Hogsmeade Weekend Trips

Hogsmeade weekend trips were special trips that the students at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry could take on certain weekends to Hogsmeade village.
==Description==
Only third-year students and above were allowed to go, with the permission of a parent or guardian. On occasion, Hogwarts staff also went into the village on Hogsmeade weekends, but they were otherwise allowed to visit any time they wanted.Article 528/2 of the 1714 Edict established rules for the weekend trips.See this image.
==Schedule==
There did not seem to be an exact schedule of Hogsmeade visits. The dates of the visits changed from year to year, and it is not known how the particular weekends were chosen.
==Behind the scenes==
*It is established in that only third-years and above may go to Hogsmeade. But in , Colin Creevey's brother Dennis, a second-year, attended the first meeting of Dumbledore's Army in the Hog's Head Inn. In, Nigel Wolpert, a second-year student is also shown to be present in Hog's Head. It is possible, however, that these students were there against the rules, just as Harry was in his third year.
*In , certain plot elements from the two trips in the book were used as a single trip in the film, with only a few minor changes to the material used.
*In addition for the Prisoner of Azkaban film adaptation, since Sirius's letter which gave Harry visitation rights was omitted, it created a continuity error to how Harry could visit Hogsmeade freely in the later films.
*In , characters are shown to visit Hogsmeade more frequently than in the books.
*In , McGonagall stated that students who lose their privilege to visit Hogsmeade can never get it back. This cannot be considered canon, as in the books, two students who lost their Hogsmeade privilege (Neville Longbottom and Harry Potter) were later shown to have got it back. However, it should be noted that Harry's case could have been considered exceptional by McGonagall and Dumbledore anyway, as Umbridge, using her authority under Educational Decree Number Twenty-Five (which meant that not even Dumbledore could have overridden her), revoked his privilege because he did something she personally disapproved of, not because he broke any rules.
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==Notes and references==
Category:Discipline At Hogwarts
Category:Events
Category:Hogsmeade