Sking DIY Style

For every ski trip, I do a cost spreadsheet.This covers:
Transport~ flights,train, car hire, taxi depending on the option
Accomodation ~ options, cost
Evening food ~ this may be incorporated into the Accomodation cost. Add a figure to assess after dinner drinks.
Day cost ~ hill drinks, lunch, pre-dinner drinks.
Lift Pass.
An allowance for incidentals.

It is easy to pull up last years spreadsheet and modify it.

That's very efficient of you Dave :D

I usually try to forget how much I've spent if we have to eat out in resort, or up the mountain, because it's generally far more than I want to remember!

AllyG wrote:That's very efficient of you Dave :D

I usually try to forget how much I've spent if we have to eat out in resort, or up the mountain, because it's generally far more than I want to remember!

Ah, this exchange shows the difference between knowledge and wisdom. Knowledge is doing a spreadsheet to show what your costs are; wisdom is, yes, trying to forget it !

When I'm on holiday, the last thing I'd be interested would be a spreadsheet - those things are for the workaday, boring, routine aspects of life. Ski holidays are for forgetting about such things and enjoying yourself.

billip1 wrote:

AllyG wrote:That's very efficient of you Dave :D

I usually try to forget how much I've spent if we have to eat out in resort, or up the mountain, because it's generally far more than I want to remember!

Ah, this exchange shows the difference between knowledge and wisdom. Knowledge is doing a spreadsheet to show what your costs are; wisdom is, yes, trying to forget it !

It seems spreadsheets are quite common in ski trip planning :shock: :shock:

Snapzzz wrote:

It seems spreadsheets are quite common in ski trip planning :shock: :shock:

Unless you also have a Laminated Packing List, you are a still a novice :P

Snapzzz wrote:It seems spreadsheets are quite common in ski trip planning :shock: :shock:

Some skiers "excel" at them :)

billip1 wrote:

Some skiers "excel" at them :)

It must be a winning 'formula'