Hopefully I understand you (and the hypothetical student) correctly, if there is an acceptable quote available from a reasonable school close to where you live that you have been to before and you can reconcile yourself with the chance that you may be paying a lot of money and still not get work then I’d go for it.
If you intend doing everything at the one school then you might be able to negotiate a better price, especially in these austere times but don’t accept discount if they insist that you pay everything up front.
At least flying in an area close to where you live there will be no language difficulties, your food and accom is sorted and being familiar with the area helps a lot with navigation.
Does the school offer training for the written exams? If not, I did mine distance learning through Bristol Groundschool who were excellent.
I’m not one of the ‘naysayers’ who will turn your reasonable question into a rant but ultimately only you can make the final decision about where you train but training at a familiar school close to where you live will save you thousands and will be the best way forward.
Good luck with your training.