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Tour pricing spreads the fixed cost of a departure — guide, vehicle, permits — across the group and adds the per-person direct cost, then grosses up for margin. Because the fixed element per person falls sharply with group size, minimum-departure thresholds are essential.
Cost per person
Cost = Direct cost per person + Fixed departure cost / Group size
Price
Price = Cost per person / (1 - Target margin %)
Because the guide and vehicle cost the same whether four or fourteen people travel. That fixed cost per head more than triples between those group sizes.
The group size below which the departure loses money at the published price. Operators either cancel or apply a small-group surcharge.