2 night ski trip cost

[Ldnmum7]

Considering joining my friends on their ski trip for 2 nights. So would only get 1 full day and a morning skiing. Won't have to pay for chalet but approx £1000 for flights, ski hire, lift pass & transfers (plus whatever i spend on booze/food). Is this crazy for 1.5 days of skiing?
Can't go for longer due to childcare.

I really love skiing but too me £700 per day seems an awful lot of money to spend. Ultimately it depends on your leisure budget and how much you want to ski.
Without accommodation it seems a lot but depends when and how you're traveling and time poor may mean expensive options.

Depends on how much you like skiing and what hour disposable income is.

DH priced up a week at that per person for a lads holiday, I think including food

Yes. Just ludicrous

I suppose it depends on what income you have, some people spend thousands and thousands on a watch, and it probably doesn't even have a cuckoo coming out on the hour.

I’ve still got my expensive watches! 30 years being a Rolex owner. Better than skiing for longevity and enjoyment!

Ridiculous

No. It's not even just about the price - the travel time and faffing around wouldn’t be worth it for just 1.5 days skiing.

I don't even think its the money here, its also the effort involved for a day and a half of skiing. Is all the faff getting there, packing, sorting out the kids beforehand worth it?

DH tried 2 full days. He concluded that 3 full days is the bare minimum.

Where are they skiing?? 1k sounds like a lot. In high season, we pay around 65ish per day for lift pass (depending on region) and maybe 50/day for ski hire, which comes to €230. Your transport must be really expensive as it‘s just you… is there a way you can use a budget airline?? We’re a family of 5 and I usually budget a max of 1k/person/week for a week of lift passes, ski hire, transport, and lodging in a self catering apartment.

Yes that is a crazy amount. What if it's snowing or raining on your one full day ?

Omg that's mad, please tell me you aren't really considering this? The environmental aspect of flying for 1.5 days aside! It's ridiculous

I don’t think I’d feel like going for one day. But also to spend that on one day???

As a fairly fanatical skier I still think it’s a bit nuts. If your friends can get your pass and you can go first lift, last lift, it may be worth it. BUT I’ve lost many a day to bad weather over the years… what then, £700 per day to sit in the bar.

Morzine was 20 degrees the other day. Global warming isn’t a joke, not sure these sort of trips are a good idea, but that said flights are the same even if a bigger gap between.

As others have said, lift pass plus ski rental can't come to much more than £200 for 1.5 days, so since accommodation is free, what on earth is costing the other £800?

Personally I wouldn't bother going for just 2 days anyway - and spending £1,000 plus food and drink (plus presumably UK car parking and/or transport) seems a crazy amount - unless you really do have that much disposable cash sloshing around, in which case you probably wouldn't be asking anyone on MN for their opinion.