Wouldn't there be more than 3 women on a resort like that ?

I wondered about the economics too, but then I figured the platinum package may have cost a fortune ($20 - 25,000+, perhaps?) and only the very wealthy could afford it. Jane paid a smaller amount, but, for her, it might have been all she had in her savings, say $10,000? Just guessing about the figures, but the combined income must have been sizable to keep Austenland running profitably.

As far as the number of guests, the same issue (high cost) kept the group small. Perhaps it varied in number with each separate group, but I think in order to focus on providing a satisfying experiences for each guest, keeping it smaller rather than larger would make sense, not to mention, that it would have been difficult for a film viewer to keep track of so many 'guests' in the story.

In the film, Martin explains hat everyone at the ball was already 'on staff', servants, gardeners, etc. They donned ball attire and attended as part of their job and as backdrop for the 'real' guests.

I agree, if cost was not prohibitive, many thousands would love to have that Austen experience! I know I would!

Judging by the ball I think there may have been more - perhaps there were different things going on in different parts of the house, different storylines from different novels maybe. No way there were two guests at a time, that would have been ridiculous. But of course it's only a movie and it's all irrelevant at the end of the day, but stuff like that does niggle me too!!

It's too cerebral! We're trying to make a movie here, not a film!

It must be super expensive. Jane used her life savings and sold her car just to afford the cheapest package. The stable boy said all the other guests were people that work there in different capacities

it does seem unlikely. i would presume though that that's why the owner was willing to sell the place, it probably wasn't paying enough. It will be more profitable, as well as more fun, as a theme park.

I think they were separated into the different experiences and all met up at the ball. I mean if you think about it the guy whose luggage Jane stands on at the end was at the ball and appeared to be one of the guests as well.

Also, it was just a week. Not a whole summer. So three guests a week times, say $60,000 (using a previous poster's suggested fees) makes this place a lot of money in a season. I'd also wager they do it year-round and change some of the activities depending on the season.

I think the three women were the only guests and that was why it was so expensive. Jane had to spend her life savings for the trip. The other people at the dancing party were probably all hired by Austenland. Remember they had to plan a "romance" for each of the participants - even for Jane who bought the "Copper" package (and she even witnessed the birth of a horse), and so they would not have been able to handle large numbers. They had to devote much time and resources to each client and it was the individual personal attention that made the stay expensive. If too many customers were served at the same time, it would be just like a theme park ride.