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[quote=Anonymous]Last year we did two significant trips, one to Italy and one to Colorado. Family of 2 (parent and teen).

Italy:
Airfare to Venice: $3000 total
4 days of lift tickets: $300ish -- I don't remember exact price, but shockingly cheap compared to US resorts
AirBnB for 5 nights: $1000
Car rental from Venice airport: $500 -- I considered taking the bus or a car service from Venice airport to Cortina, but ended up renting a cheaper place a little outside of town which made the car necessary.  You don't strictly need a car in Cortina if you are staying in town, even if you plan to ski across the Dolomites since the ski bus can get you to other resorts, but it was nice to have -- and it meant we could save considerably on lodging, thus covering most/all of the car rental's cost. 
On-mountain food: about $40/day for amazing seated restaurant meals
Ski rental: skis only (we brought our boots), approx $200
Parking: approx $10 for one day, free parking on other days

We also visited Venice and Florence so the airfare component amortized, so to speak, to the rest of the trip

Colorado (Winter Park):
Airfare: $360 total on United from IAD
4 days of lift tickets: $1000 (we bought "4-packs" from Winter Park at $125/day per person, which is way less than window price)
AirBnB: $1400. We could have saved money here by getting a less spacious place, but we were traveling with a friend for the teen and had an old (and also older) family friend join us for one night, so chose a place that had a bunk room for the teens and a separate room for the friend
Car rental: $500
On-mountain food: about $60/day for cafeteria burgers, mac and cheese, etc
Skis: $70 in baggage fees
Parking: averaged $20/day for a combination of 2 days in the resort garage, one day in a resort surface lot, and one day of taking the town shuttle (which was running approximately once/hour last winter, hence the parking fees for the three other days)

Obviously most costs would increase for larger families, but lodging and car rental are probably close to constant (but would also increase for a longer trip).

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