Lesson costs

[wdf]

I was informed by my instructor last night that now she is qualified for "blar & blar" (i don't really know what but i know she's been doing loads of BD stuff over the last few years) the prices are going up; well i nearly passed out when she told me

From £18 to £30

Just wondered what you all paid and what price you thought was reasonable for half an hour's tuition

[nars]

£25 to £35 seems the average around here for an instructor who is qualified and able to teach all the dressage moves.

[Deleted]

hi we charge £25 for an hour lesson (private) but that is using a riding school pony/horse even though i am an instructor i have lessons myself with a BHSI i pay £25 an hour ,£30 for half an hour is a bit much xx

[greydales]

I'd say £30 for half an hour sounds rather over the top - exactly what has she qualified for???

I've had lessons with top trainers for less than that, one an FBHS and he only charged £40 per hour

[Anna]

We have 1 hour lessons for £20 and we just had a lesson with Elaine Herbert who is one of Sylvia Lochs top assistants for £35 and ended up with nearly 2 hours of lesson and it was amazing!

[wdf]

Aug 14, 2008 18:55:31 GMT -1 greydales said:

exactly what has she qualified for???

I don't know Gill i DO know that she came 10th in the BD Prix St George Freestyle to music and has DOUBLED the size of her competition yard plus bought a new sparkly Equitrec Supersonic box

3 of us went to Kyre EC last year for a flatwork & TREC lesson with one of their instructors who quite high up in BD AND TREC; we should have paid £27 for 1.5hrs but instructor KEPT ON & ON & ON & On, it ended up with the transport lady coming looking for us after we'd been missing for over THREE HOURS - we still only paid £27each!

[taffydales]

My instructor Tracy, can teach to a very high standard, I could,nt tell you her exact qualification but I know its one of the highest levels and she charges 25.00 an hour.

[merlinalison]

Mine charges me £35 an hour for a private lesson but no extra charge for mileage (and she comes a long way for me - reckon it must be at least a 50 mile round trip if not more) but I always feel i 've learned loads, she'll walk with me out on hacks if need be and if it takes longer than an hour to get something right then she just carries on! THe record was the time she was showing me how to deal with Merlin napping and it took us 2 1/2 hours to get him behaving, but she still only charged for 1 hour.

[loopylou]

Lesson's in the this area range from £25 to £50 some shared some single lesson, but they aren't cheap. I think also the price of fuel has forced a lot of traveling instructors to put their rates up.

[alisonduke]

My instructor was in the Para Olympics and charges £27 an hour. She does need 3 of us to make it worth her while but she does travel quite a way and would charge £25 if there was 4 of us. It is a quality lesson and usually last at least an hour.

[Biggerside Benwell]

It varies alot i think, I pay £25 for a hour from a guy who rides at advanced medium level himself but Peter Maddison-Greenwell who is an international Classical dressage trainer is £50+ for 45 mins but is worth every penny. I think the price in some ways is irrelivant really as it depends on what you get out of it. I would much rather have a very good lesson less frequently than an average one every week. It depends on the level of horse and rider and what you are aiming for I think.