Dear Federation Members, Join us on July 16 for a Webinar on Travel Insurance with Myra Altschuler of Travel Protectors.Our Interactive presentation will cover topics such as:Cancel For Any Reason CoverageMedical Care Coverage While TravelingMedical Evacuation CoverageTrip Cancellation and Trip Interruption CoverageQuarantine CoverageThe hour-long interactive webinar will start at 7pm EST and will be moderated by Mark Harris of Metro Milwaukee Council.Please share this save the date information with your clubs and ...Continue Reading

Dear Federation Members, Join us on June 4th as Sara Clemons, President of Sports America, addresses the ever-changing landscape of group travel. She will touch on the value, or lack thereof, group air contracts, booking cycles of trip planning, pass products and more. This is a NSCF Education Committee Zoom Presentation and will be interactive with time for Q&A.  Councils we encourage you to share this with your Council Trip Leaders as well as all your clubs.  Everyone is welcome!  Last year we ...Continue Reading

Dear Federation Members, Join us on June 4th as Sara Clemons, President of Sports America, addresses the ever-changing landscape of group travel. She will touch on the value, or lack thereof, group air contracts, booking cycles of trip planning, pass products and more. This is a NSCF Education Committee Zoom Presentation and will be interactive with time for Q&A.  Councils we encourage you to share this with your Council Trip Leaders as well as all your clubs.  Everyone is welcome!  Last year we ...Continue Reading

Dear Federation Members, This is an election year!  We will be electing officers for the next two-year term during our annual meeting in August. If you or any one you know that would be a good candidate and is a member of the National Ski Council Federation, please send me an email that you would like to nominate them/yourself.Elected positions are President, Vice President, Treasurer and Secretary. If you want to know more about what each officer does, you may contact me or the current officer at their p ...Continue Reading

It's time to send me your Quarterly report updates which should include February through April. Councils and Industry should also include any future items,events happening within your organizations that you would like to share with the NSCF membership, The due date is *May 15*. Please try to be on time. I would like to publish before Memorial Day.Thank You,Joe HarvisSecretary ...Continue Reading

Thank you to all that have taken a few minutes to fill in the Travel Trends Survey.  If you open it up, you can see who has and who hasn't. It doesn't take very long and doesn't ask a lot of questions. The deadline on the survey was April 30th, we are extending it so ignore that date. Councils - Please go in and update per instructions if the clubs are still in your council and add any new clubs.  This will help NSCF get our data up to date and is much needed! Fill in your Council Trip information and se ...Continue Reading

Dear Federation Members, Just a gentle reminder that the NSCF Travel Trends Survey request deadline is April 30th. The original email (below) had the directions. It is a simple 2 step process:1. Council    a.  Identify which clubs are no longer in your council per instructions and add any new ones.      We realize this listing is quite old and it will help us get it updated.     b.  Fill in your Council's trip information or none if you do not ru ...Continue Reading

Dear Federation Members, I hope to resend this weekly through the month so we can capture the information we are looking for.  The Google Sheet does an automatic update when you enter the information, so it's pretty easy to see who has done their part in the survey. Councils - please update your clubs and your trip information for the last year as instructed and then forward to your clubs. Clubs - please fill in your trip information as instructed. Thanks to everyone for taking a few minutes to ...Continue Reading

Dear Federation Councils and Clubs, I hope that you have had a great ski season and for many there are still a few trips in the next month.  While our season is still fresh in our minds, the Federation is sending this year's Trends in Travel Survey. We are asking only for trips run between May 1, 2024 and April 30, 2025. Last year we only asked for Council run trip information and it was very detailed.  After the NSCF meeting last summer, the delegates and industry agreed we should narrow down what w ...Continue Reading

To all,The US Ski Hall of Fame is running a silent auction that will end this Saturday after the induction ceremony in Lake Placid.Please send out to your clubs so their members can have a chance to win some nice items.Thank you.Michael CalderoneVice PresidentNational Ski Council Federation ...Continue Reading