TUI Relaunches Exciting Lapland Santa Trips 2025

TUI Relaunches Exciting Lapland Santa Trips 2025

Just when you thought winter couldn’t get any more magical—or expensive—TUI has announced that its wildly popular Search for Santa day trips to Lapland are making a comeback in 2026. Yes, that means you can literally fly to the North Pole’s Finnish neighbor, meet Santa, and be back home before your cat has noticed you’re gone.

Starting winter 2026, families can hop on flights from 11 UK and Irish airports, with new departures from Cardiff and the glorious return of Bournemouth (because apparently Santa missed Bournemouth too). The plan? Wake up in the UK, spend an entire day frolicking around in Arctic snow, meet the big man in red, and still make it home in time to collapse on your sofa in a mince pie coma.

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What’s in the Christmas Sack?

Now, let’s talk value. Tickets start at £750 per person. Yes, you read that right. For that price, Santa better know your child’s name and remember what they got last year. But to be fair, this isn’t your average package holiday. The trip includes:

• Return flights with meals – complete with a roast Christmas dinner on the flight home. It’s the only time eating turkey in turbulence will feel festive instead of weird.
• Private Santa meeting – not a mall Santa, not your neighbor in a fake beard, but the real deal. Each child even gets a gift. (We’re guessing it’s not an iPad, but hey, it’s the thought that counts.)
• Snow Village access – husky rides, reindeer sleigh rides, mini snowmobiles for kids, tobogganing, and enough snow to make you forget what your own driveway looks like.
• Thermal clothing – because if you think your Primark puffer is going to cut it at –20°C, good luck.
• Arctic storytelling and campfires with berry juice – because mulled wine would probably turn this into a very different kind of trip.

The Santa Itinerary (aka Elf Bootcamp)

This isn’t just a quick photo op and then back to the airport. TUI has packed the day with enough activities to leave your kids wide-eyed and your Fitbit gasping. Between snow play, elf-led festivities, sleigh rides, and a hearty Lapland lunch, you’ll basically live an entire festive fairytale in under 12 hours.

And yes—Santa’s elves will be on hand to guide you through it all. Which is reassuring, because who better to wrangle overexcited children in a blizzard than someone in curly-toed shoes with centuries of experience?

Why TUI Thinks You’ll Love It

Chris Logan, TUI UK&I’s Commercial Director, says these trips are designed to make it “easier than ever for families across the UK to experience the magic of Lapland.” Translation: we’re bringing Santa closer, so you don’t have to sell a kidney for a week-long Arctic holiday.

And honestly, he’s not wrong. For families who want to sprinkle their Christmas with genuine once-in-a-lifetime magic, this trip is about as close as you’ll get to the real North Pole without trespassing on Santa’s actual property.

So, Should You Go?

If you’re the kind of parent who wants to win “Best Christmas Ever” bragging rights, then yes. If you’re a kid, this is basically Hogwarts meets Frozen. If you’re Santa—well, you’d better get some rest, because TUI is sending half the UK to your doorstep.

Sure, £750 per head might sting, but how else are you going to explain to your six-year-old why Santa has a different accent every time you meet him at a shopping center? This is the original, snow-dusted, husky-pulled, roast-dinner-at-30,000-feet version of Christmas.

And honestly, isn’t that worth a few months of eating beans on toast?