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One of my daughters is (quite understandably) fuming that me and her younger brother are going skiing for a week next week without her. She has her A-level mocks just after Feb half term so doesn’t want to go with us, but also doesn’t want to miss out.
The boy is on a school German trip the first week of Easter (31st Mar - 3rd Apr), so we’re thinking of going away the rest of us (me, wife and twin 17 yos) for a weekend somewhere.
Any suggestions for somewhere that is an easy train journey (from London) for a long weekend? The criteria is basically as quick a train as possible, as short a transfer as possible and the likelihood of some snow.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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@Timmycb5, I’d suggest les arcs,but the train journey is not easy. Change station in London and Paris, change trains in chambery. Funicular up to the resort
I suggest contacting the immobiliers directly for a non sat to sat reservation. Or the cachette hotel for accommodation.
As you are planning the trip before the Easter holidays finding accommodation should not be difficult
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Why go away for a weekend? If they have the full Easter holidays off go for a week at Easter.
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@johnE, cheers. I was wondering about Les Arc.
@T Bar, Because my son is on a German school trip, so we need to be back in time to collect him!
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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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| Timmycb5 wrote: |
@johnE, cheers. I was wondering about Les Arc.
@T Bar, Because my son is on a German school trip, so we need to be back in time to collect him! |
Fair enough, can't you go when he comes back?
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@T Bar, the girls don’t won’t to be away too long as it’s only a short while until their exams
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@Timmycb5,
I guess it's up to them, my own feeling has always been to carry on with the holidays and make sure they study on them.
Having a physical activity to take their mind of study and exam stress can be useful as long as they get back down to study, no one can study efficiently without some time off.
Having come down off my hobby horse. Why not fly midweek for a short break rather than take the train, less travel time, depending on how far you are away from airports that do midweek flights.
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Only time I did a weekender I flew out of Luton to Geneva and went to Chamonix. Late evening flight Thursday. Hotel picked us up and did the transfer for a reasonable fee. Same in reverse Monday evening. I think it was an hour to Cham. However, that was back in the day when airports ran more smoothly.
If you can make trains work then getting to one of the lower villages in the Tarentaise can make the transfer quicker and the links to good altitude skiing will still be open.
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