Help solving a holiday discussion

We have been planning hols for next winter because of only getting away once this winter, want to have more next winter.
My OH has said he gets a bit bored after 3-4 days in a resort. So what he would like to do is get flights probably Munich or Innsbruck, hire a car and travel around staying at several places over a 2 week period.
I say that this would not be possible I dont think there are many places to stay that would be willing to let you stay for 2-3 days at a time, only long weekends or weekly.
I would be agreeable to travelling around but I think we would have to book accomodation for a week, make it our base and travel to different resorts daily, then move further across Austria and do the same for the second week. Weekly lift passes would not be a problem as we usually buy day passes when we have decided whether we are boarding/skiing/xcountry/playing around. Any views?

Rose,
I don't actually have experience of this but I reckon it's possible.
You don't mention France but there is a chain called Logis
Some of their hotels are in resorts, some not. They have hotels all over France and you can book through their website. You can also book direct with the hotels. There may be similar arrangements in Austria & Germany. I'm sure someone will be able to advise you better though.
If you have a car and travelling you could stay further from the resort centre as well, where they may be glad of bookings, especially in low season.

It's a great idea. Good luck!

Rose

Ever thought about a US trip. You can fly to Salt Lake City from Londo for about 200 pounds pp next Xmas for two weeks. Hotels, restaurants and car hire are cheap. There must be a dozen ski resorts you could drive to in about an hour each way. Discount lift tickets are about $55 a day (in town). I would hope the Pound/Dollar rate might have improved by then as well.

Edit: Recently my plane landed in Salt Lake City at 10.15 and I was putting my boots on at the Canyons at 11.15. The lift ticket was free, because I had my flight boarding pass from that morning.






Trencher

Trencher beat me to it. Or even Canadian Rockies? Or some of the I70 resorts in Colorado?

Bit of a change from your standard euro holiday.

Pablo and Trencher thanks for info, thats really what Hubby would like but I am not keen on long haul. May have overcome the flying thing a bit but not that far. Plus December is always a no-no for me, busiest month of the year at work and holidays are banned :mrgreen:

Rose our household went through a phase of skiing road trips. We would book one stay, then make up the rest and follow the snow. Just pick a resort and call in at the Tourist Office on arrival and see what was available. Have stayed in private houses that have Zimmer Frei signs, at very low prices.
You could make up your own package by booking a flight and car, plus your 1st few days, and then use the web to book rooms ahead. We always prefer "low" season skiing, hate crowds.

Who says go in December? I would recommend most months apart from December :lol:

Book yourself some nice(read: business) BA seats and take the haul, you will thank Trencher and myself later.

You could even half the flight time and stop in NY/Boston for a city break on the way there/back.

There are the resorts of the Canadian Rockies too.

None of the hotels will have issues with you booking only a few days.

Pablo Escobar wrote:Who says go in December? I would recommend most months apart from December :lol:

Book yourself some nice(read: business) BA seats and take the haul, you will thank Trencher and myself later.

You could even half the flight time and stop in NY/Boston for a city break on the way there/back.

There are the resorts of the Canadian Rockies too.

None of the hotels will have issues with you booking only a few days.

Have you been talking to my OH, he says exactly the same thing. I am getting more into hols now, flights are gradually getting longer, still cant stand flying but getting better.