Clinic Costs

[lantairvlea]

So there is a big name clinician doing a three day horsemanship clinic down the road and I dropped by to see how it was. It was $50 per day to audit. The last time the clinician was here a few years ago it was $25 a day. I decided to pass on it and figured I would buy a training video from my wish list instead

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[serennig]

Audit fee is usually set by the clinic organizer to reflect a combo of the cost of booking the clinician and the facility where it is being held, and whatever profit the organizer is hoping to accrue. $50/day seems steep but I've seen that for biggish-name clinicians hosted in nice (pricey) facilities.

[lantairvlea]

Yeah, the organizers are due their fair share because thay is no easy job. I imagine the rider/participant cost goes mostly to the clinician.

What gets me is last time he was here (same facility!) it was half the cost. It looked like they were losing out with the price too as the stands weren't nearly so full as when he was here a few years ago. *Shrug.* Had it been $25 I probably would have gone for it, maybe for $30. I think I would have a hard time paying $50 to audit any clinic for one day, but that might just be me. Maybe if the place was air conditioned and there was food involved...

[foalstory]

even big name teachers, like coaching people next week at ROLEX and Olympic trainers seem to only run $25 a day. I've never seen it higher than that.

Maybe if lunch is catered/included and the facilities are amazing (heated observation rooms in winter, etc), I could see a higher cost :)

Granted, sometimes the auditor fees are set BY the clinician, not the host. Or sometimes the host is trying to recoup the costs. Hard to know for sure :S

[lantairvlea]

I was under the impression that $25 was typical, but seeing the cost last weekend I was second-guessing!

I definitely agree on the food and/or climate controlled environment!

I think that was the case here as the audit costs were listed on the clinician's website for all locations (same price everywhere). I am disappointed by the money-grubbing connotations, but not entirely surprised.

[blitzen_]

George Morris was here in January (Australia) & it was $30/day i think & less/day if you paid for the 3 full days. Can't get any bigger named trainers than that!

BUT it was located 3.5hours from major city, and most people had to travel & then stay overnight somewhere, which bumps the costs up considerably!

[lantairvlea]

I always viewed it as the clinician got his/her money from the people taking the clinic and the auditors were gravy/for the coordinator.

I am 99% sure this clinic audit fee was set by the clinician.

Location would definitely affect what people are willing to pay. I imagine when you get much past $30 you lose out on a big chunk of people who would otherwise audit.

Thanks for the comment!

[blitzen_]

I have been to ones at $50/day tho & the price was set by the clinician, not the property owner/organiser. I pleaded that i needed my friend to "help" me transport the horse so she got it at a cut rate ($25)