| My family loves to ski but the weekend ski trip has | | | | way to the resort. You'll save money and you can |
| gotten extremely expensive. Taking a day trip to go | | | | bring home any food/drink that you didn't use. |
| skiing can cost a family of four over $300 (lift | | | | 4) Ski at off peak times. Often it is cheaper to ski |
| tickets, food & equipment rental). Here are five | | | | during the week or during evening hours (if available). |
| tips to help save you money on your next ski trip: | | | | Take a day off during the week and get cheaper lift |
| 1) Find a local ski club in your area. Local ski clubs | | | | ticket prices (it’s less crowded, too). |
| often offer discounted packages on ski trips they | | | | 5) Shop online to buy new skis, snowboards or gear. |
| organize. They work with local resorts to get | | | | Go to your local ski store to get fitted for your skis, |
| cheaper lift tickets and lodging. Just do a website | | | | ski boots, snowboard and gear. Then go online to |
| search for clubs in your area. | | | | shop for the best deal. There are plenty of online ski |
| 2) Contact your county or township government | | | | and snowboard retailers out there. One of my |
| office to see they offer any discounted lift tickets to | | | | favorite websites is They search online ski and |
| local ski resorts. Often local government offices | | | | snowboard websites for sales on skis, snowboards, |
| provide discounted lift tickets as a service to their | | | | ski jackets and gear. They then post all the sales and |
| residents. | | | | deals on their website. For example, if you were |
| 3) Pack your lunch/snacks/drinks before you go to | | | | looking for a ski sale, you could go to their website |
| the ski resort. This is pretty simple, but we often | | | | and find multiple deals on ski brands and styles. This is |
| forget this step. A family of four will spend $40 to | | | | a great website to help you to comparison shop. |
| $50 on food and drink alone if they eat at the ski | | | | I hope this article helps to save you some money. |
| resort. Why pay $8.00 for sandwich and $2.00 for a | | | | See you on the slopes! |
| soda when you can stop at a supermarket on the | | | | |