Less than 2 weeks to go..

[namechangedtoday15]

.. to first family ski trip. All been booked independently - so flights, apartment, car hire etc rather than a package hence the questions.

Can anyone answer a few questions for me :

1. Have seen a few people recommend hand warmers for the little ones (children are 10, 10 and 6). Can anyone recommend which brand to buy (they have complained about cold hand despite gloves etc when we've been to local ski centre).

1. We're off to Cervinia - have booked private lessons the morning after we get there. Will we need to have bought lift passes before the lesson (am presuming so)?

1. We've never driven in snowy conditions before - driving through Mont Blanc tunnel to Italy. Any tips?

1. Anything that you found useful the first time you went skiing as a family that I wouldn't have thought of? Just realised they might need photos for the ski passes.

Any tips gratefully received. Beginning to panic now!

We did Cervinia last April and had a fabulous ski holiday. Wanted to return this year but somehow we are off to Deux Alpes instead. How long was the drive from Calais for you? And would you recommend the apartments? :D

We didn't drive from Calais booby, we flew with Easyjet from Manchester to Geneva. It was about 3 hours from Geneva.

Yes, would recommend the apartment, it was through airbnb - there are actually quite a few in Cervinia on there. I did look at hotels but because we are a family of 5, it was too expensive (most hotels can only accommodate 4 so we'd have needed 2 rooms which hiked up the price).

namechange, sounds like you had an amazing time, 8 weeks to go for us :)

Hubby goes this sat for his lads only one :(

It is the most amazing time to be had as a family, already started saving for 2017 !!! I really love our annual ski trip, love it love it :)