You have to figure travel costs and all the rest, for example I just got back from a trip to Fiji that was two weeks and ran about $4700.00 including Food, Lodging, and Dive package! That is about $167.86 per dive. That is not bad for world class diving, meals, and great lodging. To me this is the only way to compare prices! You also have to consider how long to get there and cost of bringing your dive gear, for the above trip airfare was included as well! So if you dive in say SoCal and have to drive 180 miles round trip @ $4.00 per gallon or use the Fed Rate at 59 Cents per mile and add parking and and other cost including you meals it is still a good deal. If your all about diving there is no better value than a Live a Board as you per tank rate cuts the cost in half for diving! On many boats you can get in 24 to 26 dives in a week and lets say your boat runs $2395.00 plus air $1200.00 you have a total of $3595.00 divided by 25 dives in ONE week or $143.80 per dive in have the time and expense as a two week trip. Your also living pretty well for that cost on a Live a board. So my feeling is you get what you pay for and you have to ask yourself what is my real reason to travel to dive?
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