I might be speaking out of turn here, but since its a free board, Ill say whats on my mind anyway. And I mean no offense to anyone. When I think of a group of friends going on a dive trip, and I do believe thats what we all are friends, its a trip where we get together, decide where we want to go, who we want to dive with, and split the costs amongst ourselves equally. Of course you cant do this with things like airfare, but you can with hotels, boats, and etc. If the resort or whatever we stay in offers extras for our group, like a couple of free rooms or something, then we use those free rooms to reduce everyones cost. Or in other words, nobody gets a free ride and costs are kept to a bare minimum. Anything that would mean more money should be left up to each individual or put to a group vote. Now I know that typically when you book a group trip, like through your LDS for instance, that someone always leads the group (usually the sponsor) and has their expense paid for doing so and the LDS makes money off the trip. Thats all fine and good, and I go on some these trips with my LDS. But thats different the way I see it. Thats not a group of friends sharing costs, thats a business offering a service to its customers for a price. The Diverlink bunch do these type trips and have had a lot of success with them and so has the groups on other boards. I dont see why it wouldnt work here as well. Just my $.02.
...er...retainers :sheik: including Natasha have ever considered planning a group dive trip for the denizens of this meeting place?
