Thanks for the responses.
Chris, I understand that for a day of your time you have to charge at least that much. I would have to charge a lot more to make it worth my time! I was saying that I would just take care of everything myself. I know that you are doing a kitecamp from the Nov. 1-8. So booking with you isn't even a possibility. I am curious as to why you are leaving Nassau at that time. Is Exuma that much better? If I remember right you were hitting a bunch of islands on the trip. I would love to do a trip like that, but it would have to be without my wife. She'd be pissed at me from day one! She likes being on the beach, but when you get sand blowing in your face for hours while your husband is out having a good time, it doesn't make for a happy camper. I just wish she would get into kiting! We still haven't booked a hotel room yet, so if you get kick backs on that I'd be happy to support your business. We usually end up renting a home or condo, but I was waiting to decide where we want to be first.
I was trying to find a good beach to kite at, where we could stay nearby. If that's possible. So no car would be needed. Anyway, we usually end up taking the bus when we travel. It's a better way to meet the locals and usually dirt cheap!
I have traveled quite a bit kiting and done everything from paying $250 for a two hour lesson in Maui, $50 for a boat trip to the Sandbar in Miami, $25 for a boat ride to the mangroves in the P.R. and nothing for riding in Kailua bay on Oahu. I understand it is expensive to live in paradise! I guess it depends on how many riders you have going out. Are there a lot of tourist kiters visiting the Bahamas?
Sorry for the ramblings, I know I had some reason for posting. My suggestion was going to be to add to your forum a kite beach listing with best wind directions. You can check out the Utah forum at
http://utahwindriders.com. Click on local sites. Here's the direct link
http://www.utahwindriders.org/wind/HTM/local.htm.
Our local site has wind and weather info for each beach also. Granted it is a lot larger distance between most beaches. Just my two cents, so you don't have some non-local idiot posting crap on your forum! By the way I was disappointed to see the non-locals aren't wanted on the go-slo beach. Lame! Its sad to see this happening. Come to Utah and we'll be nothing but nice. We have a great local crew. We would tell you where to go and anyone there would help you launch and land without any hassle. Thats all I am asking for.
Thanks again for the suggestions,
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