 Poster: A snowHead
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Someone was recently asking if this was possible, recieved a lot of negativity. Well in happy Valloire from 14 Mar to the 23 mar the tourist office have a deal on whereby for 383 Euro (357 quid?) you get sc accom, week lift pass, 6 half day lessons and ski eqmt hire. I reckon if 4 were travelling down in a diesel car using of peak ferry travel you could get there and back for 70 quid each (ish). So without beer we are getting quite close to the 400 quid mark, and if you do a big shop in Lidl before departing your food would be sorted! Not bad me thinks.......and Valloire is pretty nice to boot!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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i know of an agent currently doing 1 week to Risoul from manchester or Stansted for £199. This includes monarch flights, coach transfer, 7 nights half board at Le Morgan hotel (was crystal last season, basic rooms but clean and food is of good standard). decent family hotel apparently, mainly positive independent reviews on trip advisor (7.5 out of 10), 2 mins from ski lift and ski school.
On top of that buy one get one free ski passes and ski hire . So well under £400, infact £300 per person if two travelling.
I've just booked for my daughter and myself.
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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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The other guy was limited to 2nd to 9th Jan next year, but the Risoul package looks a great deal. Any clues as to the agent ?
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yeap rocket ski, £199 depart march 22nd.
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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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dlawless, cheers for that, might well give that a try!
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you have to call them to get the BOGOF lift passes and hire as they don't advertise that part. maybe see you there!
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all the flights from stanstead now sold out and they've put the manchester flight option up from £199 to £319, looks like i booked at the right time!! 
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Reading these threads makes my eyes water!
I've already gone over-budget this season and it's still three weeks until I hit the slopes! Entire budget was £800 and I've already spent £836 (£512 via TO for half board hotel inc. sole use supplement, flights and transfers, £175 lift pass, £62 ski hire, £45 airport car parking, £42 cattery). Not to mention a percentage of my annual travel insurance and the new boots and ski socks I've bought during the year...
There's no way I should be spending this sort of frivilous money when my livelihood is at risk...
What's the bare minimum spending money I could get away with? I'm thinking €50. No eating or drinking except in the hotel. After all, I'm going for the skiing, not to get wasted...
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queen bodecia, ouch, where r u going?
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UPDATE: rocket ski have 1 room left at Le morgan on March 22nd from Manchester for £249. book it quick last space left. imagine it will be a twin room.
price includes flights, transfers, half board plus if you call to book you can get buy one get one free lift passes and ski hire.
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Did a long weekend with skiweekends.com to Meribel (staying down in Brides) for £330 including lift pass (Meribel valley only) and half board. Travel by coach from Victoria on Friday after work, got back Tuesday AM. 2 and a half days on the hill. A quick snow fix for a reasonable price.
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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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Richard_Sideways, How was the coach trip? Personally i don't know if i could hack the over night coach as i'm a fussy sleeper, when i say fussy i mean i like to lie down! and if i'm over tired everyone would know cause i'd be 
I went by train to geneva last year and thought it was a great way to travel, worked out cheaper than flying (only cause we left it late to book) but we had dinner in Paris on the way home, had a few beers and played poker both ways, highly recommend it if flight prices a problem.
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dlawless, Courmayeur in Italy. It had better be good now that it's practically bankrupted me...
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You know it makes sense.
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dlawless, I was a little aprehensive about the whole coach thing too, but was better than taking a long-haul plane somewhere in cattle-class. Paid the extra £25 to go for 'Business class' seats which was worth it in my book, Extra leg room and deeper recline. Slept ok on way, certainally ok enough to put in 4 and a bit hours on the hill. Some good recommends are a blanket, a proper pillow or cushion (they give you an inflatable travel one gratis) and a bottle of wine to take the edge off the sleep, (or a good swig of night nurse). Would do it again, probably will next year, Cham'x perhaps...
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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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Best deal I ever got 2001
£425.00
Flights and transfers from Belfast
Full Board
Free Beer, Wine, Spirits 4.00pm-12.00am
Free soft drinks/ snacks all day
Ski Hire
Ski tuition
Lift Pass
Crest Voland, Hotel Bartivelles
Spent about £50.00 in cash!!
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Poster: A snowHead
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Our trip this year for 2 adults and 2 kids including absolutely everything I can think of (even UK petrol and parking at the airport) should come in about £1900 as long as the exchange rate doesn't go below 1.10
Doesn't include lessons as we don't take them and is helped by 2 kids rather than adults from a liftpass/ski hire point of view - but we are going to an apartment that would sleep 6-8 so if it were a bigger group the saving on accommodation would even out I would think.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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We did well this year, got a week in Serre Chevalier for £335, flights, transfers, self catering apartment, lift pass. Just food 'n' vin chaud on top
We booked through ski-deals.co.uk with Neilson.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Allow £1000 per week all-in and not starving yourself. Anything less and you are doing well. That is assuming you have to pay for travel, accom, food, lift pass and general on-slope and evening expenses
Thats £400 for the Travel and Accom, £200 for the lift pass, 50 eu a day for food and drinks and then stuff like taxis, car parking etc etc etc...
If you have numbers. self cater and stay in then you can knock holes in that, probably
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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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just seen this deal, looks good value:7 nights in Brides Les Bains
£143pp incl flights from Luton.
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We looked at a similar deal on lastminute.com. The only thing is that you've got a bit of a hike each morning to get to the slopes in Brides Les Bains, we read the small print and saw that even before the gondola ride up to Meribel, the lift station was a good few hundred meters away from the hotel. Doesn't sound much but when you've got concrete blocks attached to your feet (aka ski boots), a hangover (optional) and skis to carry...it's not fun... 
I personally would rather pay a little more and cut out the hike. But no doubt great for those on a really tight budget.
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snowjo, i agree with you, great if on very tight budget but worth paying the extra to stay in resort no doubt.
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£400 would be awesome - mind you, I have sorted a trip for 12 self catering to ex Stansted to Samoens including transfers at the other end for approx £290pp on 7 March - it could easily have been less but we are under occupying the 3 apartments booked (max would be 20) by not using the lounge beds and a couple of lucky singletons get a double room to themselves. Allowing approx £80-100 for self catered food / booze pp for the week, the only thing that is really going to push it over is the lift pass. Oh, and the gear if you need it - I prebooked 40% discounted gear hire through intersport for those that need it (approx €69 for skis / board + boots).
I would second Richard_Sideways coach thing too - but then I'd have to as it was our sneaky weekend away to escape the madness of London / potential madness of the trip we are off on with the 10 mates in 19 days time!
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I have just booked catered chalet in Arc 2000 for 450 each which I thought was not too bad.
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Just got ski to the door self catered appartment in Val Claret, Tignes for £304 inc late booking fee etc (£289 advertised). We'll be taking a little food out with us so it won't be an expensive trip.
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Looking at this thread, my holiday doesn't sound that expensive and I don't think I'd have save anything by waiting until last minute to book. Catered holidays all seem to be above the £400 mark and then of course there are all the non-negotiable extras on top...
I don't feel so bad now. Still skint though obviously... 
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The mid-station has over night accomm. 