Cross border shopping Padi courses

[ljpm]

Being Black Friday, and after my recent post regarding course prices, I was wondering if any Ontario resident has taken Padi courses across the border. The American prices seem to be considerably less than what I am seeing in my area at least.

 

[Jim Lapenta]

I had a student come from Toronto for tdi nitrox and a drysuit course a couple years ago. You have to remember except for the on line portions agencies don't set class prices. Individual shops and instructors do.

 

[JohnnyC]

Factoring in travel and lodging it may not be worth it for a PADI course. Most people traveling seem to be doing so to take a technical course with their chosen instructor.

 

[Littlerayray]

Not sure it's worth it unless you can commute back and forth ie: both you and the classes are in border towns

 

[Jim Lapenta]

Depends on the class. basic OW? Nah. Anything else? Sure. I have taught week long classes at Gilboa where we stayed there for 5 days or in a hotel. My Tech Instructor classes were done that way. Steve Lewis and I spent a week at Gilboa getting those done.

 

[lerpy]

I have taken a few courses in the US but they have been due to the need ie cave training in Florida. To be honest I personally do not find a big difference in price especially given the exchange rate and the other costs that factor in.

 

[Steve_C]

Or if you want to pick up regular certs you can combine several of those into several days of diving in a nice place. That is done all the time.