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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? -
Stay at Les
Fermes de Samoens,
SAMOENS week 10th January 2009 – cost will be
£129 per person based on 4 sharing a 2 bedroom
apartment
including Eurotunnel with free flexiplus upgrade.
Stay at Le
Grand Panorama, SAINT GERVAIS week 14th February
2009 – cost will be £369 per person based
on 4 sharing a 2 bedroom apartment
including 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? -
Stay at Le
Flocons d’Argent, AUSSOIS
week 14th February 2009 - cost will be £317 per
person based on 4 sharing a 2 bedroom apartment
including Eurotunnel with free flexiplus upgrade.
Stay at Les
Balcons de la Vanoise, TERMIGNON week
10th January 2009 – cost will be £116 per
person based on 4 sharing a 2 bedroom apartment
including Eurotunnel with free flexiplus upgrade.
A weeks ski and boot hire for Termignon and Aussois starts
from £49 per adult and £33 per child.
Aussois lift pass from £89 per adult and
£74 per child. Ski school from £81 per
adult and £71 per child.
Termignon prices to be
confirmed.
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? -
Stay at Cybele,
BRIDES LES BAINS week 27th December 2009 - cost will
be £175 per person based on 4 sharing a studio
apartment
including Eurotunnel with free flexiplus upgrade.
Stay at Les
Balcons de Val Cenis, VAL CENIS week 14th
February 2009 – cost will be £390 per
person based on 4 sharing a 2 bedroom duplex apartment
including Eurotunnel with free flexiplus upgrade.
Stay at Les
Domes des Rousses, VAUJANY week 10th January 2009
– cost will be £106 per person based on 4
sharing a 1 bedroom apartment
including Eurotunnel with free flexiplus upgrade.
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? -
Stay at Le
Village, NOTRE-DAME DE BELLECOMBE week 10th
January 2009 - cost will be £175 per person
based on 4 sharing a 2 bedroom apartment
including Eurotunnel with free flexiplus upgrade.
Stay at Les
Alpages de Champagny, CHAMPAGNY week
10th January 2009 – cost will be £106 per person based
on 4 sharing a 2 bedroom apartment
including Eurotunnel with free flexiplus upgrade.
Stay at Les
Chalets d’Arvan, SAINT SORLIN
week 14th February 2009 – cost will be
£390 per person based on 4 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
Book before 30/11/08 and save 20% on week
commencing 20th December 2008 – 27th December
2008 at Les
Fermes de Sainte-Foy,
Sainte-Foy. See offers page for full details and
terms.
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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