Okay.... so my Mrs wants to go to Lapland next month. Probably because of all the Christmas films she has been watching recently.

 

I have always supported the motto of 'Happy wife = happy life' so I will be caving in. I've looked at costings briefly and I can afford it.

 

Has anyone been? Any advice for me before I go trawling the tripadvisor forums? I'd rather hear it from like-minded zed heads than those kinds of people.

 

If someone has gone - what company did you use?

 

 

Dean

Hi Dean, we went a few years ago, are you taking children or is it just the 2 of you?. My wife is a travel agent so it only cost us €800 for the 2 of us and the 2 kids. Ours was a day trip to meet Santa, we stayed at the hotel airport the night before and then had an early flight, it was well done for the kids with the airline crew etc. They had Santa land on the plane mid flight as he was in a spot of bother with his sleigh:biggrin:. On landing we were straight onto a coach and 20 mins later we were at a large cave like building. You walked down the tunnel and ended up in a large area where they had ice sculpture rooms, North Pole post office, restaurant, cookie making classes, met "elves" etc, you then put on snow suits and were brought out the far end to a snow covered woods. The trees were all lit up and covered in a couple of inches of snow. There was no wind and the temp was about -4, it wasn't cold though as there was no wind. You then walked out into an open area where the kids made snow angels, toboggan'd down slides, had snowmobile rides (adults and kids) reindeer rides, husky rides, hot drinks etc, when it started getting dark (roughly 3 hrs), we headed back in and were fed, explored around and then queue'd to meet Santa. Flight home to Ireland (Belfast), and home for 1.30am. It was a long day but overall very enjoyable, we got a usb key with the kids meeting Santa etc, I wouldn't do it again though. It was pretty expensive if you wanted to stay overnight! I think I'd rather take them skiing, as they're 12 and 15 now but if you have young kids and you get the day trip cheap enough, it's well worth it. I wouldn't have been happy if I'd had to pay the full price (€2000) for the day! If you're planning on just a holiday in the snow after Christmas, I can't really advise, as my only experience was the Santa experience Day trip. If I find a few photos, I'll bang them up for you:thumbup1:

Hope this helps.

Richie

Hi Richie,

 

The plan is just the two of us plus another couple. No kids. We were going to stay for about 5 days...

Just noticed you're planning on going next month, people were lovely, I can ask the missus what she'd recommend when she gets home from work if you want:thumbup1:

I went when I was a kid, I can only give you a view from a kids point of view, but it was amazing. I remember we flew to Oslo and had a coach to take us to lapland. We stay in a town with a massive lake that was frozen. People were skiing on it, having BBQs (yes, really!) and generally meeting on it. It was a really good trip and well worth it (as a kid!)

Sir Charles, what is the wife expecting from the experience?

Reindeer sliegh ride! Skiing? Northern lights? Flight? Or just getting away?

Personally I would go south! P

She wants snow without the skiing and to go on Husky rides etc

 

and I want a quiet life

Norway sweden or finland then?