New York City to Vail Ski Package
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Hi All
Just wondering if anyone knows somewhere I could book a package that includes...
Fly from Manchester, UK to New York City
3 nights hotel city break
Fly from New York City, to Denver, Colerado
Transfer to Vail
7 nights Ski hol
Transfer back to Denver
Fly from Denver back to Manchester, UK
Just wondering if anyone knows somewhere I could book a package that includes...
Fly from Manchester, UK to New York City
3 nights hotel city break
Fly from New York City, to Denver, Colerado
Transfer to Vail
7 nights Ski hol
Transfer back to Denver
Fly from Denver back to Manchester, UK
Try SkiSafari.co.uk
They did several of our trips before the kids came along, including our honeymoon.
Our honeymoon was BA heathrow to Vancouver, tx to Whistler, self catering lux apartment, 10days with ski passes (had own snowboard and ski kit) then tx back to Vancouver for a 4 day city break. Then return flights to Heathrow on BA.
Don't bother booking higher class tickets for the flights, if you get parents / family to email BA saying your on Honeymoon you usually get bumped up a class or two.
From memory we got bumped to business on the way out and traveller plus on the way back.
V.
Ps this was 10 years ago, but still remember it clearly as a great trip and no hiccups with their plans or bookings.
They did several of our trips before the kids came along, including our honeymoon.
Our honeymoon was BA heathrow to Vancouver, tx to Whistler, self catering lux apartment, 10days with ski passes (had own snowboard and ski kit) then tx back to Vancouver for a 4 day city break. Then return flights to Heathrow on BA.
Don't bother booking higher class tickets for the flights, if you get parents / family to email BA saying your on Honeymoon you usually get bumped up a class or two.
From memory we got bumped to business on the way out and traveller plus on the way back.
V.
Ps this was 10 years ago, but still remember it clearly as a great trip and no hiccups with their plans or bookings.
As suggested, do it all on Expedia; you'll probably have to do it as a couple of bookings but the flights with stops and at least one set of acccomodations should be do-able as one booking.
As for the transfer from Denver to Vail, get a rental car. Although you say 7 days in Vail, personally I'd use it as a base and take day-trips to different ski areas too (and have done on a few occasions). If you've 7 days ski-ing I'd suggest 3 days at Vail, 1 day at Copper Mountain, 1 day at Beaver Creek and 2 days at Aspen (Aspen Mountain aka Ajax, and Snowmass). Vail is a great ski area, but it's not as large as any of the decent European areas and you'll easily ski-out the front-side in a day and the back bowls/blue sky in a second day. The other areas, (particularly Aspen) have their own character too and well worth a visit. Try Arapahoe Basin if you're up for something a bit more rugged. There's loads of other areas that might take your fancy that are easily drivable from Vail including Keystone (on the way to A-basin), and Breckenridge. Note that not all the areas are on the same pass; the Vail pass does cover Vail, Beaver Creek, Breck and Keystone (and Heavenly....but that's another story).
...and NY will be cold! Just a thought, have you considered maybe LA rather than NY for the first stop? I know it's not 'en route' and it's obviously a far longer flight (and will need a tranfer from Manchester), but then the Denver transfer will be fairly quick. We go to Southern California at Chsitmas as it's [typically] a chance to get t-shirts on again. It's not exactly hot at Xmas time, but after a few months of British autumn/winter it's nice to get some sun again and do theme parks etc. Or maybe San Francisco? Just back from the annual easter jaunt to Heavenly via SF; not as warm as LA (and we got rained on for one of the days) but lots to do and without the risk of hypothermia
I love NY, but to me it isn't a winter destination - too d@mned cold!
As for the transfer from Denver to Vail, get a rental car. Although you say 7 days in Vail, personally I'd use it as a base and take day-trips to different ski areas too (and have done on a few occasions). If you've 7 days ski-ing I'd suggest 3 days at Vail, 1 day at Copper Mountain, 1 day at Beaver Creek and 2 days at Aspen (Aspen Mountain aka Ajax, and Snowmass). Vail is a great ski area, but it's not as large as any of the decent European areas and you'll easily ski-out the front-side in a day and the back bowls/blue sky in a second day. The other areas, (particularly Aspen) have their own character too and well worth a visit. Try Arapahoe Basin if you're up for something a bit more rugged. There's loads of other areas that might take your fancy that are easily drivable from Vail including Keystone (on the way to A-basin), and Breckenridge. Note that not all the areas are on the same pass; the Vail pass does cover Vail, Beaver Creek, Breck and Keystone (and Heavenly....but that's another story).
...and NY will be cold! Just a thought, have you considered maybe LA rather than NY for the first stop? I know it's not 'en route' and it's obviously a far longer flight (and will need a tranfer from Manchester), but then the Denver transfer will be fairly quick. We go to Southern California at Chsitmas as it's [typically] a chance to get t-shirts on again. It's not exactly hot at Xmas time, but after a few months of British autumn/winter it's nice to get some sun again and do theme parks etc. Or maybe San Francisco? Just back from the annual easter jaunt to Heavenly via SF; not as warm as LA (and we got rained on for one of the days) but lots to do and without the risk of hypothermia
I love NY, but to me it isn't a winter destination - too d@mned cold!
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