Except for the travel and performances, they spend all their time with the host "families." The biggest trauma they face on tour, as young as they are, is not the tears at the airport that one might expect.
出國表演時，有收費與義演二種，由於旨在宣揚中華文化與促進國民外交，故不能比照職業舞團的票價與收費方式；而且亦常接受有意義的免費表演邀請，是故收入少而支出大。