Cheapest destination for a white Christmas starting from Sydney?
What is the cheapest destination for a white Christmas, starting from Sydney?
To narrow this down:
- we should be reasonably assured of snow on or around Christmas (say 90% chance)
- it should be in a country that celebrates Christmas (doesn't need to be a fully Christian country, so long as there are some decorations, etc and it feels Christmasy)
- any costs should be based on usual prices for flights from Sydney
Best Answer
Low-cost airline Jetstar offers inexpensive flights from Australia to Japan, which certainly ticks all your boxes. A northern city such as Sapporo normally has snow around Christmas and will have many Christmas-related festivities and decorations. There are also some Christian churches, if you are so inclined. Citizens of Australia and New Zealand can enter Japan visa-free for 90 days.
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Answer 2
Snow and ice can be found all year round in New Zealand:
The Fox glacier is a year round ice spectacular and one of the must do when visiting the South Island of New Zealand. Snow falls at the very top of the glacier all year round, which feeds the river of ice we know as the glacier. So even in summer you are able to experience this frozen beauty.
Matrix ITA shows flights to Dunedin (return 10 days later) in December (2017) from A$626 at the moment.
There is also Australia:
While the sun shines on beaches in the north, it’s snow time down south.
At the moment (early January 2017) there is snow in New Zealand. There happens also to be quite a lot of snow in UK just at present but here the odds round Christmas are a lot less than 90% and an air ticket likely around twice A$626.
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