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Can I take my wife and 8 year old away for £2000?

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Inc passes and equipment, 8 year old is absolute beginner and the wife is about a six weeker?
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up4it, are you looking at school hols or looking to take your 8yr old out of school?
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Yes , I reckon you could , ferry , drive , rent an apartment , it may be a small one , ski hire, week passes and lesson for your 8 year in Ste Foy for £2k in school hols or close
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Yes , I reckon you could , ferry , drive , rent an apartment , it may be a small one , ski hire, week passes and lesson for your 8 year in Ste Foy for £2k in school hols or close
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up4it, assuming you wish to book a school holiday week. Have assumed 29th March Easter holidays, and that your budget does not include food.

Apartment in Serre Chevalier Easter 2015 (200m from lifts, 5% snowHeads discount, pool and sauna in the evenings) £720
Lift passes will vary with the progression of the skier, but assuming 8 year old will only need a local Monetier pass (will be cheaper still if only needs a beginner pass) £515
Hire of skis and boots (approx as prices aren't up yet) £170
Flights (Ryanair) £608.00

Total £2013.
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up4it, and it can be cheaper. With three of you it would probably pay you to drive because getting from the airport to resort always costs a fair bit, no matter how you do it.

And you can also get cheaper apartments, as well as all-in packages which save money - have a look at the current thread about skiing at Easter - you can get an accommodation and lift pass package around £800.
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Flights (Ryanair) £608.00


Do they fly direct to Serre Chevalier from your home or do you need transfers? The last trip to Les Arc came in at £400 door to door by driving.

But in general - yes it can be done. I work on 8 - 10 euro a day for food and wine per person but suspect the OP's daughter may not drink much wine so it may cost more than that with soft drinks.
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http://snowheads.com/ski-forum/viewtopic.php?t=112124#2573019

this is the thread about a low cost self drive, self catering, holiday at easter. Lots of good suggestions there.
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You could look at UCAP family week booked through action outdoors - comes in at about £500per person. Transport not included but includes pretty much everything else (pass, lessons, equipment, food and accom)
http://www.action-outdoors.co.uk/deals/family-week
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Just had a quick look , Ste Foy from 28th March , MMV 4star apt with pool about 450 euro beside the piste , 3 lift pass for a week 450 euro , ski lessons for child 220 euro , losing rate of 1.20euro to the £ leaves you more than £1000 to get there and ski hire in the school hols and a great time of year to learn , make further savings using tesco clubcard vouchers for the ferry ( if you have them ) , enough work done for you , YES is the answer to the question . It should be about the same in some of the other lesser known French ski resorts Very Happy
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ski lessons for child 220 euro

that seems a very high price. There must be cheaper options, e.g. ESF
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Skegness in a caravan, maybe in January......Doable I reckon......skiing I think slim, next to no chance.
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Hells Bells, might get hungry by about Monday, fainting by Wednesday, not good to ski on an empty stomach wink
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Was it just me or did anyone else misread the thread title and think someone was looking for a hitman?
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that seems a very high price. There must be cheaper options, e.g. ESF

Actually 6 days Sun to Fri morning lessons 9am till 11.45 am is 225 euro is with the ESF , so I suspect that's the going rate these days
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but bringing them back is more expensive.
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6 days Sun to Fri morning lessons 9am till 11.45 am is 225 euro is with the ESF

Prices do vary but that's a fair bit more than charged (by both ESI and ESF) in Les Saisies. Last winter the cost for 5 x 2 hours beginner lessons was €80 (a bit more in the peak weeks) and I got 5 x 2 hour private lessons, for a group of 4 kids, for €380. The charges will probably rise a little bit for the coming season (not up on the websites yet) but nowhere near that level, even given that those are longer lessons, and 6 of them.

For young beginners I think 2 hours is actually better than a longer lesson.
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