for me it's not so much the price that is the problem, although I do believe it is overpriced. The problem for me is that everything about this trip sounds lame. The absolutely only way I would even consider it is if there were no other options, and I was going with a newbie... Otherwise, doing a dive trip with snorkelers, on a tropical reef - tropical reefs bore me, combined with depth and time limits, would preclude me from selecting this trip. Sounds like a cattle boat operation to me. Are you a big padi operator? First thing I would do is search for a smaller operator ...