Personal Finance Project

By Lily Rafferty
 Introduction
My personal Finance Module Project
requires me to book a 7 night skiing
holiday for myself and a Friend . My
friend and I are age 28 and have both
skied several times . Our budget is
3000 which must include everything
 We will Drive to Dublin airport - we
Step 1 - have booked a parking space at the
blue Longterm Car Park at a cost of
Getting to the 29. This is cheaper than going on the
air coach and gives us greater
airport independence. We book online with our
credit card
Step 2 - Booking We will book flights to
Barcelona Airport as we have

Flights
chosen the resort of ALP2500-
160 Kms north in the Pyrenees.

We have Chosen dates outside

of school holidays so flights will
be cheaper and late enough in
the season so we will get good
snow.

We have chosen to fly with

Ryanair as the price was the
cheapest and the flight times
were very good - arriving early
to make the most of our first
day and leaving late giving us
plenty of time on our last day.
We pay by credit card and the
price includes a 15kg bag each
as well as insurance which is
very important for a ski holiday
Step 3 - Transfer
to Resort

After researching different options renting a car was the most convenient so we
booked a Ford Fiesta online with Goldcar. It is an economical car getting 100km
for 5.4 litres of Petrol. The drive to La Molina where we will stay is 160km - the
petrol tank will be full when we receive the car and we must leave it back full. If
we take a trip from La Molina to the local town of Puigcerd during our stay we
calculate that we will drive a maximum of 400kms - so we will budget for 25.00 to
refill the tank assuming a rate of 1.17/litres for petrol.
Step 4 - Booking
Accommodation

We chose the town of La Molina as it is linked with La Masella Creating Alp 2500
with 141kms of runs. La Molina is a bigger town so we looked for
accommodation here and chose The Solineu Hotel as it has - free parking, free
wifi, onsite ski lockers also free and is a short walk from the ski lifts. We chose
the half board rate as it was very good value and reviewed well on various
websites.

The slopes are very quiet during the week with no lift queues as a lot of skiers
just come up at the weekend from Barcelona
 Step 5 - Lift Passes

Lift passes in the Pyrenees are a lot cheaper than the Alps so we book 2, six day
passes on the official Alp2500 website at a cost of 160 each. These passes give
us access to 22 green runs, 40 blue runs, 39 red runs and 16 black runs which is
plenty to keep us going for 6 days. We also purchased Private skiing lessons.
Step 6 - ski equipment

We have researched this online and found Skiset have a rental shop right beside
the lifts so we book our skis, boots, poles and helmets on their website. We choose
the performance pack which will give us high performance equipment allowing us to
take full advantage of the ski area. We pay online with our credit card.
Itinerary
 Day 1 - Friday 10th Febuary - 0400
Leave home and drive to Dublin Airport Blue long term car park. Take free
shuttle to Terminal 1. Arrive in Barcelona at 0945. Pick up hire car - drive
160kms to La Molina. Stop off on the way at Decathlon to buy some ski gear
and have lunch. Check into the hotel. Pick up the pre booked lift passes and the
ski gear. Eat dinner then go to bed.

Day 2 - Saturday Feb 11th

Have breakfast. Ski from 0900-1600 with a break for lunch at a mountain
restaurant . Return to the hotel - use the sauna - have dinner.
 Day 3 - Sunday Febuary 11th
After breakfast we go to the slopes to meet our instructor for a private lesson To improve our
skiing.

Day 4 - Monday 13th February

Take Gondola to La Masella today and have lunch there. Dinner at hotel

Day 5 - Tuesday 14th February

Have breakfast. Meet instructor for another lesson. Drive to Puigcerd for a look at the shops
and to have dinner.
 Day 6 - Wednesday 15th February

Have breakfast. Ski from 0900-1600. Use Sauna before dinner at hotel.

Day 7 - Thursday 16th February

Breakfast in hotel - take the gondola to Masella. Lunch over there. Return ski gear to Skiset.
Pricing
 Car Park 29.00 This Leaves 913.59
Flights 314.00 for miscellaneous
Car Hire 87.41 things such as
Petrol 25.00 food/drink at the
Hotel 966.00 airport and on the
Lift Pass 380.00 plane - lunches every
Ski Equi 195.60 day and dinners not
2 Private lessons 90.00 taken at the hotel
TOTAL 2,086.41