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Agree! Not our gym. We’re in the same area and definitely much cheaper than that. I don’t know that our level 7 boys (which is the highest we currently have) pay as much as their level 4 boys do.
Agree, I also find it steep and am also in the area. I don’t know what a gym like Brestyan’s charges.
This one is the only gym I know of that posts the schedule and fees online so I plopped it in. Not sure what state OP is in, perhaps showing a pricey (though good gym!) MA option isn’t the best comparison :)
 
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Agree, I also find it steep and am also in the area. I don’t know what a gym like Brestyan’s charges.
This one is the only gym I know of that posts the schedule and fees online so I plopped it in. Not sure what state OP is in, perhaps showing a pricey (though good gym!) MA option isn’t the best comparison :)
Yeah, MA is probably a rough comparison since our COL is so much higher than a lot of areas. I went and pulled our tuition schedule out of an old email. Girls level 10 is $420, Xcel Diamond is $330, boys 7 is $375 (which I think is around 16 hours per week). And from reading around, those prices still seem high compared to a lot of areas.
 
Yeah, MA is probably a rough comparison since our COL is so much higher than a lot of areas. I went and pulled our tuition schedule out of an old email. Girls level 10 is $420, Xcel Diamond is $330, boys 7 is $375 (which I think is around 16 hours per week). And from reading around, those prices still seem high compared to a lot of areas.
There are so many high cost of living areas in this country. We’ve paid over $400 a month on both coasts.
 
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I wish they would include a couple of spectator tickets with the meet entry fees. I know entry fee would be higher, but somehow I feel like it would be less painful that way. Or better yet, give out spectator tickets instead of meet gifts!

I also wish there was a way to keep spectator costs reasonable for parents. $29 for one ticket to watch a level 3 session is just ridiculous to me. Her state meet wasn’t even that high.
I like the meets that allow you to pre-order spectator tickets, especially if it is a multi-day event and you know you will be there multiple days.

Example... YMCA Nationals, pre-ordered 3 day adult (13 & over) pass was $30. At the door, single day is $15 and 3 day is $40.
If you wanted to add Opening Ceremonies (which HAS to be pre-paid), it is $85 ... getting you into an Olympic style Opening Ceremony, some sort of food, and some fun stuff that varies year to year and all 3 days of the meet. JUST Opening Ceremonies is $65. This year, Opening Ceremonies Keynote Speaker was Nastia. After the Grand march in of states and the speakers, there was the fun stuff... a "parade" down the block to a AAA Minor League baseball game and kids activities on the concourse. You got special "money" to buy food at the ballpark or buy souvenirs.
For ages 4-12, subtract $10 for each prepaid amount, and single day at the door is just $10.
3 and under are free.
The gymnasts get a T-shirt, Goodie Bag (including a "seat cushion" this year), admission to all sessions and Opening Ceremonies. And their meet entry fee is lower than a lot of meet fees I hear about ($100 for JO L1-7, Mens L4-7 and JD, and Xcel Bronze - Diamond; $110 for L8; and $120 for L9/10 and Mens L8-10).

Did I mention I love being at a YMCA gym? lol
 
State of MA maybe 300-700 per month depending on level and schedule. Excludes Leo, warmups, travel to meets and viewer entrance fees as well as other clinics, etc.

Here is a sample schedule/fee chart posted online for a Boston area gym (not ours)
http://www.exxcel.net/downloads/Team_Schedule/2017/2017_2018_Team_Schedule.pdf
Those are insane! Our girls and boys home school kids go 30+ hours a week and they don't even pay as much as their boys who go 16.5 hours a week....and our gym isn't cheap. Yikes!!!!
 

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