i want to take my kids to see santa in lapland.

nais

a bit of a strange one in the height of summer!;) but anyway i would love to take my kids age 6 and will be 3 to meet santa in lapland or similar this christmas as it will probably be the last year when dd will def still believe. any advise on companies to use or avoid would be fantastic, thanks

katiekittykat

You do know how expensive it is don't you? It is about £400 pp for 1 day!!

katiekittykat

http://www.laplandexperience.com

Hope the above helps

nais

thanks, dh is paying as he is going away with the boys instead of a family holiday this year so is feeling guilty!

Nile

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poe.tuesday

we are going to lapland for xmas this year, we booked it back in jan 07 as they get booked up that early, we are going for a week staying in yllas in a log cabin, we have gone with Ingrams, for xmas week, with flights and the cabin it cost us £2200 for 4 of us (2 adults and 2 children), then on top of that there are all the excussions, we are budgeting for about another £800 on those, doing a santa trip, husky trip, raindeer trip, hire a snow-mobile for a day ad go to the ice hotel and go ice fishing.You can also do these trips from less time with shorter versions of these excusions, there are loads and loads of places that do these but they are so expensive in comparison to the week stay that we are doing.If you are looking to do a week then you may have problems as the flights are booked up from what I know but check out companies such as inghams, crystel adn nelisens (they are all ski tour ops), and if you are going for the shorter option then just search google but I know that Inghams are doing a shorter trip so check them out tooI would recommend that you check out the lapland (finland) forums on tripadvisor as there are many threads on there about the optionsIf you still want to go then I would suggest you get planning it now, also remember about the added cost of the clothing, which you can hire if you want to, you have to be prepaired for the weather which can be -30 hope this helps

black-saturn

I took both my children there in 2002. It was the best day out ever and they still mention it on a daily basis even now. Back then I paid £250 per person and that was for 2 nights in a log cabin, a reindeer ride, 1 meal each and flights and transfers from the airport. There was an all inlclusive option which was £350 each which also included the hire of the snow suits, more meals and a Lapland experience. It's also cheaper if you leave certain things till you get there as I found the reindeer rides were cheaper if you paid for them there than they were paying in advance at the travel agents. I went with Canterbury Travel but there are loads of companies which do it.

Heva2015

First Choice have a Lapland brochure

mrcow

We went with Archers direct for about £350 per person

nais

thanks have sent of for lots of info, the only problem is as a teacher i'm really limited as to when we can go. Still have found a few options with availability, just need dh and his credit card now!

harmony55

nais wrote: »

a bit of a strange one in the height of summer!;) but anyway i would love to take my kids age 6 and will be 3 to meet santa in lapland or similar this christmas as it will probably be the last year when dd will def still believe. any advise on companies to use or avoid would be fantastic, thanks

Hi Lapland UK does not open in summer but on the 24 November this year, their online booking system opened in summer for the first time and more than 40% of the tickets have apparetnly already gone! Just thought I would let you know as I think it will be sold out by end September this year.

Darryl