WAG Gym Fees Question

[ivyagogo]

When your gym closes, say over Xmas break for two weeks, does your tuition stay the same for that month or is it a little less?

 

[gwenmom]

Ours doesn't close but the tuition is yearly and broken up into monthly payments. So tuition doesn't change even when we have breaks

 

[skschlag]

Ours stays the same. Reason being, the fees are spread out over 12 months. We don't pay more when they get 5 weeks ( or 4.5 weeks) and we don't pay less when they get 3. That being said, we don't close over those 2 weeks for team either. Rec does, and I don't really know what they do for them.

 

[windydays]

No tuition break for summer or winter break. We are fine with it because our gym will add more hours during season (an optional weekend practice for those who want it), and we want our coaches to spend time with their families as well.

 

[Sasha]

Yearly fee for us, too, spread over 12 months, so every month is the same.

 

[hearts_and_stars]

DD's gym semi-closes for the winter break. No rec programs practice, and team depends on level. Optionals will be there most of the break as their first meet is usually in January. Higher compulsories (3-5) will practice 4 days out of the 2 weeks. Lower compulsories (1-2) will practice 2 days out of the two weeks. Tuition across the board stays the same. We have no yearly tuition fee--everything is billed monthly, but some months have 5 weeks so by the end of the year everything has evened itself out.

 

[MILgymFAM]

Both my DDs gyms have tuition on a session basis (10 was). They are both closed over break. The current session ends the 19th and the new one begins on the 2nd, so technical we aren't training or paying during those few weeks.

 

[Frase]

This is the first year that our gym has closed for 2 weeks over christmas. With this in mind they have reduced our December fees by 50%

 

[raenndrops]

Both my DDs gyms have tuition on a session basis (10 was). They are both closed over break. The current session ends the 19th and the new one begins on the 2nd, so technical we aren't training or paying during those few weeks.

That's how we are, but we usually have 4 week sessions (Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Aug, Sept, Oct, and Nov). For December, it is a 2 week session and is half price. Sometimes sessions start at funny times (December 1/2 session started on the 8th and goes through the 18th... and January Session will start on Jan 5 and go through the 29th), but it all works out in the end.

 

[Anna's_Mom]

Our gym does close for the two weeks of break. There are optional camps (with separate fees), but no regular classes or practices. But tuition is by 6 week session, so when the gym is closed, the interval between sessions just gets longer for that time period. So for winter, it looks like 8 weeks on the calendar but is only 6 weeks of classes. Which sucks because it means that payments are due at different times, not, say on the 1st of the month. So sometimes it hits our budget cycle nicely and sometimes it doesn't. I'd rather have a regular monthly fee.

 

[gymmomtoo]

Didn't close over Christmas. But same as what others posted--they say the team fee is averaged over the year, so no break if there's a day off here and there.