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If you are looking for a cheap skiing
holiday this winter do check some of
the examples below. We don't offer bottom of the
range budget ski accommodation but we believe
that we can offer you affordable quality at
great prices.
All our French resorts have high enough altitude
and snowsure slopes with mixed terrain for various
abilities. All our accommodation has been selected
and checked by our directors or members of the team
so you won't have any unpleasant surprise.
We only use the leading ski schools in each
resort and our ski equipment hire is with
one of the most respected supplier.
1.
Cheaper satellite ski resorts
We offer many smaller satellite resorts that link to
big ski areas so there is no compromise on
the skiing. Your ski accommodation
will cost you less (up to 60% less in some
cases than some of the most famous resorts
located on the same ski area), going out in bars and
restaurants will also cost you less, so will shopping
for some of your essentials.
Some of our back door villages to the main resorts
are:
Just remember that whether you are staying in a
4-star hotel at Courchevel 1850 and paying
£4000 per person per week or staying in a
self-catering apartment in Brides-les-Bains at
£200 per person per week you get to ski on
exactly the same ski area (The 3 Valleys) and if you
have to queue for a lift you will be queuing
together!
- Where to
stay? -
OFF-PEAK
Stay at ‘Les Fermes de
Samoens’, SAMOENS week 14th January
2012 – cost will be £118 per person,
or if booked before 15/09/11 will be £106 per
person, based on 5 sharing a 2 bedroom apartment including Eurotunnel
with free Flexiplus upgrade*.
PEAK WEEK
Stay at ‘Bois de
Champelle’ chalet complex with indoor pool,
MORILLON Village week 31st December 2011
– cost will be £123 per person based on 5
sharing a 2 bedroom chaletincluding Eurotunnel with
free Flexiplus upgrade*.
2.
Cheaper lesser known French ski
resorts
If you are not an expert skier then some our smaller
French resorts with still decent ski areas
will cost you even less. From accommodation to
lift passes, ski school, restaurants, bars, mountain
restaurants, convenience shopping - it will all
cost substantially less than in better known resorts.
All these resorts still offer reliable skiing
with excellent snow record, good ski
schools, and local people who don't treat you just as
another as a punter. Why pay for a large ski
area lift pass when you are only likely to use 10% of
it?
- Where to
stay? -
PEAK WEEK
Stay at Le
Flocons d’Argent, AUSSOIS week 11th
February 2012 - cost will be £228 per
person based on 5 sharing a
2 bedroom apartment
including Eurotunnel with free Flexiplus
upgrade*.
OFF PEAK
Stay at Les
Balcons de la Vanoise, TERMIGNON week 14th
January 2012 – cost will be £118 per
person, or if booked before 22/10/11 will be
£112 per person, based on 5 sharing a 2 bedroom
apartment including
Eurotunnel with free Flexiplus upgrade.*
A weeks ski and boot hire for Termignon and Aussois
starts from £54 per adult and £37 per
child.
Aussois lift pass from £98 per adult and
£83 per child (depending on date). Ski school
from £86 per adult and £92 per child
(11/12 prices for hire, passes and school).
3.
Self-catering accommodation ski
bargains
Self-catering accommodation will cost you less
than catered chalets or hotels particularly
if you eat-in or only go out 2 or 3 nights
during the week.
You will even be surprised by the
bargain prices on our 4-star ski
apartments holidays. Many are brand new, have pools,
sauna, Jacuzzi... so it's not like downgrading. You
also have your privacy as you don't have to share
with strangers.
- Where to
stay? -
PEAK WEEK
Stay at Cybele,
BRIDES LES BAINS week 24th December 2011 - cost will
be £187 per person based on 4 sharing a studio
apartment including
Eurotunnel with free Flexiplus upgrade*.
PEAK WEEK
Stay at Les
Balcons le Haut, VAL CENIS week 11th February
2012 – cost will be £269 per person based
on 5 sharing a 2 bedroom duplex apartment including Eurotunnel
with free Flexiplus upgrade*.
OFF-PEAK
Stay at Les
Domes des Rousses, VAUJANY week 14th January 2012
– cost will be £98 per person, or if
booked before 30/09/11 will be £93 per person,
based on 5 sharing a 1 bedroom apartment including Eurotunnel
with free flexiplus upgrade.
PEAK WEEK
Stay at Le
Coeur d’Or (MGM), BOURG ST MAURICE week
11th February 2012 – cost will be £214
per person, or if booked before 31/10/11 will be
£193 per person, based on 5 sharing a 2
bedroom apartment
including Eurotunnel with free flexiplus
upgrade.
AMAZING
VALUE, 4 STAR LUXURY.
4.
Self-drive ski savings
It's easy to drive to the French Alps from the UK -
it's all motorway and French motorways are nothing as
busy as they are in the UK so it's much more
relaxing. All our holidays include a Eurotunnel
with a free Flexiplus upgrade* which means you
get total flexibility of travel times. We can also
book ferries and pass on even greater
savings. Going by Eurotunnel or Ferry
is not only cheaper than flying - it's not only
the cost of flying that you have to consider but
also all the extras that go with it: high UK car
parking charges, all sort of hidden supplements
introduced by some of the airlines (luggage and skis
carriage is getting pretty expensive with many
of the budget airlines) and then there is the
cost of the transfer at the other end which can
actually add an awful lot (a private transfer from
Geneva to say Meribel is £600 return for 4
people) ; but when you drive with your own car
you can take as much as you like including
skis, snowboards, boots, groceries; you have
more control over your itinerary and you
can avoid airport chaos on busy dates. Last but
not least, it is also considerably more
environmentally friendly as long as more than one
person travels in the car.
- Where to
stay? -
PEAK WEEK
Stay at Le
Village, NOTRE-DAME DE BELLECOMBE week 31st
December 2011 - cost will be £156 per person
based on 5 sharing a 2 bedroom apartment including Eurotunnel
with free Flexiplus upgrade.*
OFF-PEAK
Stay at Les
Alpages de Champagny, CHAMPAGNY week 21st January
2012 – cost will be £157 per person, or
if booked before 15/09/11 will be £141 per
person, based on 5 sharing a 2 bedroom apartment including Eurotunnel
with free Flexiplus upgrade*.
PEAK WEEK
Stay at Les
Chalets d’Arvan, SAINT SORLIN week 11th
February 2012 – cost will be £269 per
person based on 5 sharing a 1 bedroom alcove apartment including Eurotunnel
with free Flexiplus upgrade*.
5. Great
skiing deals
We price our holidays at the right level in the first
place (we don't prices up by 200% to later discount
by 50%!) and we encourage our suppliers to give
us great ski discounts whenever they have a
few more apartments to sell. See our ski special
offers
See our Christmas
& New Year snow & ski deals
See our February
half-term snow & ski deals
See our Easter
April snow & ski deals
* Over last season 95% of our clients who used the
FlexiPlus service rated it either Excellent
(76%) or Good in their post holiday
satisfaction questionnaire.
“Flexiplus upgrade
was fantastic, no need to queue”
Mr F. Balcons de la
Vanoise, Termignon (2nd January 2010)
Hidden
extras?
Unlike other operators, we don't charge fuel
surcharges, under-occupancy supplements, ski &
boot carriage fees.
You may have to clean your self-catering apartment
yourself or pay extra to have it cleaned, you may
have to bring your own linen or towels or hire them
locally but these should not have much impact on your
overall ski budget.
If you wonder how we do it, see how we can offer
such great prices on ski holidays – see our price
comparison page.
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