 Poster: A snowHead
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Hi,
This is my first post so apologies if I get things wrong!
We are looking to go to Les Arcs 1950 for Christmas - 2 adults & 3 young teenagers. We have previously travelled with Crystal self catering & stayed at Le Village 1950/Prince Des Cimes & ideally want to stay there again
Looking at prices however, we could go catered accommodation for what Crystal are charging for a self-catered Christmas!
So my questions are:
1. How easy would it be to do the trip DIY?
2. When do Dec flights tend to go on sale?
3. Average transfer costs from Chambrey/Geneva to Les Arcs
Any recommend companies for Les Arcs accommodation please? Looking at Skibeat for catered or Powderbeds for DIY as possibilities NehNeh
Many many thanks!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Easyjet Christmas flights are released in April.
Check shared transfer sites like altibus for transfer prices probably something like £50 per person
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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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1) very easy! Hold Accommodation if possible. Book Flights. Book held accommodation.
2) Easyjet Dec schedule are on sale in April
Just google other airline name & on sale dates. Major Airlines like BA are 11 months in advance.
3) As there is 5 of you, it is probably going to be cheaper to rent a car. Your looking at around £45+ per person each way otherwise.
Last edited by Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see? on Fri 15-02-19 17:48; edited 1 time in total
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Easy DIY. But transfer costs not far off cost of flights. I'm not clear what you are looking for. The accommodation you named or alternative offerings? Resort website a good place to start.
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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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Thank you - we have quotes for accommodation just trying to work out ease & cost of flights, transfers etc to decide if cheaper to book package through Skibeat or accommodation only & the rest DIY.
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private transfer, return from Geneva airport, would probably be around £650 in total.
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@clarkey321, or get the train to Bourg from London (or our preference, change in Paris) - cheaper than flights plus transfer. Or Fly Geneva and get the train from there...
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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We booked Arc 1950 le village with Ski Collection including the travel by Eurostar to Bourg St Maurice. They also have a self drive option including the Eurotunnel flexi plus ticket. I doubt their prices are out for next year yet but there is usually a 10% early booking discount when the prices came out. It definitely worked out cheaper than Crystal when we last looked into it and we were given an apartment with a good outlook. The apartment was also a proper two bed rather than a one bed with sofabed.
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Many thanks for all your replies, really great to have some options to look at!
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You know it makes sense.
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We have done this twice once driving and once using the snow train booking apartment through Chalets Direct.
The year we were driving there was very little snow at Christmas and we decided not to go and the owner of the apartment agreed to let us transfer to the following year as did the hotel in Moûtiers we had booked for for an overnight stay and the Eurostar crossing. 
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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@clarkey321, discounted lift passes for the week go on sale in September normally until end of October for short week breaks on the Les Arcs web page. Some really good family lift pass deals. Also if you want ski school, book early and you might get a discount.
All the links you need are on the snowheads Les Arcs season thread on the snow reports section. https://snowheads.com/ski-forum/viewtopic.php?t=138630
or check out the Les Arcs Winter facebook page for loads of other helpful stuff and links to almost everything you will need for a DIY holiday. https://www.facebook.com/LesArcsWinter/
Hope this helps with your plans.
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Poster: A snowHead
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@clarkey321, discounted lift passes for the week go on sale in September normally until end of October for short week breaks on the Les Arcs web page. Some really good family lift pass deals. Also if you want ski school, book early and you might get a discount.
All the links you need are on the snowheads Les Arcs season thread on the snow reports section. https://snowheads.com/ski-forum/viewtopic.php?t=138630
or check out the Les Arcs Winter facebook page for loads of other helpful stuff and links to almost everything you will need for a DIY holiday. https://www.facebook.com/LesArcsWinter/
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Thank you Snowcrazy that’s great! I looked on the Les arcs winter FB page but can’t find the links you mention -can you poin5 me in the right direction please?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Not sure what happened to the PIN with the links. They are a little out of date now, but you can find them using this link. They should all still work. You can also find many of them on the first page of this thread. Hope this helps.
https://lesarcswinter.wordpress.com/about/
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