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Taking the family away in late february and also my friend and his wife coming along , due to the horrendous exchange rate , really want to go somewhere in europe that won't break the bank as basically will be around £4.00 now just for a beer then ski hire / lift passes etc , the women are after a hotel with pool /solarium etc also something for kids , whereas the fellas are there for the ski-ing / few beers .
Many thanks
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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| andolini wrote: |
Taking the family away in late february and also my friend and his wife coming along , due to the horrendous exchange rate , really want to go somewhere in europe that won't break the bank as basically will be around £4.00 now just for a beer then ski hire / lift passes etc , the women are after a hotel with pool /solarium etc also something for kids , whereas the fellas are there for the ski-ing / few beers .
Many thanks
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OK, you have made a statement.
But your subject implies a question.
What was it?
And if it was just going to be "Cany anybody recommend somewhere that fits the above?", I think rather more information would be useful, as there are not many places that absolutley couldn't fit that list, apart from perhaps the "not break the bank", but even there we don't know what "the bank" is in this context.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Sorry have i confused you ? Am looking for anywhere that does all inclusive ski holidays ie hotel / full board basis and lift passes etc .
Thanks
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andolini, full board is a bore on a skiing holiday - you don't really want to go back to the hotel for lunch.
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Gosh, people haven't been much help here have they!!! I've never done all inclusive but would have to agree that it would be a bit of a tie having to get back for lunch. Why not do half board, there are loads of deals where wine is included with the evening meal. Then u just need to sort lunch (baguette or something next to the slope?). My husband has done a couple of boys ski weekends which were all inclusive, they were with Club Med. Sorry not much help...but at least I tried. 
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Dunno if you would be better to serch for ski hire and lift pass packages, then get seperate(cheap) accomidation, and then let the ladies pay to use the pool in the hotel down the road. I believe this option offers most flexibility as i agree with red 27, in that going back to a hotel for lunch is a waste of time 
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Forget full board option as agree is not that important , had one a few years back in madesimo italy as was quite practical at the time as my daughter was too young for slopes and gave the wifew a chance for a relaxing morning and me a morning's skiing then we'd swap over , really after all inclusive half board with ski hire and lift passes .
Thanks for the club med tip , unfortunately you have to name your resort when making a search , which seems a bit daft as surely would be easier giving you a wider chice of resorts when specifying certain dates .
Ideally looking at a £1500 budget for 2 adults and a 3 year old , if possible ?
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andolini,
not the most upmarket of companies but Snowcoach (you can fly) offers full board in two of its French resorts, brekkie, packed lunch, afternoon tea and dinner (with wine, I think). The appeal of the resorts, Val Cenis and Val M.. - I forget, sorry middle age - will depend on your abilities. No pools but I think they have outdoor tubs. I've stayed with them in St. Gervais and in Austria and they do ferry guests about as part of the package and offer inclusive ski guiding. I'm certain they will come well within your budget and they have kids' playrooms. Those resorts though are not within easy distance of places for the non-skiers to visit and that may be an attraction for you. Worth a google though,
Aneira
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I was under the impression that almost all tour operators holidays were all-inclusive. So do you just want us to say which tour operators are good and cheap? Or do you have a particular country or type of skiing in mind? An idea of your ski standard would help and what sort of thing you like to ski. So is the pool and solarium in the hotel important? That would put you in the top price range. Or is a health centre in the town OK (as at St Anton for example)? Do you want a town with shops or is a nice hotel enough? Obviously a chalet is better value (and self catering even cheaper) but the females in your party sound like they want more... so can you be more specific?
In any case I can't help with tour operators - I want to go cheaply but with my own requirements so I DIY my ski holidays.
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snowball, not all tour operators are all inclusive, e.g. hotels rather than chalets on B&B basis. In fact andolini doesn't actually say he wants proper "all inclusive" which means drinks included as well, if he's not after that then it shouldn't be hard to find any operator that does half board, ski hire & lift passes. If he does want drinks included then that is much harder.
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looking at a £1500 budget for 2 adults and a 3 year old , if possible ?
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very unlikely, if that is supposed to include passes, ski hire and everything, as well as a pool and sauna.
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You know it makes sense.
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Interski packages (granted, by coach) to Courmayeur and Aosta/Pila might be worth a look. This season they include the lift pass and also meal vouchers for a snack lunch, that are accepted in many of the mountain restaurants - so it's kinda like full board.
Ski and boot hire is extra.
http://www.interski.co.uk/adultinclusions.htm
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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| andolini wrote: |
Forget full board option as agree is not that important , had one a few years back in madesimo italy as was quite practical at the time as my daughter was too young for slopes and gave the wifew a chance for a relaxing morning and me a morning's skiing then we'd swap over , really after all inclusive half board with ski hire and lift passes .
Thanks for the club med tip , unfortunately you have to name your resort when making a search , which seems a bit daft as surely would be easier giving you a wider chice of resorts when specifying certain dates .
Ideally looking at a £1500 budget for 2 adults and a 3 year old , if possible ? |
In late February you will be hitting UK half term and French holidays, so you could struggle to find everything for that price.
You probably need to be looking at some of the smaller Austrian or Italian resorts.
I just had a quick look on the Crystal site for holidays leaving 20th Feb to Austria, and I can't really see anything suitable within your budget. You could get the Hotel Walgrand in Scheffau for a total cost of £1681, but the only ones I could find with a total under £1500 would be places like Kirchdorf, which probably wouldn't be suitable as most of the skiing is a bus ride away.
With Rocketski, you could do the clubhotel Rossl in Schladming for £1461 (that is clubhotel board, which means eating out one evening like a chalet). It doesn't have a pool or sauna, but the main sports centre which has both is only 5 minutes walk away as I remember, and the hotel is no more than 5 minutes walk from the main Planai lift. That price is including 2 adult lift passes and two sets of ski/boot hire. If the kid is going to start skiing, their lift pass is free at that age, but it isn't clear what the cost of skis/boots would be.
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Poster: A snowHead
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andolini, are your dates governed by school holidays? If not, it might be worth having a look at Ski Esprit. They have loads of discounted holidays at the moment, provide day care for kids (if that's a consideration) and half board incl afternoon tea usually. Even if your friends have no children, it may be worth contacting the company to see if that poses a problem. From memory, I think one or two of their chalets in La Plagne have either pool/sauna or access to one as part of the deal.
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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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Skitopia do fully inclusive holidays. They used to offer a free bar at some of their accommodation (bottled beer and chalet wine) don't know if they still do that. They also positively encouraged people to make their own picnic lunches last time we travelled with them...laying out the makings for sandwiches and clingfilm to wrap them in too!
We've had varying experiences with them ranging from the very good to the awful so I don't know whether to recommend them or not....but certainly they were a good way of making sure you knew exactly what the budget was.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Aren't those the same place?
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| andolini wrote: |
Forget full board option as agree is not that important , had one a few years back in madesimo italy as was quite practical at the time as my daughter was too young for slopes and gave the wifew a chance for a relaxing morning and me a morning's skiing then we'd swap over , really after all inclusive half board with ski hire and lift passes .
Thanks for the club med tip , unfortunately you have to name your resort when making a search , which seems a bit daft as surely would be easier giving you a wider chice of resorts when specifying certain dates .
Ideally looking at a £1500 budget for 2 adults and a 3 year old , if possible ? |
Thats a budget for a couple, for a week.
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