Well, I still find it early to say how much it will be, but there will be costs, of course, other than air fare, accomodation and meals.
If I can make it possible to get ourselves a boat to tour Hamburg Port and hopefully the canals, too (on the same boat, usually they have two different types of boats for the two different tours, but I would love to stay on one and the same and have some catering on board), we would need to share costs for that since I can impossibly just INVITE you to go on a €1.000.- trip with me :shock: .
I have plans for going out for food nicely, too, such as to the restaurant beneath the Town Hall of Bremen, which is ancient, and a kind of vault, and very nice.
A carriage ride through Lüneburg Heath (that again is usually offered with some sort of catering) could be on the agenda, but would need to be shared, of course.
And I am thinking of hiring Canadian Canoes for a ride from right out of Lauenbrück towards Scheeßel, which is the place "down the road", maybe even Rotenburg, if we get that far (going to Scheeßel is a 3 - 4 hour trip normally, more so if we have a break on the way) ... and hiring those canoes and have them taken back to the canoe hirer's place here in Lauenbrück is also expenses for all, of course.
Of course I will always work towards bargain prices for large groups, plus I need to find out how many people will be interested in those activities and who would like to take advantage of the "alternative programmes" that I also mean to set up for families where the children might not be too fond of walking through a town, watching everyone take photos on end, themselves being bored to death...
I am thinking... :scratch: ... some things only work if the group is large (boat, carriage ride)...
I hope that if you calculate to spend U$100.-/person/day you should be safe, more so if I can find accomodation for you with families who would love to be your hosts for that one week.
But, you know, I haven't really gone into any serious planning, such as PHONING people up and TALKING about it. May 2008 sounds so awfully far away (still), though I know that it isn't. Not really.