Is The Week Commencing 21st March 2026 Going To Be The Best Next Season?
Is The Week Commencing 21st March 2026 Going To Be The Best Next Season?
Published : 12-Apr-2025 06:51
The ski season is still going strong at many of Europe and North America's top ski areas, but most British ski holiday companies send out their final guests to the Alps this weekend and all eyes are already turning to next winter!
More ski holiday companies already have their holidays for next winter on sale earlier than ever before, with the biggest already launching their sales at the end of last year before the current season even began.
In their enthusiasm to sign up early 25-26 season bookers there are already some deals on offer, with the usual carrot and stick approach of warning that peak dates in the February half-term holiday and at New Year could sell out early.
Several ski holiday tour operators and travel agencies are also pointing to the last full week of March, commencing around the 21st, as likely to be the 'sweet spot' week next season, when prices are at their lowest, most slopes open and snow depths are at the maximum. Plus pistes should be fairly quiet.
The thinking is that this is the week before most schools will be out across Europe for the east holidays. Easter Sunday moves forward a fortnight to April 6th next year, with most schools placing it in the middle of their easter fortnight, rather than at the end as the late Easter weekend is this year. Tour operators are reporting a lot of early interest in booking for the week from the 28th, the first week of the holidays, but low demand and low prices the week before.
The news mirrors what happened this year when tour operators said the corresponding week last month offered the best prices of the season, overtaking the previous best value weeks which for decades came after New Year week at the start of January. Those weeks have become much more popular in recent years though, leaving them busier and more expensive in most cases, than late March.
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