I don't have to assume anything. I have a map and I know it costs more to travel to the locations that play winter AAA than it does to drive our current opponents locations. I know the farther I have to drive, the more likely chance that my family will need a hotel and meals. Oh, and my wife and I have jobs and limited vacation days, I can make a Friday evening game in our current league pretty easy, probably not going to make a Friday evening AAA game without some time off. I like my kids in school learning, not reading a book in the backseat and taking make-up tests. I know that an association winter tournament costs $450 - $1,200 and a AAA tournament usually starts at $1,000 or higher.mnhcp wrote:Okay to Ditto but get the facts of the Ditto correct. Hour for Hour of training, our families positive AAA experiences cost the same or less then association hockey. Community hockey is great but PLEASE PEOPLE stop assuming AAA is more expensive. The cost for AAA hockey varies greatly!
But like you said, each families experience has different costs. From my perspective, association hockey is MUCH, MUCH cheaper than our AAA experience.