <br><br>Well, usually money was the deciding factor. Now, I'd have to say the weather. While I love camping, I dislike doing it when it's hailing, 100+ outside, humid or all three. <br>
<br>3. Do you find it more expensive to camp or stay in a hotel? <br><br>A hotel, I would think. With camping, you have site fee (avg: $13 X 2 = $26), food (avg: $40), drinks (avg: $20 non-alcoholic; $40 with alcohol). That's an average of $86 - 106 for a weekend compared to an average nightly hotel rate of $100 ($300 total). <br>
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got a break on the site fee, would you be more willing to show up early
and stay late for set up and tear down?<br><br>Like Aeyrn, I don't have much of an opportunity to get to site early on Friday for set-up and I usually am in a rush to get home on Sunday to do the grading and lesson planning I should have done over the weekend. So I'd have to say no, unless it's over the summer in which case Heck Yeah!<br>
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5. If you day trip, what time do you generally arrive at the event and
what time do you leave? <br><br>Arrive: 7-8am<br>Depart: Dusk<br><br>6. What kinds of things would make you more
likely to stay later, lets say Saturday of the event? (bardic, parties,
special nighttime fighting)<br><br>Definitely Bardic, seeing as how I'm a bard. <br><br>
7. Do you have the ability to have one or two people carpool with you to an event? (space in vehicle, for them and their stuff)<br><br>Not really. The Kia can comfortably seat two with stuff. Any more than that and it's a tight fit. The Dodge truck seats two. <br>
<br>8. What kinds of things do you like in a site? Please rank the following (1 thru 8 with 1 being most important)<br>
___1__ Flush toilets ___2__ Showers __7___ Easy access to water
__8___ Easy access to electricity __3___ Indoor (A/C or heated) hall
of some kind ___6__ Formal parking (Blacktop/cement) ___5__ Close
distance to hotels/food ___4__ Shade trees<br>
</div><br><br>While we haven't had the opportunity to make many events due to work and finances, we're hoping to start coming out more. So, if you can use my opinion, please feel free. <br><br>Have a great day!<br>
Eleanor Cleavely<br>Bard of Elfsea (woohoo!)<br>-- <br>"Mine honor is my life; both grow in one;<br>take honor from me and my life is done."<br>--William Shakespeare<br><br>Ego existo obstinantus - I am resolved<br>
<br>Reluctor ultum , pareo parum - Resist much, obey little