subject: Flexible Travel Days + Technology = Cheaper Family Mammoth Lakes Vacations [print this page] Family trips use to mean you only vacationed during the kids school holidays. Yet the key to saving on Mammoth Lake resort vacations is your family having a flexible travel schedule to avoid the holiday rush when everything is more expensive and crowded. Fortunately, this is now possible for you since most schools have Web sites, FaceBook pages and teachers emails. This lets your kids stay on top of their school work with assignments from teachers, and notes and projects from fellow classmates, even when away on vacation. Technology also allows you to work remotely, if needed. So, your family can now travel during off days when it is cheaper to vacation with better deals and rates, with more lodging in Mammoth available.
Today, the tourism trend is for everyone to take their resort vacations during the same holidays. A smart vacation dollar saving choice for your family is to avoid these periods of higher demands and prices. Some of the more expensive times are the Christmas, New Years, Martin Luther King and Presidents Holidays. Also, there are usually three-to-four-day required lodging stays during these periods. So, be sure to plan your Mammoth Mountain lodging reservation dates well in advance to beat these larger crowds and higher prices.
Some of the best times for you to think about booking Mammoth Lake vacation rentals are just after the peak season has ended, or just before peak season begins. With your flexible family vacation schedule, certain holiday breaks and off-season times are in less demand and less expensive. Resort getaways during these periods will result in more affordable vacations, with more money left in your bank or available for your other family fun during the vacation.
These holiday periods are Ski Week beginning the week after Presidents Day Monday through Friday, and the Spring Break week. Spring Break and Easter often coincide. And many businesses let employees have extended time off for religious holidays because of cuts in the schedule or mandatory vacation times maybe you can take advantage of this, too. For winter resorts, regular season ends just after Easter when prices on lodging plummet. Also, September, after Labor Day, up till Thanksgiving is also not high season and rates will be remarkably less.
If your family can take advantage of flexible vacation schedules and days, you can benefit from some real savings on Mammoth lodging. Many resorts are 50% empty during these off-season times so they will offer bargains to entice you to plan your trip for when everyone else isnt. Coming before Christmas vacation is one way to get the best rates. Likewise, for New Years, many companies offer their employees extended time off, so coming after the holidays is another good option. This year, New Years falls on a Tuesday and it will be difficult to find employees who will want to come back and be effective on January 2, so they can extend the vacation until Monday, January 7. This may be perfect for your family if you want to save, as rates at many resorts will drop on January 2, meaning a 20-40% savings.
Another great way for you to save on flexible vacations is by having your kids use technology so your family doesnt become trapped by the school holiday schedule. Most vacation rentals in Mammoth Lakes have access to the Internet, and there is always the local Starbucks. If your children are not involved in sports, then you can comfortably take them out of school and let them use technology to stay up with the class while traveling as a family during non-prime-time season. Many classrooms create their own specific FaceBook page where students can help each other by uploading and sharing homework notes and problem solving. They can also use Skype and FaceBook Instant Messaging features to communicate their status individually and as a group so that they build a community around the page. This is clearly beneficial for your kids "grabbing the notes" and working on joint projects when they go on vacation.
Additionally, parents can work remotely on their job projects through the Internet and conference calling if needed. You can use "Go To My PC", a program that allows you to connect to your own home PC, or "Go To My Office" (same company business edition) and connect to your business computer. These kinds of telecommuting tools used on your own traveling laptop let you do everything you would if you were in the office. This flexibility allows for a vacation schedule that will save you a bundle.
For example, at Mammoth Mountain ski resort a lift ticket can go as low as $65 for an adult during these times, which is a huge savings off the regular $94 or $100 lift tickets during holiday times. And even better savings come from taking advantage of mid-week deals and rates, any days Sunday through Friday. The key here to saving on lodging is to avoid staying Saturday night.
With the many technology choices available for both your students, as well as you, the parents, the freedom of a flexible family vacation schedule is a real possibility. Planning your Mammoth Lake trip to maximize the value of vacation dollars and minimize the limitations of travel periods is simply smart math. These kinds of calculations equal more family vacation savings, better choices and fewer crowds. The numbers are in your favor.
by: Sarah R. McClean
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