Day trip to Lapland

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Hello all

Looking for some advice, hints and tips!

We're off to see Santa for the day at the beginning of December, courtesy of Father-in-Law. (Husband and I and 2 wee folk age 5 & 7)

I'm trying to plan ahead and pick up a few bits & bobs on ebay etc but I really have NO IDEA what we need! In my head I have visions of us boarding a plane wearing 23 layers and then fainting 10 minutes into the flight!

What do we wear flying? Do we take luggage and change into 'snow gear' (whatever that actually means!) prior to our arrival? For children I'm thinking lots of layers; thermals etc?

Anyone on here done this trip before? Where do I even begin...?

For what it's worth, we're flying from Glasgow. That's all I actually know. And I think our flight will be at 'stupid o'clock' in the morning...

Thanks in advance.

Can you ask your fil if you can have the details of the actual trip? Because some of them include snow gear & boots etc in the price that you borrow when you get there so you won't need to buy it. I haven't been myself but my mum has been on a lapland trip (a weeks one) and she was told just to wear normal clothes basically as everything else was provided and inside was boiling with all the heating!

They usually provide all the snow gear for day trips

I did a three day stay in Lapland. You travel in ordinary clothing. A heated coach then took us directly to a hotel where we were issued with proper snow suits. It will make a v v expensive day out if you have to buy snow clothing too!

Ever heard of global warming?

Thank you Droogan. Most helpful.

Oo we are going on day trip too in December! Told we can borrow gear there and just need to buy water and snacks from airport as not much there.

They usually provide the snow gear. We have been twice (generous FIL and a small lottery win) we had a thermal base layer then jogging bottoms on our legs and a thermal base layer, long sleeved t shirt and a thick hoody on our top layer. Hats, gloves, thick socks in our rucksacks. Whatever you do get waterproof ski gloves or similar (can get them in TK Maxx) wooly gloves will get wet through!
It was -21 on our second trip and we were still toasty (the snow suits and boots they give you are amazing) I don't know the temperature on our first trip but we were roasting hot!