The problem with ski holidays is all the additional expense. cheap flights to ski destinations are easy enough to find. Cheap accommodation’s pretty easy to find. Cheap package deals are easy to find. It’s at that point it gets difficult.
The ski pass
There’s no way round this one. Ski passes are expensive and you’ve got to get one. What else are you going to do?
Ski and boot hire
Again, unavoidable, unless you’ve got your own stuff, which is an expense in itself. The better you get, the more expensive it’ll be as well.
Food and booze
Ski resorts are famously expensive, with prices seemingly bearing no relationship to the rest of the world. £10 a pint? Why not? Now, with the strength of the Euro, it’s dangerous to pretend that it’s all just Monopoly money, which had previously been the best way of coping.
One thing you can do, is pick your destination carefully. Ski resorts in Eastern Europe, outside the Eurozone are likely to be a lot cheaper. Similarly, there are a handful of resorts, like Livigno in Italy, which are tax free. This can add up to a substantial difference over the course of a holiday.
Alternatively, why not try and become an upper middle-class person with no concept of the value of money. If you can achieve this, you can throw your money about with abandon, driving up the prices for everyone else, thus assuring yourself of quieter slopes next year.