u/_Quendra_

Edit: Comments suggests that gas itself is big, but other travel-related things are much bigger.

Not sure if there are behind-the-scenes staff on this sub, but with gas prices climbing a dollar in the last few months (your vote matters) I wanted to do some math. I'd always assumed gas was the most expensive part of tour, and while it's still a lot of money im curious how it's compared to other operating costs.

• Let's say a tour is 10,000 miles
• Diesel vehicles are usually 5-10 mpg, but for our purposes let's say 7.14 mpg.
• 10000 ÷ 7.14 = ~1,400 gallons of gas for the tour.
• 1,400 gallons x $5.65 per gallon of diesel = ...$7,910.00 per vehicle for gas costs

So basically, if your fees are $5,000 then 10 members' fees can probably cover the gas money for 5-6 large vehicles. That's ~6% of the fees collected from members in a full corps. A large chunk, but weirdly not as big as I thought it would be. And we're not mentioning things like drivers, repairs, upkeep, etc.

Im assuming a lot more money goes into things like staff, food, musuc/design, but im curious what the biggest cost actually is. Anyone have any inside info?