[philmont] Number of Crews

I don't think it has to do with ability but with cost. 2%-3% is taken
from every credit card purchase for the credit card company. Think
about the typical crew of 12 (# in Crew) X $600.00 (average cost of
trek) X 30 (Number of crews each day) = $216,000 per day. 2.5% of that
is $5,400.00 per day.

Because there is no sales advantage to taking credit cards (Philmont is
always full) the Ranch would loose up to that much each day in revenue
(no small change).

David Thorn
Troop 2
Winona MN

-----Original Message-----
From: philmont@troop47.com [mailto:philmont@troop47.com] On Behalf Of
Donald S. Roberts
Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2006 1:07 PM
To: philmont List Member
Subject: [philmont] Number of Crews

In 2005, we had sent in deposits and regular payments for 7 in our crew.
We trekked with 11. The balance was paid at checkin. Philmont had no
problem with it.
We did call ahead and tell them we had 11. Philmont will repeatedly
tell you to make the payments for everyone who is going, but so far I've
not heard of anyone being denied being added to a less than full crew.

It should be noted that, as of 2005, CHQ could not take a credit card -
needing a check or cash only. It seemed odd to me since Tooth of Time
Traders can take credit cards.

Regards
Don Roberts

> From: jgluth@cox.net [mailto:jgluth@cox.net]
> When sending deposits...if we send a deposit for, say, 8
> youth and 2 adults, then gain 2 more interested youth, can we
> up the numbers before the Trek? Or is the initial number we
> send depoits in for the final number?

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