Getting Your Children Kitted Out For Their First Ski Holiday

If you are all excited about your first ski vacation as a family, you should know that the skiing experience you will have with your children might differ a bit from the skiing experience you remember when you were skiing with your friends.

Family-friendly ski vacations

Although this sounds like a marketing trick from the travel agencies, there are some ski vacation options that are specially tailored to meet the needs of a traveling family. This means that the vast majority of ski hotels are not child-friendly, and the last thing you need on your first skiing trip together is your children to be bored. You should always opt for the ski vacationing options that are guaranteeing relaxed and convenient holiday. These options include specialized infant as well as child menus, toy boxes in the room, playrooms, special childbeds, and babysitting services.

Family-friendly ski activities

Snow and children bond often happens very naturally as children love the whitely glowing sparkle and every activity that goes hand in hand with it: building snowmen, chasing snowflakes with open mouths, sledging, igloo building, hot chocolate, snowball fights and even skiing. However, many parents baulk when it comes to organizing a ski trip because they believe that the organization of the trip itself is overwhelming and tedious. What these parents do not know is that the first ski holiday always remains etched in the children’s memory as the best time of their lives. The best ski holiday experiences can be warranted only if you take care of some small organizational errands that are really easy.

How to prepare for the trip

Once you have made your decision about the holiday venue, you should take your time and talk to a few travel agencies regarding their family-friendly ski vacationing offers. You will always be talked into making reservations for chalets, and there is an apparent reason for this: you will be able to follow your own family routine rather than sticking to the hotel routine. Still, even if you are provided with all the fun and play activities, you should know that the first ski holiday is not an equivalent to packing lightly. Here is a list of all the packing ski necessities:

·         High quality ski boots: you should know in advance that you will be having a hard time convincing your children to get away from the snow, so instead of worrying about their comfort, you should invest in a high quality winter boots. These boots need to be made from a strong nylon outer shell, an extra warm fur liner as well as thick and durable sole unit. This will guarantee that the little feet will be protected from the snow and the cold, and the best part is that your child can wear it for the rest of the season.

·         Packs of layers: layering is the essence of staying healthy and warm in the midst of the winter, so you need to bring lots of sweaters and shirts.

·         Extra pairs of gloves: children do not like having cold hands, so instead of dealing with tantrums from the likes of I cannot feel my fingers, you can always rely on the extra pair of gloves to be your rescuers in times like those.

·         High SPF creams: winter sunrays can be as damaging as the summer sunrays, so do not forget to get loads of supplies.