Posted by IanLocke on October 15, 2009 under Ski Blog News, Ski Deals | 
www.internet-cottages.com is offering a ski deal at the fully-catered Chalet Myrtilles in the heart of the Paradiski area. This 300 year old Savoyarde property has been beautifully restored and offers five en-suite rooms, sleeping ten people, plus a sauna to ease those aching limbs.
Price £249 per person (was £299). Seven nights. Depart 2nd January. Airport transfer provided.
Book directly on-line only at www.internet-cottages.com
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Posted by admin on October 13, 2009 under Ski Travel |
Ski Train Tickets to The Alps
Never been quite sure why SNCF won’t allow you to book train tickets more than 3 months in advance, but when the winter schedules are released, it gets even worse, as you can only book the December dates 2 months in advance!
From 5am tomorrow, 14th October 2009, you can therefore book rail travel in France for dates between 13 December ’09 and 13 January 2010 inclusive.
The 3 month rule applies again from 15 October until 5 November 2009, when sales open for trains running between 5 February and 8 March 2010 inclusive.
The winter timetable features increased services on routes popular with skiers, such as the Paris to Bourg St Maurice overnight service, which runs every night throughout the winter ski season.
Clear as mud? Yes, thought so!!
Probably best to visit our friends at RailEurope for bookings and indirect trains involving Eurostar and overnight train from Paris.
Posted by admin on October 8, 2009 under Ski Blog News, Ski Travel |
No, before you say it, I wasn’t struck by the photo of these jolly Swiss Air pilots (presumably implying what fun people the Swiss actually are…hmmm), but by the lead price of £77 return for flights between the UK and Switzerland, with no charge for your skis (or at least your “first set of skis”, but I’ve only got one, so don’t mind that really!).
They can probably say it better than I can though, so:-
SWISS offers up to 28 daily flights from the UK (London City, London Heathrow, Manchester and Birmingham) to Geneva, Zurich and Basel – 3 ideal gateways to your ski resort.
This winter we have introduced an additional Saturday and Sunday flight from Manchester and two additional Saturday flights from London Heathrow to Geneva – ideally located for the famous skiing resorts of Verbier, Zermatt, Crans Montana, Saas Fee as well as the French and Italian Alps.
Hit the slopes for less this winter with SWISS.
Switzerland from £77 return
As the skier’s airline of choice, we are happy to transport your first set of skis or snowboard equipment free of charge.
SWISS flight prices are return fares and include all taxes, surcharges, SWISS service and Miles & More.
Obviously you’re not going to get this super headline price unless you travel at odd times and during the week, but from what I’ve seen, it looks like there are some good options if you’re doing a long weekend, say out Thursday, back Tuesday, where you’re looking at around the £100 mark return.
Not therefore actually bad, especially when you consider that with Ryanair flights nowadays, you have to pay £10 return to check in, £30 return for your first bag, about £50 return for airport taxes - oh yes, and then the flight itself of course!! I gave up even looking at Ryanair ages ago in favour of Easyjet, but the options from Swiss certainly seem comparable.
Posted by admin on October 3, 2009 under Ski Deals |
So you’ve not booked your 2009 / 2010 ski holiday yet, hoping for some last minute ski bargains for New Year or February Half Term, but why not consider Christmas instead? I’ve always been a big fan of Christmas ski holidays - you are obviously taking a bit of a risk with the snow, but invariably it arrives just in time, and you can enjoy relatively empty pistes (the risk-averse don’t do skiing at Christmas!), bright skies and a “proper” Christmas, unlike the mild ones we normally have in the UK.
And you’ve waited this long before booking, so time to get some great Christmas ski deals by using the age-old technique of hoovering up remaining capacity in catered chalets, which are being sold at a discount to fill the last few places. You are going to have to share with other people, but you might even get on with them, and if not, you can quietly gloat in the knowledge that you’ve paid considerably less than them for your holiday!
To start with then, only 3 rooms (for 6/7 people) remaining in Chalet Versoye, in the picturesque mountain village of Montchavin - down to £419 / person rather than £519
Just 100m from the piste, fantastic views, fully catered service including Wonderful home cooked meals! details
