So we often get told that paintballs too expensive, but is it really?

Bare in mind that an average day of paintball costs £40pp which includes a light lunch with the session running 9-4, that’s 7hours worth of paintball for £40pp! Which approximately is £5.72per hour, sounds pretty good value to us, but were not ones to be biased…To put this all into perspective were going to compare paintball to other day time activities and how much they’d cost for the same time frame.

GO KARTING

An adrenaline junkie’s favourite for £45 you will get 30 minutes track time which you will do around 55laps. For the 7hours that paintball offers this will be £630, which remember doesn’t include refreshments, this would work out £90.00 per hour.\r



7hrs = £630

FOOTBALL GAME

Often attending games once a week this soon adds up. The average price for the cheapest premier league ticket this season is £30.68 for 90minutes worth of match time. Again not including refreshments this would cost £143.16 for 7hours, averaging £20.45 per hour.

7hrs = £143.16

QUAD BIKING

Granted it’s an activity you won’t exactly do weekly but quad biking costs £45pp for a 1hour session, this also has a minimum age requirement of 16yrs. Refreshments are not included for this activity and would cost £315 for 7hours.

7hrs = £315.00

LASER TAG

A favourite for kid’s parties laser tag is charged hourly at our site at £10pp per hour, £5.00 can be added for refreshments (our birthday upgrade) which would make this £75 for 7hours, averaging £10.72 per hour.

7hrs = £75.00

SKIING – LEARN IN A DAY COURSE

Again not exactly one you’re going to repeat on a regular basis, for a junior to learn how to ski in a day would cost £99pp which includes food and drink, this would average £14.14 per hour. For an adult to learn this would be £169pp again including refreshments, this would average £24.14 per hour.

7hrs Junior = £99.00

7hrs Adult = £169.00

CINEMA

A pretty harmless past time, well a cinema ticket on average costs £10.50 for an adult and £8.00 for a child remember you’ll probably want an iceblast and popcorn which will cost around £7.00.

So for an adult this will cost £17.50 and a child £15.00. We’re going to say that the average duration at the cinema is 2hours, so for 7hours for an adult this would cost £61.25 and for a child £52.50.

For an hourly rate an adult would cost £8.75 and a child would be £7.50, plus I doubt one iceblast and popcorn would suffice for that duration.

7hrs Child = £52.50

7hrs Adult = £61.25

BOWLING

Bowling is another favourite, for an adult the average cost for just one game is £8.79 and for a child £4.79. Now again you might want to add refreshments such as a burger and drink which for an adult will average around £9.00 and for a child £6.00.

We’re going to assume one game takes around 30mins for the purpose of this post. So for 7hrs this would cost an adult £132.06 and a child £73.06.

Hourly rates would be £10.44 for a child and £18.86 for an adult.

7hrs Child = £73.06

7hrs Adult = £132.06

INDOOR TRAMPOLINE PARK

An exhilarating indoor trampoline experience, the general admission is £12.00pp for 1hour this includes grip socks but no refreshments. Therefore for a 7 hour period this would cost £84.00.

7hrs = £84.00

CONCLUSION

So for those who ask can you play paintball for £5.00? The answers no, I mean come on £5.00 for 7hours would be £0.72 per hour, with food too? It’s an impossibility.

Paintball is a game that analyses your patience, strategic ability and focus. It’s a stimulating game used for leadership and team building. Paintball is hugely versatile and even yields health benefits and when it costs just £40pp for 7hours were convinced it’s a winner.

So go on, ask yourself this…Do you really think paintball is too expensive?

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