(12 Oct 2014, 6:31 pm)Marcus wrote Not necessarily - our teachers on the trip were constantly saying they weren't getting paid for the two extra days (Saturday & Sunday) and weren't getting any extra for being on the trip. Some even used 'free time' as an opportunity to mark work!!

All of our school trips take place during holidays, so our teachers aren't paid to supervise these trips. That said, they do go for free (their costs are split between all students attending). They don't spend their time marking - they spend their time getting mortal!

I'm going to Prague for four days in December (by Jet2), and, including all of the costs for the activities we're doing there and £100 which has been allocated for day/evening meals, I've got the trip to £400 and I spent Thursday booking certain things.
Really looking forward to it - our Business Studies teacher has done two trips to Prague with previous schools he has taught at, and he said that a starter of a bowl of soup with a loaf of bread, steak and chips, a knickerbocker glory-like dessert and a pint cost him £2.10 in equivalent GBP.

I'm also going to Paris for four (iirc) days in the Easter half term (by Eurostar), which is going to come to about £450 - again including all food and activities (can't remember off the top of my head, but includes Eiffel Tower and Disneyland Paris).
Past Sixth Form students have reported that the students and teachers go to a pub and have quite a few drinks...