We’re safely back in the UK.
Next week, we’ll be back to our usual travelling posts but if you’ve read the last couple, you’ll know we had a fantastic time away skiing this year. Probably our best season yet.
But how much does it cost to do a ski season in a motorhome?
The headlines are that we were away for 85 days and spent a grand total of £7072. That works out at £83 per day.
Showing off my rusting excel skills, we’ve made this little chart to illustrate the breakdown of this seasons costs.
I’ll walk through some of the detail but suffice to say before we start that it would be possible to do this sort of trip much cheaper than we did. Alternatively you could spend a lot more too. This was the right balance for us.
Where did we go?
Our journey took us down through France via Merlin’s vet in Ay-Champagne to Beaune and on to a lovely new stop on the side of the Rhone at the Port of Virignin.
Most of our time was spent in the Via Lattea resorts of Montgenevre and Sestriere but as the Easter holidays started, we sneaked in a quick trip to Barolo, Italy. On the way home we had a couple of spare days which we spent cycling along the Rhone.
The breakdown
Our detailed costs are broken down below.
| Item | Cost |
|---|---|
| Seasons ski pass | £ 1,512 |
| Supermarket | £ 1,405 |
| Eating Out | £1,208 |
| Overnight stays | £ 880 |
| Diesel | £ 500 |
| Le Shuttle (Travel) | £ 390 |
| Internet (Starlink / SIM) | £ 302 |
| Tolls | £ 261 |
| Travel / Health Insurance | £ 236 |
| Merlin | £ 93 |
| Laundry | £ 82 |
| LPG | £ 80 |
| Tours and Attractions | £ 47 |
| Phones | £ 39 |
| Supplies and Household | £ 37 |
| Total | £ 7,072 |
Unsurprisingly, the biggest cost was the two seasons ski passes. This year, we opted for the wider more expensive Via Lattea pass which allowed us to ski in all 8 resorts which are connected across the region. We’re happy we went with this but it was disappointing that the motorhome Aire in Sestriere was closed this year so there was nowhere easy to stay which limited our time there.
As you can imagine, eating and drinking in the ski resort isn’t cheap and we did have a cracking time this year.
At just over £10 a night, our overnight stays were brilliant value but providing our internet was a little disappointing. We mainly used Starlink but the monthly charges have increased to £96 which explains this cost and we need a reliable connection for work so didn’t want to take any chances.
Travel insurance was expensive as we needed to get additional cover in France for our extended stay and we included Merlin’s rabies vaccinations too.
Best bits
Sally’s best bit: Overall my best bits are related to food and the great company we shared the mountain with this year. We managed to find some great eateries in Montgenevre that we hadn’t been to before e.g. Le Caesar’s and I loved just popping across to ski in Clavier – more this year than before as our wider ski passes meant we had more access and enjoying more Italian food and drink. With regards to skiing I loved skiing in Sestriere and found some of it a lot trickier than the “home” slopes of Montgenevre and enjoyed the challenge that brought for me.
Toby’s best bit: There were a lot of fab memories but I think my favourite moments were skiing together with Chris and Kim for the first time in Sauze D’Oulx which was brilliant fun. It was also amazing to cycle around Barolo and have that whole experience in Italy.
Have a lovely Bank Holiday weekend.
Love Sally, Toby and Merlin
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