 Poster: A snowHead
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hi everyone, i am looking to go away for 3 nights in march, hoping to spend no more than £300 for the whole lot, but £250 is better, this including lift pass accommodation and flights with transfers/car hire. if anybody could help with this, this would be great. also what resorts have the cheapest transfers, please respond asap kind regards
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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hammy1846at4, bit tight that really, you would have more luck getting a cheap tour op deal but that would be for a week. Can't you do a week?
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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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Hi thanks for the reply, I thought I would get comments like this, but I think, know it is doable, went away over new year as group of 5 and paid £450 for a whole week for the whole works including food, I do have my own gear, we went to chamrousse
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hammy1846at4, OK first check that your dates don't correspond with any school holidays, then find some cheap flights to a major gateway like Geneva or Innsbruck. Then post on Chalets Direct to get 3 nights accomm. That's a start.
But when you say you know it is doable, your example was for 5 people to Chamrousse for a week. That's my point, a week is cheaper than an odd duration. You will have had a TO deal with a free/inclusive lift pass with 5 people in a french apartment.
3 nights DIY totally different ball game.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Flights and transfers cost the same whether for a week or 3 days and getting them including ski carriage for under £150 will be tricky. After that, good luck with finding accommodation and a lift pass for £100-£150.
sarah is absolutely right, if it's a busy week the hotels will prefer to let rooms for a whole week rather than a few days, but if it's a quieter week you may be in luck. Try booking.com or something. Or try a specialist TO that deals with short breaks. Good luck!
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£100 return to Geneva with SWISS to get free ski carriage
£50 a night cheapest catered chalet - you cant beat that even eating out - ;robably more like £80/night
£45 a day lift pass
4 days car hire £150 o r £80 retrun transfers to somewhere close
£100 spending money min
£75 getting to/from LHR /LGW
i dont think i've ever beaten that - best bet is to go by coach with SkiWeekends to the 3 valleys and then you might get something cheaper
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£45 a day lift pass
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There are loads of places (including Chamrousse, cited by the OP) where a day lift pass costs a whole heap less than £45.
And why would you need £33 a day spending money when you've already paid for lift pass and a catered chalet!
I agree the OP's budget is tight for a short break, which costs far more per day than a week, but some of those figures are definitely high.
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Cos you need to eat lunch, have a mid morning drink and snack, cake/strudel with schnapps later afternoon, then whatever you drink in the evening
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sev112, but the OP is looking for super cheap, not strudel and schnapps! 
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Your dreaming !! I wish you all the best but maybe you should be realistic or think about the snowdome
3 days snowdome x £40 = £120
3 days return train x £20 = £60
3 days food and drink x £20 = £60
There you go just under your £250 budget !
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Thanks for the response guys, it all helps, I know our budget is low but when we went over new year infact we didn't book through TO and done it all independantly so had to buy lift passes there ect, I am aware it may cost more for only couple of nights rather than week, but have had a look on skibed and lots of accommodation with lift passes from £100-130 that's around our budget, so would need transfer and flights. But I posted to get any other ideas or offers, we don't need anything fancy, a croissant for breakfast, baguette for lunch, pasta ect for dinner thank you
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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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hammy1846at4, fair play. Good luck to you, let us know how you get on.
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