Epic Travel → North America → Canada → Banff National Park → New Year’s Eve Party

Location: Fairmont Banff Springs, Banff area, Banff National Park, Alberta

Time Required: 8 hours

Red Tape/Notes: Entry into Banff requires a daily fee of about $10 per person (or ~$20 per family/group). Tickets to the party including dinner and dancing run around $350 per adult; you can also start after dinner for dancing, champagne and ringing in the New Year for about half the price. For information on the event (and others happening during the holidays at the hotel), visit this webpage (check back periodically if it’s not showing events yet – they typically post their finalized schedule in the early fall).

What’s Nearby?: Johnston Canyon, Ink Pots, Bow Falls, Fairmont Banff Springs

Ever wonder where you can attend one of those “movie New Year’s Eve” parties? The kind where everyone is dressed up and drinking champagne and then everyone blows their noisemakers while confetti falls from the ceiling at midnight and the band plays Auld Lang Syne? Well, this is one of those places. The Fairmont Banff Springs puts on a wonderful party, with loads of stationary and passed hors d’oeuvres, a fabulous seated dinner where you can make new friends (because most of the people there are Canadian, so you know they’re going to be nice!), and a great live band that plays until midnight so you can keep yourself awake by tearing up the dance floor. After the confetti drops, run outside to the huge windows and watch the fireworks display outside. It’s our favorite way to ring in the New Year. You don’t have to stay at the hotel to attend the party, but it does make it really easy.

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