gymboree, initial check

so we went to have a look, on a monday, which happened to be their off day. luckily, staff were around to entertain questions and give us copies of their rate sheet, class and gymplay schedules.


for LP's age, he could join Play & Learn sessions and Music sessions. each would be 45minutes to an hour, each had two schedule options. LP himself was interested in the new surroundings and immediately crawled and chattered about what he could see. that was a good sign. the pricing was not such a good sign. 

i was looking to take him for "classes" no more than 2x a week and maybe for gymplay (essentially free play in the main play area, but supervised--i could not leave him to go shopping or do errands). 

4 weeks      1x/week     Php 2850 (712.50@)          2x/week    Php 5130 (641.25@)

8 weeks      1x/week     Php 5100 (637.50@)          2x/week    Php 9180 (573.75@)

12 weeks    1x/week     Php 7100 (591.67@)          2x/week    Php 12780 (532@)

gymplay, around Php250 per go, would be free if we sign up for 2x weekly sessions. 

(increments go up to 24 & 48 weeks with up to 5 sessions per week. only those currently significant to us are listed above)

this requires some serious thinking. fortunately, they have trial sessions/classes wherein you go and try out the real thing to help decide if you want to enroll for longer term. the trial fee of Php 350 is deductible from your future enrollment fee, otherwise non-refundable. 

we're trying it out on wednesday. 


for more about gymboree, their philippines website is http://www.gymboree-ph.com and i'm glad to note they have quite a number of branches in manila. i remember now, they had a branch in power plant mall, rockwell.