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Whistler Blackcomb ski area in British Columbia, Canada

<b>Vancouver, Canada</b><br>
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Winter rates in Vancouver, which is 2 1/2 hours from Whistler, are $178 a day plus $116 for meals and incidentals.<br>
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What you'll find: The family package at Whistler, if booked by Nov. 15, 2008, can save you as much as 30% if you're schussing between Dec. 12 and 16, 2008. Four nights' accommodations at Pan Pacific Whistler Village Centre, close to lifts, and three days of lift tickets for two adults and two kids 11 and younger, cost $2,700, or $168 per person per day. That includes daily breakfast, three days of lift tickets (kids 11 and younger ski free with a paying adult), transfers from Vancouver airport, ski rentals for the kids and airfare (on <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="PLGEO100101400000000" title="Alaska" href="/topic/us/alaska-PLGEO100101400000000.topic">Alaska</a> Airlines). All can be booked through WhistlerBlackcomb's <a href="http://www.whistlerblackcomb.com/index.htm">website</a>.<br>
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<i>The Whistler Blackcomb ski area.</i>
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( Bonny Makarewicz )

Vancouver, Canada

Winter rates in Vancouver, which is 2 1/2 hours from Whistler, are $178 a day plus $116 for meals and incidentals.

What you'll find: The family package at Whistler, if booked by Nov. 15, 2008, can save you as much as 30% if you're schussing between Dec. 12 and 16, 2008. Four nights' accommodations at Pan Pacific Whistler Village Centre, close to lifts, and three days of lift tickets for two adults and two kids 11 and younger, cost $2,700, or $168 per person per day. That includes daily breakfast, three days of lift tickets (kids 11 and younger ski free with a paying adult), transfers from Vancouver airport, ski rentals for the kids and airfare (on Alaska Airlines). All can be booked through WhistlerBlackcomb's website.

The Whistler Blackcomb ski area.

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