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Assuming #2 doesn't flunk his A level's next year, I've just booked my final half term holiday 
Though not too much of a rip off. I have been travelling with Monarch for the last couple of years, and am now free to spread the word of how good they are (for me at any rate)
I've got 3 half board in Livigno for ~£850 each, flights, transfers, board/ski/boots/20kg luggage. Nice hotel with good spa facilities.
A comparable Hotel with Crystal is £1200+.
Monarch probaly won't have a rep on the bus, or even the resort, so we have to sort out ski hire etc ourselves, which is not exactly a chore.
What impressed me about my booking was the personal touch. Ours was an awkward booking, just 3 of us and it's very hard to find a single room or a TO to book a single in a double room, but
they got in touch with the hotels and we'll only pay ~£140 for single room supplement. I had contacted the hotels myself and Monarch are not making any profit on the single occupancy supplement.
Flight is to Friedrichafen in S Germany. Last year there were onl;y 2 planes on the ground when we arrived and only a handful on departure. Nothing like the Battle of Geneva !
Resort choice is a bit limited, but there's some gems in there. In fact some of the smaller resorts they list may suit newbies who don't need the expanse and expense of the mega resorts.
Deffo worth a look if you don't need a rep to hold your hand 
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Oooo, monarch do holidays???
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Yeah a sort of Monarch/Cosmos combo.
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Sarge, thanks for the tip
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Aren't Monarch deeply in the doo-doo? I've booked flights with them for next summer, but I read they're making all sorts of cuts (pulling out of variour airports etc) and desperately trying to sell the business.
The flights are cracking in every way (time, northern airport, amazingly cheap considering it's July), mind, so just hoping they hang on in there!
We've never done half term quite as cheap as that, but we've done travel (flghts and transfers) plus chalet board near Morzine/Les Gets for less than £700 three years on the trot - it's meant booking Easyjet the day they come out and booking a whole chalet for 12/14 and hoping we fill it (we always have), but the chalet + transfers is £6500-ish (so £460-540 depending on whether we get 12 or 14), and flights are £150 a go. So we've got a PdS pass to pay for, at about £200 I guess, ski hire etc, but this is a short transfer (important for us) and a great ski area.
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| Sarge wrote: |
| Assuming #2 doesn't flunk his A level's next year, I've just booked my final half term holiday |
Yeah. I'm in that position, too. #1 son is off to Uni in a couple of weeks.
Oh, wait! He still wants to ski with us. For free. But universities don't have half terms. That means we get to dice with dodgy snow at Christmas or boil in sloppy snow at Easter.
Your troubles aren't over yet.
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Jonny Jones, isn't that what 'reading week' is for?!
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You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
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andy from embsay, just checked this out, we too have booked for summer flights with them. It seems they are moving more to a European low cost service, and reducing the long haul aspect of the business, they've just ordered 30 new 737 ,s in July, so should be OK for euro flights, hopefully 
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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I think you might then find he'll be expecting two trips 
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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betterinblack, quite. Do you know my lad by any chance?
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