Price falls in ski resorts have helped reduce the impact of the weaker pound, while reports of early snowfall have boosted ski holiday sales.
In the 10th Post Office Travel Money Family Ski Resort Report, the Slovenian town of Kranjska Gora knocked Bulgaria’s Bansko off the top spot as the cheapest of 16 European ski resorts, attributed to local prices having dropped to reduce the impact of the fall in sterling’s value.
Kranjska Gora was one of six resorts where an overall price fall was found.
The report compared the cost of six days’ ski and boot hire, lift passes and ski school, together with a sample price for lunch on the slopes and a range of drinks for two adults and two children.
At a total cost of £1,071 for the “basket of goods”, Kranjska Gora was the cheapest resort surveyed, with local prices having fallen 5% since last season – in part due to discount offers on equipment hire.
The weaker pound appeared to have had less impact than in many other resorts surveyed, where half saw year-on-year price rises of 25%.
Kranjska Gora’s £340 ski tuition price for six sessions was almost £200 lower than in Bansko.
While Bansko remained the cheapest of the 16 ski resorts for ski and boot hire and lift passes, its barometer basket cost £1,151 – 7.5% more than in Kranjska Gora.
Andrew Brown, the Post Office’s head of travel money, said: “When you have to budget for multiple people, the price differences between resorts can really add up and swapping to a cheaper one could save hundreds of pounds.”
