Your Contribution |
While chasing across America, I incur a variety of annual expenses: vehicle purchases, vehicle maintenance expenses, hail shield expenses, amplifier and antenna expenses, and miscellaneous expenses derived from life on the road. I have a $100 per day fee for each storm chaser that chases with me during my full-time storm chasing season and a $50 per day fee for night and weekend chases during my part-time chasing season (see Dates and Risk for my schedule of full-time and part-time chasing). This fee allows me to continue to provide this storm chasing opportunity. However, if you really want to chase with me but you don't think you can afford the $100 per day fee for full-time chasing or the $50 per day fee for part-time, please contact me and we can work something out.
Even if you have little or no storm chasing experience and little or no working knowledge of meteorology or forecasting, but you want to learn, I can teach you. Naturally, it takes more time and effort on my end to teach meteorology and forecasting; however, I'm just as interested in teaching new chasers to forecast and chase successfully as I am in partnering with seasoned chasers. |
Your Expenses and Expected Travel Budget |
This is a thorough breakdown of the expenses you'll probably incur if you come to the U.S.A. to storm chase with me during my full-time storm chasing. Note that these are general figures just to give you a guideline. Please be sure to read the disclaimer at the bottom.
The price of your trip to partner with me will depend on a couple of factors:
I think that $200 per day is what most people will spend. I will attempt to give you a general rundown of how each of these will effect your cost. First, let's look at the expected costs per day.
Second, your fee and any food you eat are the 2 daily costs that are covered solely by the individual chaser. Group expenses including hotel, gas, and most miscellaneous expenses are split among me and the other chasers. The more chasers we have riding together, the cheaper it will be.
Third, if you stay longer, it will cost more. Most people stay for two weeks, but some stay for almost a month. I do not mind how long people stay. The safest bet is to assume that it will only be you and me chasing while you are here. If more people are here, then great! Everything will be cheaper. However, when budgeting for your trip, assume a higher daily cost for everything. |
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Disclaimer
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I want to make sure that all group purchases (hotel, gas, etc.) are split evenly among all members in the group including me. Therefore, I will be paying for all of the group purchases (hotel, gas, tolls, etc.) and splitting it evenly among all of us at the end of the trip. Therefore, you should be prepared to pay your share of the expenses with cash, Paypal (+ Paypal fee), Venmo, or transferwise (the best choice for chasers from overseas) at the end of the trip.
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