Having considerd hour building in the USA, I have done all the FAA and CAA stuff, however it turns out I need a course there to be allowed to fly there with my UK PPL JAR license, flight review before or after picking up the “restricted” license, and this I have been quoted will cost me around $1.900.
With todays exchange rate that's around £1.400 - add travel to Florid around £350 - and hotel prices/food of around £50 a day - your average hour price is not really that great anymore. For 1 month of hour building that will cost you around £3250. So for the package of hours, good idea to add this to the average price.
Yes of course the flight review is a 1 off outlay - however most likely you will want to hour build for no more than 1 to 3 months. Presented with these facts, it's not that big difference, or?
You can hour build on visa waiver, don't need visa for this.