Travel Challenge: Ski holidays

EACH week we invite three competing companies to give us their best deals for a particular holiday.

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EACH week we invite three competing companies to give us their best deals for a particular holiday. The result is great offers for our readers.

1. Falls Creek

6-day package

1 HIT the slopes with the kids this winter with this six-day ski package in Victoria's Falls Creek. Spend five nights at the Snowski Apartments, which has accommodation for two adults and two kids, priced from $691 for adults and $575 for children.

The apartment is a two-bedroom, four-share property in the Village Bowl area of Falls Creek, 50m from the Eagle chairlift and 150m from the Summit chairlift.

The price also includes a five-day lift pass, lesson and rental pass, a free night-skiing session for two adults and two children and one free snow tube session for two children. The property is self-contained, making it an ideal base for families. For those occasions when you don't want to cook, check out the numerous dining options nearby. 

Ph 1800 453 525.

2. Ski Max

8-day package

BOOK a New Zealand ski holiday with Skimax and receive one free night's accommodation, one day's free car hire and breakfast daily from $929 a person, twin share. This seven-night package to Queenstown includes accommodation in a deluxe room at the Heritage Hotel & Villas. You will also receive seven days' car hire and a five-day New Zealand Superpass.

The Superpass is your ticket to fun off and on the mountain and is welcome throughout the season at many South Island ski areas, as well as off-snow activity operators, bars and restaurants. This offer is valid for travel from July 1 to September 30. 

Ph 1300 136 997 or see skimax.com.au

3. Thredbo

6-day package

STAY only minutes from the main Thredbo ski lifts at Berntis with a five-night ski package from $676 a person, twin share. Berntis is close to the Village Square and features an in-house restaurant and tapas bar. You will be close enough to the slopes to simply look out your window, check out the weather and strap on your skis.

Ski all day and then visit the village for a great dining experience or hit the Leisure Centre for a swim, waterslide or gym workout. The package includes five nights' accommodation at Berntis, a five-day lift pass, five hearty mountain breakfasts and five-day unlimited access to the Thredbo Leisure Centre, which has a pool, gym, waterslide, bouldering wall, squash court and outdoor tennis courts. Valid June 9-21. 

Ph 1300 020 589 or see thredbo.com.au