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I'm a broken record but if you want to learn how to snowboard start on a cheap two bare feet 360 surfskate..£79 Nothing comes closer.
Skiing as it's far easier to pick up and will help you to travel on pistes and make the most out of your time much sooner...
Once you can snow plough and turn that into a parallel turn you'll be away.
Whereas with a snowboard you'll be spending at least half your holiday sliding and terrified of catching an edge on green runs. And the trouble with easier grade slopes is they often flatten out and you need to be able to go straight, but as a learner that isn't possible so you end up catching edges and breaking wrists or walking. The steeper stuff is your friend as a snowboarder but that's also pretty hard when you can't turn!
Not sure why anyone thinks skiing is harder to learn to start with. It's just not. The old adage is that skiing is easier to start and harder to master as you get really good whereas snowboarding is harder to start with.
tbh if it hadn't been the amount of time i've spent in the alps i would have carried on skiing. I love snowboarding and playing off piste, side hits etc but even 1 week a year isn't really enough to stay decent.
My partner (had not snowboarded for 10 years and was pretty novice) broke her wrist on our last day of boarding a couple of years ago. Snowboarding is fine if you have time to learn. At her level i should have suggested she tried skiing. Would have made our week away a bit easier.
So for a potential weeks holiday learn to ski. much better on Pistes for novices. Dry slopes for ski's are fine to get an idea. You'll never go back on a dry slope after snow though. Just get a few lessons pencilled for your holiday.