Costs for Normandy 2009
What we did last time
The major expense of the event was the cost of the ferry from Portsmouth to Ouistreham. Brittany Ferries gave us a VERY good deal on this, and will do so again. That said, their fares and everyone else's have increased substantially in the last five years.
Other expenses (toilets, showers, buses to and from the port for those without vehicles, commemorative literature and badges, advertising etc.) were shared equally with the commune, who also gave us the camping site and paid for a buffet and dance for us on the eve of our departure. These arrangements will be repeated.
We added up the total costs of the event and divided it by the number attending - that came out to £150 each. Out of that we also managed to give everyone some beer money for the dance and every vehicle owner a tank full of fuel on the homeward journey. the money we raised at the event was shared between the local museum and the British Legion.
For June 2009
Now we can't promise to keep the cost as low this time - much depends on the ratio of people to vehicles - but what you can be assured of is that our team will keep costs to an absolute minimum and NO-ONE makes any profit out of the whole event.
We'll ask for a £50 deposit per person not later than October 2008 again, with the balance payable by Easter 2009.