Ski trips

Drifting dreamer - couldn't agree more

yes it's good value and a great experience if you don't / can't afford to ski as a family.

shocked at some of these france costs though. dd's school trip to Whistler in Feb half term was £1300 everything included - direct flights, transfers, lessons, ski hire, meals, evening activities etc etc...

The costs do look reasonable for skiing but skiing is a very expensive school trip. I remember a teacher at my school trying to convince me to go on the ski trip (they assumed that because I was clever, I must be well off) and I said "But it's £500" (which was a lot of money back in the early 90s). I don't think I ever mentioned it to my Mum, it would only have made her feel bad.

If you break it down it is actually quite reasonable - ski hire etc.

I actually think it teaches a number of things - how to deal with risk/living together/listening and following instructions/working as a group/gross motor skills/balance

It isn't nice when people are left out - hopefully children whose parents cannot afford it are still able to go. (speaking as a child who was in that position and didn't go....)

A school near us does expensive trips.
They do offer 30% off a trips for kids on PP.
Still not going to make say a 1000 pound trip affordable.
This school a state school but considers itself more upmarket to nearby ones. Certainly its school trips, insistence on school marketed tablets etc encourage a certain sort of parent.
I digress.
In comparison op, this trip a lot cheaper than examples from school I am thinking of but will be out of reach for many. Or maybe not- depends on school demographic I guess...

That's reasonable I'd say. My DS is going next year, as are many of his friends at different schools, and they're all 1K+

Educational? nah probably not but they're doing a day in an historic city visiting museums on the way. Sharing a room with a bunch of other kids is probably an education in sharing and cooperation ...

Inclusive? also probably not, though I believe there are subsidised places, but as others have said, it will be the first and only time many kids will get to try skiing if their parents don't ski, for whatever reason.

Fun? Definitely

I find myself disapproving of school ski trips...
Educational?
Inclusive?
Nah....

Agree

I am the only one of three siblings to ski and the only reason is because I was allowed to go in school ski trips. I would not ski if it wasn't for the school trips and I am eternally grateful that I was able to go

Seems about right for school trip to be honest, we've never done ski trips but have done lots of others for a short week about that cost :)

Our ski trips were always in school holidays.

It's not just the ski trips, it's all the trips proposed in secondary (at least where I live).
There is nothing that annoys me more when the school is happy for the children to go away for a week, twice in the year (if you are happy to pay!) during term time. But if you ask to take the child out of school to do the same activity (skiing) on the same week, it is refused .

Meanwhile in the classroom, nothing happens because so many children 'are away'

I find myself disapproving of school ski trips...
Educational?
Inclusive?
Nah....

Sounds as cheap as would ever be feasible to do - will be interesting to see if anyone has ever paid less as so far everyone has described paying more. Ski trips across 3 DC have all been 4 figures for us.

Yes that's better than my daughters school £1000 without lessons etc. If she wants to go let her go

Sounds about right - ds went to Austria Feb half term by coach. Was about £900 including full board, helmet/ski hire, evening entertainments etc.

Great value! Ski trip to Austria at DS's school around Easter time cost £925

Sounds right. Big age gaps are good - otherwise, you'd have to find 3x the amount at the same time, for triplets, plus no 'handing down' of clothes or goggles, etc.

OP likewise - depending on age I have kit I can give you. Helmets/Jackets etc.

That's a good price Fab39ish...My DD's school ski trip was £1450 last Feb and has gone up to £1750 next year - Feb HT again....they do fly but they also take along their own ski instructors which makes the cost SO unaffordable ...thankfully my DD ski's really well (we have managed to find cheap ski holiday for the last 3/4 years mainly over NY) and she has now prefers Snowboarding - so she doesn't want to go on the school trips because she said lessons are compulsory. Not sure how old your DD is but we have a ski helmet and a good ski jacket if she's around 13/14yrs old - that you could have FOC

DS now yr12 went in Yr8, it cost us around £900 for the Feb half term to Austria by coach.

Sounds about right to me.

We are paying just over £2.5k for DS's (he'll be 14 then) ski trip with school next year - but it's in the US and for 10 days.

He skis already (has done since age 4) and has all the gear, so we won't need to pay for that unless he's had another growth spurt which is very likely which means he will need all new stuff or is big enough he can use DH's gear. He wouldn't be seen dead in mine obviously.....

The only question we have is re:lessons. He doesn't need them (though there is always room for improvement) so we need to speak to the teachers about options. He'd be bored shitless in a beginner/intermediate group. I'm pretty sure they will group by ability though - fingers crossed.