Holidays in a vacation rental, making it memorable!
One of the many advantages of a vacation rental during the December holidays is the opportunity to make your lodging “personal and memorable”. Celebrating the holidays infused with generations of tradition (or making new ones) in your vacation residence can provide memories to last a lifetime. We interviewed a few of our partners who offered some ideas:
Ski Holiday: A mountain vacation in the mountains during December guarantees a “White Christmas”. We suggest the following:
Holiday Décor: Request a Christmas Tree. The tree can be delivered and decorated prior to arrival. To keep the family traditions, consider shipping a small selection of ornaments to the management company prior to your trip. When you arrive, you and your family can place the “finishing touches” on the tree. Few destinations during the holidays rival Keystone Retreat in Keystone, CO. Families will enjoy the spacious 4 bedrooms plus a loft which sleeps 12 in luxury. We suggest apres-ski either at home or in the village with a hot cocoa and gelato just a short walk from the lodge.
Gifts: Consider having your gifts shipped to your vacation home rental. Imagine opening gifts by the fireplace watching the falling snow, the lighted ski runs and evergreen trees covered in snow. Our private home is just minutes from the slopes yet set within a beautiful valley of mature aspens and evergreen trees, the finest mountain setting for the holidays and beyond. When its time to return home, have the larger gifts shipped.
Skis/Boards: Anyone on your gift list receiving new skis, boots or boards? If yes, ask about a reputable retailer pre-order the equipment to be delivered to the vacation residence. Concerning boots, be sure to use a local retailer with a boot-fitting specialist. Bows and gift-wrapping are optional.
Christmas Dinner: The finest restaurants will be booked for Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and the weekend that follows. If you do not wish to cook, consider a private caterer or chef. Full formal meals can be delivered and re-heated or prepared on-site and professionally served, the choice is yours.
Wherever you choose to spend the Holidays, we wish you happy ones!
Sunday, November 8, 2009
Sunday, November 1, 2009
Colorado Discount Lift Tickets
Greetings from snow country!
With ski pass prices continually increasing, it pays to look at the deals that are available. Here at Keystone Retreat we always take advantage of local discounts. There are almost always discounted lift tickets available at area sporting goods and King Sooper grocery store locations.
In addition, if you’re coming more than once to Colorado or plan to stay more than 5 days, (with daily window rates approaching $100) it doesn’t take too many days until a pass pays for itself. If you’re heading to any of the 5 mountains (or better yet all of them) covered under Vail Resort you have until November 15th. Passes start at around $400 for adults but they sell a 4 pack of tickets good at Keystone or Arapahoe Basin for $139. That’s $35/ticket, but is only available in Denver at Vail Resort Pass sale locations. More information is available here: http://www.snow.com/passsales/4-pack.aspx
Interwest offers similar deals on passes and 4 packs at Copper Mountain, Winter Park, and Steamboat. Details can be found at hhtp://www.passwagon.com
Also check out specials on lessons. There are some amazing deals for pass holders, including the Keystones Family Freedom Pack. At $225 it offers 4 lessons for any member of your family provided they have a season pass and includes 4 parking passes at the slope side lots in the Mountain House area. These are a 5 minute walk from the Peru lift.
If you’re not sure how much you will ski go ahead and sign up for Vail Resorts SKE card. It’s free and allows direct to the lift access and the lowest published rate for any day you ski. Call 800-842-8062 for more information or go to their web site http://www.snow.com/passsales/ske%20card.aspx
For $10 you can get a CO GEM’s card at http://www.coloradoski.com and it provides 2 for 1 M-T lift tickets and $38 anytime for Loveland as well as $10 off tickets at A-Basin and lots of other perks including 4 free days of skiing. It’s hard not to be worth it.
Keystone Retreat www.keystone-retreat.com
With ski pass prices continually increasing, it pays to look at the deals that are available. Here at Keystone Retreat we always take advantage of local discounts. There are almost always discounted lift tickets available at area sporting goods and King Sooper grocery store locations.
In addition, if you’re coming more than once to Colorado or plan to stay more than 5 days, (with daily window rates approaching $100) it doesn’t take too many days until a pass pays for itself. If you’re heading to any of the 5 mountains (or better yet all of them) covered under Vail Resort you have until November 15th. Passes start at around $400 for adults but they sell a 4 pack of tickets good at Keystone or Arapahoe Basin for $139. That’s $35/ticket, but is only available in Denver at Vail Resort Pass sale locations. More information is available here: http://www.snow.com/passsales/4-pack.aspx
Interwest offers similar deals on passes and 4 packs at Copper Mountain, Winter Park, and Steamboat. Details can be found at hhtp://www.passwagon.com
Also check out specials on lessons. There are some amazing deals for pass holders, including the Keystones Family Freedom Pack. At $225 it offers 4 lessons for any member of your family provided they have a season pass and includes 4 parking passes at the slope side lots in the Mountain House area. These are a 5 minute walk from the Peru lift.
If you’re not sure how much you will ski go ahead and sign up for Vail Resorts SKE card. It’s free and allows direct to the lift access and the lowest published rate for any day you ski. Call 800-842-8062 for more information or go to their web site http://www.snow.com/passsales/ske%20card.aspx
For $10 you can get a CO GEM’s card at http://www.coloradoski.com and it provides 2 for 1 M-T lift tickets and $38 anytime for Loveland as well as $10 off tickets at A-Basin and lots of other perks including 4 free days of skiing. It’s hard not to be worth it.
Keystone Retreat www.keystone-retreat.com
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