Has anyone booked a last minute ski holiday??
Started by Bedrock barney in Ski Chatter 01-Nov-2016 - 15 Replies
Arxermar
reply to 'Has anyone booked a last minute ski holiday??' posted Nov-2016
Flat country skier
reply to 'Has anyone booked a last minute ski holiday??' posted Nov-2016
I too, normally book the flights early in the year and then book accommodation in the resort where there's more snow about 2-3 weeks before the flight. This year did hold back booking for Xmas as for family reasons can do our annual ski trip only over Feb half-term (expensive one!). Also couldn't find the flights/dates/times suitable for us.
Anyway, took a risk and booked for us (2 adults+13year old) a very reasonably priced package deal to Italy (as like it there) for 20-27 Dec a week ago. Would think that there will be more late deals available, especially if you are not fussy about where to go.
Booked independently for Feb half-term extended family trip long time ago as didn't think I'll get a deal for a resort/hotel we wanted to go to.
Happy last minute deal finding :)!
Andymol2
reply to 'Has anyone booked a last minute ski holiday??' posted Nov-2016
The more in the party the harder it is.
The gremlin is often the flights - those at sensible times go first and even if the bargain holiday is there you may have a 6am flight from an airport miles away.
School hols are always busy but that is often useful as the airlines have a lot more seats available.
As a serial late booker nor my children have grown up, my experience is that holidays start expensive and gradually drop up to about a month away
After that the prices climb again, particularly the hotel based ones where the hotel may sell rooms to many tour ops or independently.
Very last minute bargains do come up at a few days notice - usually where a party has cancelled in a chalet or hotel, providing there are flights. The problem is if you have fixed weeks that you have to go on you may have to accept something to make sure you get a holiday. If dates aren't fixed you just move on to next week or the one after.
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Bedrock barney
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Dobby
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Ade73
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Admin wrote:bedrock barney wrote:will we be able to jump on to last minute deals
Almost certainly.
As you might expect, after two late-starting seasons and with Xmas Day on a Sunday, Xmas has been tough to sell this year. I'd expect there to be deals around...
bedrock barney wrote:is last minute holidaying a thing of the past?
Definitely not! It increases every year.
FWIW, we (family) are hoping to be away the same week as you or maybe the week before - and I doubt we'll have anything booked before December.
The above notwithstanding, the weather models are getting very interesting from this weekend onwards... so if you do see a particularly good deal, and it's where you want to go, then go for it. Otherwise wait.
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Admin
reply to 'Has anyone booked a last minute ski holiday??' posted Nov-2016
Ade73 wrote:Hi adders. What do you mean by "models are getting very interesting this week"
Hi Ade - that was written nearly 2 weeks ago, and referred to the turn to cold and all the snow that was then in the forecast... which is what has duly arrived since. 8)
Interestingly enough, you might be interested to know that the interesting thing about the latest forecasts is that they are quite interesting in an interestingly similar way... -) It looks like another decent round of snowfall building about a week out (i.e. next weekend). Interesting, no?
Ade73
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Topic last updated on 13-November-2016 at 19:20