J2Ski Holiday 2014

AllyG wrote:
This is a quick summary of the situation at the moment:

Ian W - wants January or maybe March
Nelly - can't do January but OK for Feb and March
Me - March a bit doubtful about whether I can manage it or not
Snapzzz - prefers last week in Jan or early Feb but could probably manage Jan, Feb or March (as long as we hurry up and organize it before he books his family holidays)
Icy - wants March
Tony H - Thinks it's too early to consider 2014
Old Andy - said he'd love to come if he could manage it
Bandit - possibly might be considering it - I don't really know
Dids - would like to come 'one day'
Old Boarder - wants Feb or March
Felthorpe - doesn't seem to mind which month
Daved - wants last 2 weeks of Jan or 1st week of Feb
Far Queue - wants January or March
Bedrock Barney + 1 - wants late Feb or early March
Tonypants - not March
Joe Colin - wants January or February
Brooksy - doesn't want school holidays and prefers the cheaper holiday dates if possible
Randyrat - has a group of 4 people, and prefers the last week in January and somewhere not too expensive.
Catp - is interested in coming and hasn't got any preferences for the date

Have I left anyone out, or accidentally included anyone I shouldn't have?

Here are the places suggested so far for 2014:

Snapzzz - Zermatt, Sella Ronda, Les Portes du Soleil
Crispyapplepie - Morzine, St Anton, Alpe d'Huez
Daved - Milky Way, La Plagne (Montchavin and Champery), La Clusaz, Verchaix/Grand Massif
Old Boarder - Les Deux Alpes
Dids - Samoens/Grand Massif
Andyhull - chalet The Lodge in Val d'Isere with Skiworld (around £700-£750 all inclusive except ski hire, January prices)
Tony H - Niederau and St Moritz
AllyG - 3 Valleys
Ian W - Livigno
Icy - Chamonix
Ranchero_1979 - Engelberg
Bandit - Les Arcs
Ranchero_1979 - Cervinia

Any more places/ski areas anyone would like us to consider? Would anyone else like to go on the list of those potentially interested for 2014?

AllyG wrote:Well, I have been trying, and failing, to find reasonably priced acceptable accommodation for us in St Moritz

The best deal I can find is the one Tony H had - £1000 with Club Med to include all food and drink, flights and transfers, accommodation, lift passes, and lessons. It doesn't, however, include ski and boot hire, so anyone who needs this would have to pay another £100 or so on top of the £1000 basic price - making it a very expensive holiday costing £1,100.

So I would like to ditch St Moritz as a resort option. I think it's much too expensive for us, and I'm sure we can find cheaper places just as good (or better)

I am aiming to bring in the potential resorts/ski areas for a total price of £800 or less, not including ski and boot hire. As I have said already, the January 2013 holiday works out at a basic total price of about £759 p.p. apart from the cost of ski and boot hire. I would like to be able to repeat this for 2014, and find some accommodation in each resort/ski area where the single occupancy charge isn't more than the £200 Bonjour are charging us for 2013.

  2013: Champoluc Jan, Serre Che March
Skis: Scott Neo 2009

AllyG wrote: plus Igluski says it's a 5 hour transfer.