As promised here is a spreadsheet that gives an idea of what we're currently looking at as a per couple cost for the trip assuming 2 59ft. boats for 12 nights (one night in dock, 9 nights paid). The cost per couple (exluding airfare, spending, hotel for Thanksgiving if flying back on Friday) decreases about $1,000 if we have full occupancy (8 couples) as opposed to the 6 couples that we currently have. When I have a little more time I will put together another tab in the spreadsheet that shows how much each couple has contributed to the "Boat Fund", how much we need to have contributed by when and what the Boat Fund account balance is. But for now this is a good tool to start planning. Hopefully we have estimated on the high side of the expenses, but better to have some leftover than not enough. Please let me know if you have questions.
2 comments:
Thanks Amy, your spreadsheet looks great. I will nail down as exact as I can the taxes and other miscellaneous expenses for you....I think you have a really good overall estimate of our costs. It might be useful to have a breakdown of how we will spend our $750 per couple for food and booze. If we want to include two or three restaurant meals in our budget how much $ should we add? It would be very convenient to have one person pay for the meals when we are out. (my opinion) That sort of thing. We can discuss at our next meeting a schedule of monthly payments for the couples. More topics for discussion are: should we (you) be repaying Barbara her deposit payment? And should you get an account with a credit card so you can make future deposits? If everyone agrees maybe you can setup an account where you will get the “miles” for the use of the card. That would be OK with me. Just some thoughts. Thanks for the great work.
Pat
Great work, TOML!
Just FYI, the $750 for food and drinks was completely a guess, but as we put our menus together we can narrow that down for everyone. Or as we discussed, we can always give money back at the end. Either way is fine with me.
Also, I am open to whatever the group wants as far as paying at restaurants, but will others be concerned if we split the bill evenly and someone eats/drinks more or less than the others? It is not an issue for me, but the last thing we want is heartache or bad feelings for anyone.
Todd is working on getting new deposit slips and a card for Amy for the account. I do think we need to pay B back as soon as possible. Do we need to collect more money now to cover those charges?
Thanks again!
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