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Les Arcs 2000 - Need to avoid single Supp (Any takers - £359CA)

 Poster: A snowHead
Poster: A snowHead
Whilst looking around for a good last minute deal (a thing of the past it now seems) I came across a nice looking chalet in Les Arcs 2000 - Chalet Belette. I send a quick email off to Igluski, who I've had success with in the past, and enquire what the single supplement would be... I almost feinted at the sight. 100% of the per person rate. Some operator (I don't know who) is taking the proverbial. If it were room only, and nothing else, I could understand this. But I'm looking for a catered package - so, only one return flight, only one set of transfers, and only one set of meals. Why in God's name should I pay for two? I appreciate that margins are lower for solo travellers, so have resigned myself to paying supplements through the nose, but this was just a step too far and has actually wound me up a bit. To think that I was trying to get off skiing to unwind...

So, back to the drawing board. Sad

(EDIT: Now seeing if anyone wants to join me, the snow out in Les Arcs at the moment looks unbelievable).


Last edited by Poster: A snowHead on Thu 5-01-12 17:09; edited 1 time in total
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 Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
No wonder you feinted. I would have whacked them 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?
blahblahblah, Laughing
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Probably because the TO is confident of selling out all spaces, so you are effectively stopping them from selling the other space, and with it losing profit. They don't really want your business.

Why not pay for two spaces, take two spaces, and sell one to someone for a discounted rate, or even better fill the space at half the total cost? Offer the other space for free to some nubile young thing off the internet or something. Find a positive out of it Smile
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skisimon, they're not saving much, if any, in the way of sunk costs if you go on your own. they have bought the seats on the flight, they are paying the ski bum who will clean the room, the people working in the kitchen etc. they won't be making huge dents in their shopping lists either. You are trying to get a ski holiday on the cheap, they are trying to maximise their profit. And the snow is absolutely stupendous - so they will have seen a bit surge in enquiries. It's just a negotiation.

Probably some cheap deals going in the Dolomites, or the Pyrenees.... Twisted Evil
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'cos the food budget is probably about 30€ per week. If you ask nicely, maybe they'll give you 30€ off. Otherwise, all their costs are pretty-much the same whether they have one person in the room or two.
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Then you can post your own questions or snow reports...
Always worth a google to see who the actual operator is looks like Total or their family arm Esprit (Saw good esprit deals on Iglu last year only to discover 2 males sharing not allowed as a family company) (Even tried the sexual equality bit but they weren't having it!!).


http://www.google.co.uk/url?q=http://www.skitotal.com/AccommodationDetails.aspx%3FaccomId%3D3010%26airportCode%3DLGW&sa=U&ei=JNAFT7jOE4Wb-gbSiP3VAQ&ved=0CCIQFjAE&usg=AFQjCNHP0_KpMv-13AJ5stHioYRPT2YugQ


Good Luck
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There's never a need to pay a single supplement when U have snowHeads - just state the deal and find someone who wants to go too that will room with U.
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pam w, I am not trying to get a holiday on the cheap - I'm content to pay a supplement. Why should I have to pay twice the price that someone who has a friend or partner? I already subsidise all the 2 for 1 offers that the companies run of lift passes or ski hire etc.

Monium, they have two rooms (out of six), so a third of the whole chalet, available. If they can sell them both in the next 12 hours, then fair play to them. Though I'm now seriously considering your final suggestion... Shocked Laughing

If the costs are the same, then surely four people should be able to travel for the same price as two, same arguments apply... rolling eyes
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admin, excellent point! (Shame I can't make the Birthday Bash - that would have been excellent, I might even have had the patience to wait for it).
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skisimon, mountainsun or skiweekender? Much more reasonable sing-supps.

Or DIY to austria where there are zillions of single rooms (although not in chalets)
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red 27, thanks for the tips, will keep an eye on those companies in the future. Found a good (single) deal in Austria, but was in quite a small resort.

oldmike, yes, I'm a bit unsure as to exactly who is running the chalet (I think you're right though, as Ski Total claim that they and their hosts run the chalet). Some sites that I've found it on say that children are not permitted outside of school holidays, whereas others suggest that you can only book if you have a child in the party. Iglu quoted me for going solo, so would have thought that the former were more likely to be correct (for this one, at any rate).

With admin's point in mind... Any takers for a trip to Les Arcs? Departs Gatwick on Sunday, £359 CA. (Provided, of course, that I can confirm it's a twin, not a double).
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skisimon, don't do it - you will end up with a ghastly snoring snowHead and wish you were dead
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You know it makes sense.
As long as no-one urinates in a waste paper basket right next to my head... Shocked Laughing snowHead
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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