Lapland this December - yes or no?!

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Posting shamelessly here for traffic. I need opinionated people and people who have gone to Lapland in equal measure!

I booked a holiday to Lapland for the Christmas holidays (December 2022) ages ago. My children will be 9 and 10. Booked through Canterbury. 2 nights.

I’m now thinking again - do we commit to going (more than £3000 in total) or pull out?

is it really amazing? Is it worth it? I love snow, my children have great winter ski kit so I’m not worried about them being too cold etc.

Is there another obvious fun way to go to Lapland without the Father Christmas your bit?

PLEASE TELL ME WHAT TO DO. I’ve over thought it all.

Can I afford £3000? Not easily, but yes I can do it. It means we won’t go away this summer (we’ll go camping but that’s v cheap).

happy to answer questions. Thank you all.

So. AIBU to go to Lapland this winter or should I save the money for something else?! Thank you!

We went last year when our DDs were 11 and 7. 11yo loved it despite not believing (not that she admitted to it!), they played games with the elves like snowball fights, got to do cool stuff like husky rides, reindeer sleigh, snowmobiles, tobogganing but she didn’t get as much out of it as 7yo. I wish we had gone sooner but couldn’t due to covid!

I think if you’re in two minds, work out what else you could do with the money and decide what you’d rather do. It is eye watering how much it costs (though we went with Canterbury and they are very organised)

Hello all. We cancelled!!

I’m so glad we did cancel. I booked a long, long time by ago in a flurry of enthusiasm but actually then months later realised that:
a) it was SO much money
b) my children will not be wowed by Father Christmas things and I worried that the things they B wanted to do would be too much of a “taste” of sledding/huskies etc and not enough time
c) I’d much rather go to that part of the world independently!

We were given a full refund.

I was also slightly put off by the lack of reviews for the company we’d booked with (well known company). I found that really odd.