Chalet holiday but on a budget.

Hey guys.

Hope everyone is well? Now that I've moved house, brought a dog and finally remembered my password to the website iv decided to look at going away this winter.

I have a budget of £1600 for two of us to go away on the 4th January for a week. With work and my fiancé's uni course this is the only week we can go.

The 1600 needs to cover abomination, transfers, flights, ski hire and lift passes.

I have looked on Crystal at Andorra and a place in Italy, can't remember which resort. And they have had holidays in my price range.


We would like to stop in a chalet but have no idea what they charge and if it's out of our price range. Also we haven't decided on a resort, so can anyone please give me advise.

As always, cheers in advance as I know you all have good tips and advice

Try Alpine Elements, they have a good range of chalets well within your budget. Val D'Isere for £510pp fully catered is just one option.

You need to decide where you want to to Sm4sh before you start looking at chalets and costs.
Andorra is generally cheap, but snow may be an issue that early, hopefully not.
France is the chalet capital - places like Meribel, Val Thorens, Les Arcs and in particular La Plagne are full of them.
Its a tight budget even by my standards - why dont you wait and book something late as prices will drop within 2 weeks of travel?

That seems an OK budget, sm4sh. You should be able to look at a number of places.
I don't do chalets, so won't try to help there. I always try to stay either in a hotel, (which, for best price would be a late booking), but I prefer a b&b or apartment, where the proprietors mostly speak German.
sm4sh, what is your local airport(s)? That is a key factor on flight value.

First pass £1410 flying from London.

Hi Sm4sh. Agree with Tony about France. Have skied La Plagne many times-good to excellent ski area and pretty snow sure in early January. They have the glacier there so skiing all year round! Prices in La Plagne can be a bit high but staying in a chalet can ease the pain! Have used both Crystal and Silver Ski who would come in your budget at that time of the year. Silver ski have some excellent chalets in Plagne Central with excellent access to all the other villages (plus Les Arc). Have a look at the websites. Also possibly worth considering is Italy with Gressoney and Champoluc good and very reasonably priced. Let us know how you get on.

The first couple of weeks of the year tend to be quieter and cheaper, althouhg like Tony says the lower resorts might not have the best snow, but if you can hang on and book last minute like has been suggested you could get yourself a great deal.

We would be flying from Manchester or Birmingham. Have been looking on the Neilson website and come across some cheap ... hotels :)
Seems to be heading more towards the hotels at the moment as I don't think my fiancé realised you kinda share Chalets with other people staying there.

At the moment we are looking at Soll, Austria and Arinsal, Andorra. Do you guys have any negative points on these resorts and at going at this time of year?

There is just so many different places to book and after my first year skiing in Borovets I am always worries there will be no snow.

Sorry to be a pain.

:)