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Hello!
Boyfriend and I are looking for a short ski break to get away from it all (and do our relationship some good therefore!)
It needs to be very cheap obviously!
It needs to be close for easy and cheap transfer from airport,
resort needs to have easily accessible slopes (not ski in ski out just good lift from village etc) so we don't waste time
Needs to be reds and a few blacks for our ability range.
Needs to be on weekdays so i don't need time off job at Maplin!
Any help would be MUCH appreciated as we are a bit overwhelmed... he's always gone on uni trips and mum's always planned mine! eek!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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oh fudge... meant this to go in the piste, could someone move it please? x
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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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crazy_skier_jules, Many Tour Operators do last minute deals, but they tend to be week long Sat to Sat or Sun to Sun, though still might be worth looking to see if they do any reduced shorter breaks.
One option would be to look for cheap weekday flights on lines such as Easyjet or BMIBaby, and then look on the internet for B & B accommodation for the number of days you are looking for. One good such site for Austria, Southern Germany and parts of Italy is www.tiscover.com - you could get a flight into Innsbruck or Salzburg and if you pick a resort easy to get to by train the transfer wouldn't be a problem. I don't know of similar a similar website for France, but you could try the individual resort tourist offices websites.
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crazy_skier_jules, drop DallyPaul a PM. He and Nina run a B&B in Morzine and you can arrive and depart any day you like. Lovely people, nice accommodation and short walk, flat walk to/from the Super Morzine lift and town.
DallyPaul can sort you transfers, etc.
Lots of flights to/from Geneva. 75-90 minute transfer.
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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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crazy_skier_jules, Moutainsun & skiweekender both do transfers-included flexible short breaks - check them out perhaps?
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| red 27 wrote: |
| crazy_skier_jules, Moutainsun & skiweekender both do transfers-included flexible short breaks - check them out perhaps? |
plus one for Mountainsun, does everything you ask, I thought the Chalet was a bit basic, but food was good and room was clean. It was pretty cheap as well.
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crazy_skier_jules, I used Flybe from Southampton to Chambery, PG picked me up but took train/taxi back from Bourg to Cham and stayed in a 2* hotel in Piesey-Vallandry (at the end of Les Arcs) a few years ago.
The hotel accepted mid week arrival / departure and a single occupancy with only a small supplement. Because they weren't fully booked. They might do something sensible again for you...
See here for trip report and details but bear in mind it was 6 years ago. http://snowheads.com/ski-forum/viewpost.php?p=91164
Believe Will no longer has the Flying Squirrel.
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| FlyingStantoni wrote: |
crazy_skier_jules, drop DallyPaul a PM. He and Nina run a B&B in Morzine and you can arrive and depart any day you like. Lovely people, nice accommodation and short walk, flat walk to/from the Super Morzine lift and town.
DallyPaul can sort you transfers, etc.
Lots of flights to/from Geneva. 75-90 minute transfer. |
+1 for this it is easy to get a flight to Geneva from Leeds/Brad and 1.5 hrs transfer. Morzine with access to the full PdS area would be a great place to do a mid week and quiet. We used Ridge hotel for the same sort of service but if DallyPaul is  then use him it will be just like your mum doing it.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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email the tourist infomation centres in some of the Austrian resorts. There is a great hostel not far from St Anton. Relatively cheap and flexible on stay duration. Budget airline to anywhere nearby and a hostel stay is perfect. Cheapness is relative in the Alps though but the euro has dipped a little in value against the gbp but its still not like the good old days.
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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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rumdiary, good idea. There's also some sort of hostel thing in Bourg - accessible by snowtrain. Sorry, can't remember details but PG was looking at it as a possible base for a bash in the days when ....
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Samerberg Sue would be a good person to talk to. I remember a very cheap pension just outside of Ellmau in austria. Easyjet to Sburg. Train to St Johan in Tirol and there are dozens of cheapish places around there that the tourist offices will point you in the direction of.
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You know it makes sense.
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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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rumdiary, I had considered St Anton - good for the student partyhead my boyf is 
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Poster: A snowHead
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Oooooo looking at MountainSun they have great deals for Tignes!! Jon went there with uni and is keen on it again and I am happy wherever now I can ski well enough to cope with most on piste conditions
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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crazy_skier_jules, the transfer deal with mountainsun is hard to beat.
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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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pam w, yup that's what we were thinking - you get meals transfers and accomm for 179pp or 199pp - what a deal!! that is pounds btw, this office computer I am using is mapped oddly, hash mark is on the pound sign and pound sign not on hash mark key!
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crazy_skier_jules, The Melezes is on its own and a long way from any party scene. A great ski base, but you will be staying in! It is great value though.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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crazy_skier_jules,
http://www.austrian-adventures.com
Have a good reputation on s, I have not stayed with them but the area is good and Austria is certainly cheaper than the major French resorts. Short transfer from Salzburg if you can conveniently fly there.
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Good last minute deals on crystal web site
try somwhere witha hort transfer & access to lots of snow ( Flaine, claviere, most places in austria)
you might find a blinding deal on some of the better - more expensive hotels too
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