Re: Fwd: Inquiry about bellringing lessons for high end tour promoter

[Andy Latto <andy latto pobox com>]

I thought I'd check what itineraries.com charges their customers,
since that might be useful information in deciding what it's
appropriate for the guild of bell ringers to charge them. As far as I
can tell, their web site never mentions a price for anything, putting
them in the "if you have to ask, you can't afford it" price range.

If you figured out what a reasonable price was, and then doubled it,
my guess is that they wouldn't blink.

Andy


On Tue, Nov 8, 2016 at 2:30 PM, Joshua Burson <joshburson09 gmail com> 
wrote:
> Hey all,
>   My (limited) experience is that when people say something on the lines 
> of
> "Don't be bashful about setting a price," you should figure that said 
> price
> can be pushed higher than you think.  So my own gut instinct would be to 
> say
> $80 or so per head.*  Yes, this is ridiculous when we eagerly encourage
> friends, members of the community, and random people off the street to 
> come
> try it for free; but if the tour company would be willing to pony up that
> much, I'd say go for it.  And I believe there ARE people out there who 
> will
> be more interested to try something if it costs more!  (Well, up to a
> point.)
>   Anyway, this actually sounds potentially awesome.  Maybe we'll get 
> really
> lucky and some multimillionaire tourist will decide that they want to 
> endow
> a new bell tower somewhere!
>
> Just my $0.02,
> --Josh
>
> * Ricky, did they say anything about how MANY heads we'd be talking about
> here?  If the answer is four, than I guess Laura's $400 per tour would be
> roughly on target, though I might still see if we could push it higher.
>
>
> On Tue, Nov 8, 2016 at 9:30 AM, <lauradi rcn com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>   How about $400 or so? Enough to compensate every ringer who comes to
>> practice at a wedding kind of rate (25) and an extra 25 each for several
>> instructors. We should probably give each of the tourists a 
>> one-per-learner
>> as a souvenir, but those only cost a couple of bucks apiece.
>>
>> Laura Dickerson
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Richard Morse &lt;pukku mac com&gt;
>> To: Boston Change Ringers
>> &lt;boston-change-ringers cosmos phy tufts edu&gt;
>> Sent: Tue, 08 Nov 2016 07:41:33 -0500 (EST)
>> Subject: Fwd: Inquiry about bellringing lessons for high end tour 
>> promoter
>>
>> Hi! I got this message from Old North. I’ve said that we’re broadly
>> interested, but the details are going to be tricky. What kinds of 
>> questions
>> should I ask to figure out said details? And any ideas or suggestions 
>> for a
>> price?
>>
>> Ricky
>>
>> &gt; Begin forwarded message:
>> &gt;
>> &gt; From: Steve Ayres &lt;vicar oldnorth com&gt;
>> &gt; Subject: Inquiry about bellringing lessons for high end tour 
>> promoter
>> &gt; Date: November 7, 2016 at 11:18:42 AM EST
>> &gt; To: Richard Morse &lt;pukku mac com&gt;
>> &gt;
>> &gt; Ricky,
>> &gt;
>> &gt; We are working with excursionist.com 
>> &lt;http://excursionist.com/&gt;
>> to put together a high end tour package for small groups.  They are
>> interested in the possibility of bell ringing lessons as part of some of
>> those tours.  We would only offer them at the beginning or end of your
>> regularly scheduled playing, i.e. Saturdays or Sundays.
>> &gt;
>> &gt; Would you be willing to offer a half hour lesson?  If so, what 
>> would
>> you want to charge?  These folks are high end, so don't be bashful in
>> setting a price.
>> &gt;
>> &gt; Steve
>> &gt;
>>
>>
>>
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