The Comparative cost of scuba, including instruction
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You've got posters here from Chicago and NY telling you that Florida won't welcome you. I don't believe that the facts support those statements. Do some research of your own.
Here's one, (of many possible), starting points:
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Skiing has seen many resorts be bought out and merged into a massive conglomerate. Since this started the prices have climbed and climbed.
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FWIW, the price of a single day ticket at a mountain here in SoCal and a dive boat to the Channel Islands is comparable, as is the cost to rent equipment if you don't own.
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No, that's absolute nonsense. Florida is approximately 44% non-white, which is around the same amount as New York State.
Demographics of Florida - Wikipedia
Baby's got a point, @BoltSnap. SoCal would be great for your family. Good diving at the Channel Islands, fun touristy stuff, and, oh crap, a really big fire. Maybe not.
Well, at the least the view is better off the PCH.
In Europe skiing is also not cheap, but not that expensive.
You still can find a week accomodation, including bustransport from the Netherlands and a 7 day skipass for around 1300-1500 euro. It is not that 800 anymore that it was 10-12 years ago. A skipass for les 3 Vallees was when I was younger 180 euro for 8 days, now it is over 500. Sometimes you can find good all inclusive deals. I never took lessons, so don't real prices (I have tried it for 2 hours 30 years ago, but it was horrible and bad).
But you can still find new ski equipment (boots, skis, hose, jacket, etc) for around 800 to 1000 complete.
You cannot find a complete package of new diving equipment (1 tank, wetsuit, regulator, boots, fins, mask, hood, gloves, computer) for that price. Cheapest 1595 euro, https://www.sublub.nl/categorie/184/complete-duikset-nl.html
Where most people need a skilift, a lot of people do boatdives with a divecenter. These are also ridiculous expensive sometimes. You pay in a lot of places for a guide you don't need, because a divecenter says it is required. But every open water diver must be able to dive without guide. Have you ever paid for liftaccess and they told you a guide is required? No.
Shorediving is cheaper, especially if it is possible to just rent a tank and weights. Then you must be ready for 25 euro for the first dive and the second is just a fill of max 6 euro as you already paid for the tankrental. If you own your own gear, it is just a fill.
If you just walk up with your skis without using a lift, it is also cheaper. But nobody wants to do that.
Boatdives are sometimes more relaxed, no hassle with far walking from the parking lot or difficult entries or exits. So for that things you also pay.
But if you look in the right places you can still find a 2 week holiday including flight, accomodation and diving for under 2000. YOu also can go 2 weeks on a skiing holiday for the same price.
Scubalessons are also not cheap, if you compare open water+aow with 6 days group lessons for skiing, you pay more for the diving lessons.
Oh and you can buy here beginner mountainbikes for 600 euro from for example Decathlon which are really good for that price. You don't need to spent 3000 for an entry level mountainbike as was mentioned here.
What is really becoming expensive here is owning a horse.
You still can find a week accomodation, including bustransport from the Netherlands and a 7 day skipass for around 1300-1500 euro. It is not that 800 anymore that it was 10-12 years ago. A skipass for les 3 Vallees was when I was younger 180 euro for 8 days, now it is over 500. Sometimes you can find good all inclusive deals. I never took lessons, so don't real prices (I have tried it for 2 hours 30 years ago, but it was horrible and bad).
But you can still find new ski equipment (boots, skis, hose, jacket, etc) for around 800 to 1000 complete.
You cannot find a complete package of new diving equipment (1 tank, wetsuit, regulator, boots, fins, mask, hood, gloves, computer) for that price. Cheapest 1595 euro, https://www.sublub.nl/categorie/184/complete-duikset-nl.html
Where most people need a skilift, a lot of people do boatdives with a divecenter. These are also ridiculous expensive sometimes. You pay in a lot of places for a guide you don't need, because a divecenter says it is required. But every open water diver must be able to dive without guide. Have you ever paid for liftaccess and they told you a guide is required? No.
Shorediving is cheaper, especially if it is possible to just rent a tank and weights. Then you must be ready for 25 euro for the first dive and the second is just a fill of max 6 euro as you already paid for the tankrental. If you own your own gear, it is just a fill.
If you just walk up with your skis without using a lift, it is also cheaper. But nobody wants to do that.
Boatdives are sometimes more relaxed, no hassle with far walking from the parking lot or difficult entries or exits. So for that things you also pay.
But if you look in the right places you can still find a 2 week holiday including flight, accomodation and diving for under 2000. YOu also can go 2 weeks on a skiing holiday for the same price.
Scubalessons are also not cheap, if you compare open water+aow with 6 days group lessons for skiing, you pay more for the diving lessons.
Oh and you can buy here beginner mountainbikes for 600 euro from for example Decathlon which are really good for that price. You don't need to spent 3000 for an entry level mountainbike as was mentioned here.
What is really becoming expensive here is owning a horse.
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