Hamptons Diary.

Its the countdown to summer camp - with a difference. Wealthy Hamptons parents wanting to check out tony camps for their kids have been skipping the long drive and chartering jets that hop them from maine to Pennsylvania to the Berkshires and upstate New York all in one day.

The aviation firm, Blue Star Jets, has already made 18 day trips this month to camps, including Laurel in Maine, and Tyler Hills in and Trail Ends in Pennsylvania.

The parents haven't been balking at the price of the trips, some splashing out $4,000 an hour. It covers the flight, onboard catering and a waiting car to whisk themn from the tarmac to the woods.

This way they can catch a jet in West Hampton or East Hampton at breakfast time and be back on the East End in time for cocktails.

And with the kids now preparing to set off to the camps themselves Mom and Dad have started booking jets to take them to the camps again for visiting day.

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