Hi,
Just curious if you booked this as a package or put it together yourself? Although I'm assuming the later.
Any details you're willing to share on flights, accommodation etc. would be appreciated, especially a ball park figure of cost(s) and budget.
Cheers
Sorry for the late reply! I got the notification when I was busy and then forgot about it. We actually did it through Crystal and have done that again for next year already. Looked into doing it separately but it was always coming out more expensive. We were more than happy to stay at the same place and had no problems with them on this trip so figured we'd just do the same again but for longer. Easy to get it done all in one place and now I have till December to pay it off. Was a little under £1200 for room with upgrade (same room as this year. Big, great bed, whirlpool bath, etc), flights and transfers, B&B for 2 weeks. I'm sure more well versed travelers or Banff'ers could shave a bit off that but I can't be bothered unless it's multiple hundreds. Which given the flights are about half that price I don't see how you could anyway. Lift passes I've actually booked through Crystal too as short of waiting for an offer closer to the time it's nice to know a big chunk of the in-resort cost will be paid off. I can always get that refunded if I see something better. I know people who have left both lift pass and accommodation till the very last minute and got great combined deals, but I much prefer having it sorted and paid for long before I go.
I'm not really sure how much I spent on food this year but on the hill you can get something like poutine for $14 which everywhere I had it was large, easily 2 peoples worth of food! Dinner didn't seem any more or less expensive to me than any other trip. There were some cheaper options like Burgers or stuff from the supermarket, but lots of good restaurants so we ate out every night.
Flying with BA so my board bag will cost me £60 each way. I could have flown with Air Canada for the same price and had my board taken for free, but I always put more stuff in my board bag like boots, extra clothes, helmet etc, and Air Canada will only take your board (They also stipulate it be in a hard shell case or you have to sign a waiver for damages - sod that). Plus if my main bag then went overweight, which it would with all the **** I'd normally put in my board bag, I'd have to pay as much or more than the £60 in overweight fees, so it just seemed easier to go with BA in the end. Again flew with them this year and had no troubles at all.
Any other questions I'l try answer in a more timely manner!