Anyone think Ski Holidays are more expensive this year!

the value of the pound against the Euro certainly won't be helping that's for sure, but there are deals to be had out there, even through the TO's

According to a recent article in the Daily Mail Ski Mag we are paying less for holidays now than we were 10 years ago! :shock:

We are skiing in Livigno this year - £1500 for 2 people, 2 weeks half board. I think that's a bargain!

It seems to me to be a very British thing to book through the big ski companies - on mainland Europe the tradition is much more to self-cater in a chalet or apartment, and to book late. Of course, we poor Brits are hampered by the Channel, whereas they can just hop in a car at the last minute.
We go to the 4 Valleys and it's only at Christmas, New Year and Easter that you'd have trouble finding an apartment or chalet. School holidays are a pain, of course, and Easter is early this year (it won't be this early again for another 400 years, apparently).
I suppose what I'm saying is that if our favourite spot in the 4 Valleys is anything to go by, then you can get a 4-person, 2-bed apartment for about £500 incl. linen for a week; or a 6-person chalet for about £800 for the week. Of course, if you don't want to self-cater or go out for meals, then this may not be for you, but don't be brainwashed by the big ski companies into imagining that you have to spend a fortune; have to travel on a Saturday; or have to have full-board in order to get anywhere.
My guess is that probably only around 10% of the tourist beds in the Valais are rentable via the big ski companies, if that. For the rest, consider doing what most mainleand Europeans do and go direct tot the agencies in the resorts.

helens wrote:According to a recent article in the Daily Mail Ski Mag we are paying less for holidays now than we were 10 years ago! :shock:

We are skiing in Livigno this year - £1500 for 2 people, 2 weeks half board. I think that's a bargain!

I think thats very expensive. You can get a week HB in Livigno for under £200 currently.

I think the prices go up in response to global warming :(

Worse this year with Easter being early and then the school holidays being out of sync with that, exploiting those of us with children.

Also kids didn't go back to school until 8th Jan, so longer break there this year, we had to take kids out of school New Year 2006/07 for the first couple of days of the new term and send them in on a Friday, something like 4th/5th.

Depends what sort of accomodation you want as well, you an make these trips as cheap as you want if you don't expect too much from the accomodation. If you can be flexible with dates and prepared to put some time in reasearching your trip, you will find something to suit your budget.