who's best for last minute deals...?

A snowHead

i've organised our group ski trips the last few years, at least a few months in advance but this year with less people wanting /affording to go we're aiming for a different strategy.

basically 3-5 of us will be booking off the week 2-9th jan 2010 but not booking anything until the tues - thurs the week before so we can see where the best snow is and get some good deals. ideally including flight/ transfers from uk to france/austria/swiz, catered chalet/hotel, ski pass (not bothered on hireas some of us have our own) don't want to pay more than £550pp, i know several people who have done this as a couple and got deals usually £850 down to 500 at such late notice but was wondering any advice on whether this was a recommended idea / experiences / whats the max no. of spaces typically freeto fill in a chalet that late / which tour operators have best late deals..

any help or advice would be appreciated

ps, we're all guys mid/late 20's who can ski pretty well and also like a few places for some good apres

thanks

A snowHead

im in a similar boat to jimmy so would appreciate people sharing there experiences

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I'd look at the websites such as igluski and ifyouski.com which often have 'late' deals, and then if you google the chalet name + resort x you can usually figure who the tour operator is. I do think that there might be less late deals around this year given that a number of the TO's have sacked off chalets for this year. I think there's been some feedback on here that w/c 3d Jan is looking somewhat busy too..

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hi guys, hope i can be of assistance. try these, they wont really be showing great deals yet as we are to far away like you said, but for nearer the time give them a go http://www.catered-ski-chalets.co.uk/index.asp?http://www.catered-ski-chalets.co.uk/cheapskiholidays.asp+mainframe these are good, there is a different web page for all the major resorts, the web address is basically www.ski-chalets-_________.co.uk then the resort you wish to go. for example http://www.ski-chalets-tignes.co.uk http://www.ski-chalets-morzine.co.uk/?gclid=CPiznJn7-p0CFZoU4wodezW4pw http://www.stantonchalets.co.uk/ http://www.lesarcschalets.co.uk/ they are freat for late deals, use the search late deals section at the top, you often get half price deals on here nearer the time

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jimmykingy, we have used Alpine Answers in the past and they found us a superb deal with Ski World on their website they have a late deals sections, though it a bit early for the first week of January, the deals start to appear about 6 weeks before travel. Interactive Resorts is another agency that have a good site and post deals ( they are also the operators of Catered Ski Chalets). Chalets Direct is a good site for finding independent operators.

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