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What are the prices and duration of dive schools?
Home » Scuba » Scuba Certification » What are the prices and duration of dive schools?My father’s phrase still echoes in my mind when I think of purchasing anything, “You always get what you paid for.” Cheap prices for a dive school means one of two things. The first thing that it can be is that the instructors and/or equipment are less than adequate. If the instructor has only started teaching, and it shows, then they will be unable to charge the going rate. The other reason that the price can be so down is that there are hidden charges. That initial price gets you through the door and then they tell you about the application fee and the cost of books. So you need to investigate before you sign that dotted line for any cheap rates at dive schools. This doesn’t necessarily mean that you should always go for the most expensive dive schools because they are the best. They may just target richer clientele and the place down the street does just as good instruction as they do.
You should always consider the duration of dive schools. Some less reputable dive schools will try to rush you through the formalities to the dive not giving proper time to understand the process and feel comfortable with the equipment. The PADI certification course is supposed to take 4 days. Now, you can take that as slow as you want giving more time to understand it. Try not to allow them to push the days to 3 if you can, and definitely do not accept anything less than that.
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