 Poster: A snowHead
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Anyone spotted any ridiculous bargains for 19th/20th Jan that might be of interest for a cash-strapped couple?
Want to take the missus away for a birthday treat but we're on a tight(ish) budget so am looking at about £750 (maximum) for holiday, and that should include the price of the ski pass too (so about £250 each max). We could maybe stretch to £1,000 for everything if it was a for a nice catered chalet or hotel.
I like France from previous visits and fancy Austria (the latter for the party atmosphere) and it can be catered or SC - we're not bothered. As long as there's snow we're cool. 
Any pointers for deals with TOs you've seen while scouting the internet will be most welcome...
Spesh
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Specialman, could do you something for 13th-20th January, but not the following week, sorry.
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Specialman, I agree with Bones, with just two of you, leave it till the last minute if you want a TO package. In another week or so, it'll be a bit clearer where, and when, the next snow is gonna fall. What kind of skiing are you looking for? French privately owned apartments, in our area, are generally around 450 euros a week, at that time, for a high quality 40 sq m plus terrace MGM apartment which in theory sleeps 6 or 7! Several of our neighbours rent out their places and they all charge much the same. English owners sometimes charge more.
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pam w, seems the big TOs seem to work on the next two weeks being bargain time. Next weekend might spring up a few more...
Keep the suggestions coming 
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Bones, seen that one before. Looks okay, but not so keen on the old ski bus thingy and being so far away from M'hoferen. Have only been to La Plagne where we were right in the hub of things. Looks a nice setup though. A definite consideration...
snowandtrek, cheers for that but we'd need to figure in flights and transfers, which will stretch the old budget. looks very nice though.
flowa, good website. Will keep my eye on thsi one. Gold star for you 
Helen Beaumont, cheers anyway. It's Mrs. Sesh's birthday on the 24th, hence the stringent dates.
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Specialman, we're offering free child places or free ski passes for January, although the fantastic start to the season may change that, the level of inquiries is much higher than usual, so the large TOs can afford to not discount untilthe very last minute. We have availability for w/c 20th Jan in our chalet Le Mouflon in La Rosiere 1850, you can find full details on www.tracksvacations.com or email us at info@tracksvacations.com for more infromation.
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I booked last week a week in Morzine on the 19th Catered at Le Viking for £359pp. Brochure price £679 .... so i'm pretty pleased with that.
That was direct through http://www.thomsonski.co.uk/
Was very close to booking La Plagne the day the Vanoise went down ... glad i didn't now
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maybe the heavy rain being forecast currently for many resorts - including plenty of rain even in La Ros - will damp down the enthusiasm and bring some more bargains! Could be that Christmas will turn out to have been the best week of the season. We travel out on Friday....  Or maybe the freezing level will drop dramatically and we'll all be knee deep in fresh powder. 2 inches of rain translates into a lot of snow!
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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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pam w, you must be looking at a different Meteo to the one we see, no forecast for rain here, just sun and low temps for the rest of the week.
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Specialman, come to Tignes ! there are a few SH boarders out there that week, plus I'm in a group of 10 !
http://www.thomsonski.co.uk/ Hameau Du Borsat Apartments £299 
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You know it makes sense.
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check out inghams (fernie accomdation only fernie £50 for 1 week or £99 for 2 weeks in jan just need your own flights
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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David@traxvax, I was looking at snow-forecast.com
I hope the 6 pm run has pulled down the FLs a bit...
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Poster: A snowHead
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David@traxvax, yes, the rest of the week looks fine. Saturday night onwards is a lot warmer with heavy precipitation - snow at the top, for La Rosiere, but plenty rain in the village and FL about 2400. That's snow-forecast.com, but it's still a little way away and the FL might drop. And they might be wrong. But it's looking like a bit of a trend; I have been scouting about for more optimistic forecasts which I'd be glad to believe, but I haven't found any yet!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Check out www.Skibeat.co.uk , deals at £299 for catered chalet with flights over the next 2 weeks don't appear to feature on sites like Iglu?!!!.........
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Ce la Vie - at least it's only been postponed and not cancelled. Can't wait for the start of Feb
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The ebola excuse has already been done!!
Good site though - will keep my eye on this for Feb deals.
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FAQ
but for the week you want leave it another week or so 
Tell her to get a new job with time off 
