Would you sponsor someone to do a sponsored trek?

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Just read in a non horsey magazine (Cosmo) about a lady who did a 130km trek on horseback in India for The Brooke equine charity. I've always loved the idea of doing something like this, although her trek sounded quite "pleseant" (not doubting it was easy for a second) but compared to some you hear about. Do you think people are keen to sponsor these sorts of things? I cant decide whether the majority of non horsey folk would think well what's so hard about that, the horse is doing all the work, you just sit there, and it's like a holiday. Or do they usually raise a lot?

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I have sponsored people to do this, but it did feel a little like sponsoring someone to take a holiday! I would rather sponsor someone for doing something that seems a little less enjoyable like running a marathon.

Charity wise I prefer to either just be asked for the money and pay up or feel that the person fundraising has suffered a bit (e.g run a marathon, stood on the wings of a plane as it flies past or abseiled some huge height). If I think people doing any of those things actually enjoys it I sponsor them for less!
 
I would happly sponsor someone if they were paying for the "holiday" themselves.

I wouldn't expect the sponsors money to go on that.

It sounds like a good idea for money raising if you are going to do the trek anyway.

The only time I would want to pay towards travel and accomodation is when people are going to Africa for a month to dig a well or something similar.
 
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