hi guys, I did my hour building with Dean International in Miami last July, nothing much to say about the school, all was agreed before I left europe, number of hours, price, fuel expenses, and I had no nasty surprises, I initialy wanted to do the round trip Florida-California, I planed every stop and submited my route to the chief pilot, but because I did not held any mountain certificate, I was restricted to 3000ft ground elevation, I planed a new route going to texas then north to rapid city then east to chicago and back down, I spent a lot of time planing before I left europe, fuel prices/landing taxes/hotel/free transportation were the main constraints.
I extensively used the Airnav.com website.
As for the high demand for the aircraft by the school well.. all was agreed months before and we were told to do a minimum of 4Hrs a day.
If you're interested in my trip, have a look
here
happy flying !