Organising a trip

http://www.regentscanoeclub.co.uk/pdfs/Organising_aTrip_Nov09.pdf

There are some great articles out there discussing club trips and things that need to be put in place. These are the notes from another club but could be adapted for our own purposes. I’m thinking about the possible trip to Scotland and making sure it doesn’t become farcical. The committee will shortly have a meeting about the trip to Scotland and will form a set of guidelines with reference to up front payment, the grade of river we run, the accommodation, and a limit on numbers. The biggest thing for me is making a firm commitment. Your either coming on the whole trip or your not. Day trippers, people doing the hokey cokey over whether their coming, people deciding at the last minute whether their coming, people turning up at the meeting place unannounced without the organiser being given a courtesy call, complete strangers being invited without the organiser being contacted, people cancelling at the last minute complicates things and isn’t fair on the paddlers who have committed to a trip at an early stage. It is also not fair on the person organising the trip.

• This topic was modified 10 years ago by Tim.
• This topic was modified 10 years ago by Tim.