Junior has been invited to visit a few campuses this fall. (These are D3 schools, so these are at our own expense, but coaches have extended the offer to come stay with a player, watch a fall game, etc.) I have some really basic questions:
1) Should we put the boy on a plane and let him do this on his own, or is the expectation that a parent will be in town, too? Obviously I'm not going to stay in a dorm room with him. But should my wife or I plan to get a hotel room and be around to meet with the coach? My son is 18 and an experienced traveler--he doesn't help to take a flight, Uber to campus, then do the reverse to get home. And at the schools he is visiting, we aren't going to be able to haggle over merit scholarships or other monetary issues, so I don't need to be around for that. My inclination is to let him handle this on his own.
2) What's the expected timeline? One campus, for example, has some fall scrimmages on Friday afternoon, then a couple more on Sunday. Is the overnight visit typically just that--a single night? In which case, I guess Jr flies up on Friday morning and leaves on Saturday? Or should he plan to stay for the weekend (Friday and Saturday nights)?
My son can (and will) ask the coaches about some of this info; but their emails to him seem to assume that he knows the drill, so I'd appreciate any info y'all can offer.