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2015 Florida Pesach Programs
« on: February 23, 2015, 04:25:04 PM »
So this year my family and I are trying to goto a pesach program in the most economical fashion possible.  Anyone, know of any good deals this year?  I dont mind waiting till 2 weeks before or so to commit to get the best deal.  If you had experience with this in Florida before please let me know.

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Re: 2015 Florida Pesach Programs
« Reply #1 on: February 23, 2015, 04:27:33 PM »
So this year my family and I are trying to goto a pesach program in the most economical fashion possible.  Anyone, know of any good deals this year?  I dont mind waiting till 2 weeks before or so to commit to get the best deal.  If you had experience with this in Florida before please let me know.

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i didnt think there were economic pesach programs

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Re: 2015 Florida Pesach Programs
« Reply #2 on: February 23, 2015, 04:41:15 PM »
Of course it will be more expensive than doing it at home.  But sometimes I need to give the Mrs a break.  I dont want to go to the NYC area because if I am going to go away then I might as well goto a place with nice weather.

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Re: 2015 Florida Pesach Programs
« Reply #3 on: February 23, 2015, 04:48:29 PM »
Define economical.

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Re: 2015 Florida Pesach Programs
« Reply #4 on: February 23, 2015, 09:15:44 PM »
best thing is to go near a chabad house.

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Re: 2015 Florida Pesach Programs
« Reply #5 on: February 23, 2015, 09:17:25 PM »
best thing is to go near a chabad house.

with nice weather? Maybe a good option, but there will be Sedarim charges. Plus perhaps cheapest option is to rent a cleaned apt and buy Pesach-made food...
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Re: 2015 Florida Pesach Programs
« Reply #6 on: February 24, 2015, 12:13:34 AM »
Buying pesach food will cost you a lot more money than chabad sedarim charges...
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Re: 2015 Florida Pesach Programs
« Reply #7 on: February 24, 2015, 07:03:33 AM »
Buying pesach food will cost you a lot more money than chabad sedarim charges...

still half/one-third the cost of a Pesach program.
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Re: 2015 Florida Pesach Programs
« Reply #8 on: February 24, 2015, 10:59:00 AM »
Buying food will cost at least a couple of thousand, plus the cost of a hotel or renting a home.  The cheapest rental I found so far is 3000 except for an apartment in a bleh building.  At 5000 that is already approaching the cost of the cheaper hotel programs. 


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Re: 2015 Florida Pesach Programs
« Reply #9 on: February 24, 2015, 11:10:57 AM »
There are positives and negatives to each

Renting a house/apartment
Kids sleep in a different room
Quieter
Slightly cheaper
Need to clean up and do meal time set up

Hotel
Cost prohibitive to get seperate room for the kids
Day Camp
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Re: 2015 Florida Pesach Programs
« Reply #10 on: February 24, 2015, 11:24:01 AM »
Buying food will cost at least a couple of thousand, plus the cost of a hotel or renting a home.  The cheapest rental I found so far is 3000 except for an apartment in a bleh building. 
At 5000 that is already approaching the cost of the cheaper hotel programs.

$5,000 for 2-3 people. However, how many are you total? What's your max? (obviously hotel is more relaxing if you can afford it, but not if you need to pay for 4 rooms/if unaffordable)
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Re: 2015 Florida Pesach Programs
« Reply #11 on: February 24, 2015, 11:43:16 AM »
The cheapest hotel program in florida that I was quoted was 5700.  That is for my family of 6.  I am certain that I will be able to get them down cheaper.  With buying food from a caterer the price is pretty much set in stone.

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Re: 2015 Florida Pesach Programs
« Reply #12 on: February 24, 2015, 11:46:20 AM »
The cheapest hotel program in florida that I was quoted was 5700.  That is for my family of 6.  I am certain that I will be able to get them down cheaper.  With buying food from a caterer the price is pretty much set in stone.
that's a good price for a family of six for 8+ days in FL on pesach. How many rooms?
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Re: 2015 Florida Pesach Programs
« Reply #13 on: February 24, 2015, 12:14:52 PM »
Single room.  I honestly dont know how Ill survive sleeping in the same room as my 16 month old for 8 or 9 nights.

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Re: 2015 Florida Pesach Programs
« Reply #14 on: February 24, 2015, 12:15:35 PM »
Single room.  I honestly dont know how Ill survive sleeping in the same room as my 16 month old for 8 or 9 nights.

which program thats cheap.

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Re: 2015 Florida Pesach Programs
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Re: 2015 Florida Pesach Programs
« Reply #16 on: April 15, 2015, 04:46:18 PM »

The cheapest hotel program in florida that I was quoted was 5700.  That is for my family of 6.  I am certain that I will be able to get them down cheaper.  With buying food from a caterer the price is pretty much set in stone.

Where did you end up going?