Real cost of gaining PPL in the UK 2014
Hello
Firstly I'd like to apologise if this question has been answered before. Never posted on a forum so don't really know the do's and don'ts.
Can someone tell me genuinely how much I should budget to do a PPL. I've read loads of sites and all price at 45 hours but it seems more like an average of 60.
I've priced a few up and i'm reckoning a more dedicated, easy to book option with a one to one instructor providing one hour flying and and one hour theory each time will be around £14000 all in with exams, books, medical, headset etc. There are places offering 45 hours for £7k but it seems with them you have to attend open lectures to do the theory. By the time you've added in an extra 15 hours plus all the books, exams etc plus fuel surcharges you're looking at about £11k.
Looking through pages on the web most people claim to budget around £7k but I just can't see how this can be done. Seems to me it's quite common to hide the real costs for fear of putting people off.
It's really hard to know who's good and who's not because people leaving reviews only have experience of where they did theirs so can't say whether or not it was good compared to any other place.
If anyone completing their PPL during 2013/2014 could offer me an insight i'd appreciate it.