great last min deals to lapland

merlinthehappypig

Just checked these again (I can't go - for some reason the rest of the family don't fancy it!!!)

It was about £1000 last week for a family of four - just looked at Hotel Sirkantähti again and it comes out at £697 half board for 2 adults and 2 children leaving on 9 December from Bristol - a real bargain.

curtlyb

Thats the fab thing about this deal, the Lastminute price is fantastic but you get an even better surprise 5 days later when your confirmation arrives and the amount discounted jumps out at you, gives you a warmer glow than visiting the big man himself :dance:

FluffyFiFi wrote: »

Is alcohol very expensive - is it worth stocking up with Duty Free at the airport?

Think beer's cheaper in the supermarkets than £3.50-£5.00, we'll probably take a couple of spirit duty-free bottles with us. I believe wine is very expensive in Finland, some smaller Lapland villages you have to order the win eat the post office and collect it the next day :eek:

FluffyFiFi wrote: »

If we are all going to Levi we could arrange a meeting point on a certain day/time. Could be fun - we could all be brandishing our MSE stickers!

That could be a fab idea, we wouldn't need the stickers though, the TKmax bags full of beer will give it away :rotfl:

Are you doing any skiing Fluffyfifi ?

MKUX3

do you think there will be any good deals like this for feb???

merlinthehappypig

curtlyb wrote: »

Thats the fab thing about this deal, the Lastminute price is fantastic but you get an even better surprise 5 days later when your confirmation arrives and the amount discounted jumps out at you, gives you a warmer glow than visiting the big man himself :dance:

I know. I priced the same holiday with Inghams - lot's of 00's

curtlyb

chriseast wrote: »

I know. I priced the same holiday with Inghams - lot's of 00's

think it equates to about 75% off !

they haven't really lost anything, we're customers they would never have got because there is no way we would/could be able to afford this holiday otherwise, it's going to be a one-off holiday of a lifetime........ there again, most people on the Lapland forum of tripadvisor said that and they've been back multiple times since :cool:

supermum4

we should all wear a red flower or something so we all know who we are if you get my drift. I can't wait i'm more excited than the kids i think lol.

FluffyFiFi

curtlyb wrote: »

:eek:

That could be a fab idea, we wouldn't need the stickers though, the TKmax bags full of beer will give it away :rotfl:

Are you doing any skiing Fluffyfifi ?

We are trying the skiing but a bit apprehensive as I'm more a beach and hot weather girl, but the lure of the northern lights has got me hooked and I'm willing to give it a go. Will try the three day coaching and take it from there - are you around at the same time? Quite happy to wear my TK Maxx bag with pride, it would be lovely to have an MSE gathering in the Artic Circle.

curtlyb

FluffyFiFi wrote: »

We are trying the skiing but a bit apprehensive as I'm more a beach and hot weather girl, but the lure of the northern lights has got me hooked and I'm willing to give it a go. Will try the three day coaching and take it from there - are you around at the same time? Quite happy to wear my TK Maxx bag with pride, it would be lovely to have an MSE gathering in the Artic Circle.

We're doing three days of skiing as well, Mon-Wed, trying to decide whether we do the ski school and the kids have private lessons (as the youngest is only 4 so is too young for ski-school) or we all do a big private lesson. We'll probably do the ski-school so we are away from the kids as i believe we could be a distraction to them (they'll also learn far quicker than us ). good thing about ski-school is that you have a fantastic laugh, especially us beginners...it's great, there's always someone worse than you !!!!

We'll have to get together for a bit of Apre-Ski, our boys are 6 & 4 so the kids will love it.....

FluffyFiFi

curtlyb wrote: »

We're doing three days of skiing as well, Mon-Wed, trying to decide whether we do the ski school and the kids have private lessons (as the youngest is only 4 so is too young for ski-school) or we all do a big private lesson. We'll probably do the ski-school so we are away from the kids as i believe we could be a distraction to them (they'll also learn far quicker than us ). good thing about ski-school is that you have a fantastic laugh, especially us beginners...it's great, there's always someone worse than you !!!!

We'll have to get together for a bit of Apre-Ski, our boys are 6 & 4 so the kids will love it.....

Our's are 11 and 9, the youngest is a girl. They will no doubt be showing us how to do it but as you say it will be a laugh. We are going to do the Husky Ride, the Reindeer Sleigh and probably the horse riding as daughter is mad about horses. Looking on the Levi website it seems a lot cheaper to pay for it once there.

FluffyFiFi

supermum4 wrote: »

we should all wear a red flower or something so we all know who we are if you get my drift. I can't wait i'm more excited than the kids i think lol.

I agree supermum4, I'm far more excited than the children. I don't think they've really taken it in as it all happened so quickly. I just can't wait, I haven't being this excited about a holiday for a long time.

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