Recommendations for family's first ski trip incl 6 and 3 year old

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Please can anyone advise of where would be suitable for our first ever ski holiday next Easter (2019). Would prefer Europe to North America.

We have never been skiing before so are open to any suggestions!

Budget for a week would be around £5k but could stretch to more if somewhere was amazing. Ideally this figure would include ski hire, lift passes etc. - unless this is unrealistic?!

Would we also need childcare for the children? Or does everyone ski in the morning and have the afternoons to spend together? I don't have a clue and would appreciate any advice anyone could give me.

Many thanks

We spend most of our holiday budget (which is not a lot!) on a skiing holiday and we always go in January, the snow has not let us down yet.

We go with Family Ski Company as we like the Alps and my kids just love their clubs. It's even better now that they are both old enough to ski, their highlight is getting their badges at the end of the week - the staff put on a fab certificate presentation, with hot chocolate for the children and vin chaud for the adults!

We've already booked for next year, going back to Les Coches in Paradiski. We love it there as everything is literally on your doorstep, which I think is so important when you've got little ones and if you're not the best skier. At the end of the day we literally veer of the piste and it's 2 secs to your front door!

I'd have no hesitation in recommending them, it is a ski holiday mine field out there! Good luck x

We had our first ski trip in March with our 9 and 3 year old although we weren't skiing. We went to Alpe Cermis in the Italian Dolomites. It was £700 for accomodation, car hire and flights to Milan. The kids also loved toboganning in Oberregen and the LApine Coaster in Latemar. We loved it! This is our blog all about it.

aroundtheworldin18years.com/alpe-cermis-diamond-of-the-dolomites/