Catered chalets - feedback please!

Snapzzz wrote:

Tony_H wrote:

Iceman wrote:Can't walk around in just a pair of shorts in a chalet.

oh yes you can

Im pretty sure he means his boxers....


Its the biggest thing that puts me off chalets is the other occupants, especially if its a small property. I wouldn't like to stay in a 16 person chalet where 14 other guests are part of the same group, it would be like gatecrashing someones party.

Snaapzzz on the money again!! It would not be fair to have a hunky fella walking round in nothing but boxers. They would get very excited ;)

Agree with the gatecrasher feeling, if I was to stay in a chalet hotel, what is the difference between that and a normal hotel?

Iceman wrote:
Agree with the gatecrasher feeling, if I was to stay in a chalet hotel, what is the difference between that and a normal hotel?

I think the Chalet Hotel is a relatively new term and from my understanding it is just a smallish (40-80 guest) hotel that is run totally by the TO. So you get just british guests.
We stayed in one in ADH and it had quite a nice feel to it, big enough for you to do your own thing but small enough to mix if you wanted to.

Snapzzz wrote:

Iceman wrote:
Agree with the gatecrasher feeling, if I was to stay in a chalet hotel, what is the difference between that and a normal hotel?

I think the Chalet Hotel is a relatively new term and from my understanding it is just a smallish (40-80 guest) hotel that is run totally by the TO. So you get just british guests.

That almost rules it out immediately. Part of the fun is "people watching" other nationalities ;)

Do I get to sit at my own table at dinner and breakfast? That is a big deciding factor for me. :roll:

Iceman wrote:
That almost rules it out immediately. Part of the fun is "people watching" other nationalities ;)

I tend to lean the other way, especially with regard to the french. In Flaine the buggers pushed and shoved us all over the place.
All the brits queue nicely for the lifts and stuff, the french push right on in.

That is true, the British to tend to have international prize for queuing etiquette! Look at how we all play nice when boarding a no allocated seat plane. Orderly queue chaps - I know there will be exceptions before you leap on me.....)

Another consideration for next year now

- Resort/country
- Method of travel
- DIY or not
- SC/Chalet/Hotel

The past 5 years have been easy, DIY, France, Easyjet, car hire, SC. The strength of the Euro is having a big effect on decisions now. :roll:

Iceman wrote:

Do I get to sit at my own table at dinner and breakfast? That is a big deciding factor for me. :roll:

This depends on the hotel to be honest Icy. I have stayed in some chalet hotels where every group had a separate table for all meals, albeit in a shift pattern for dinner (so breakfast was a first come first table job and I would usually just take a bacon roll to the bar). I have also stayed in ones where the tables were all long ones seating 20 people, and groups would have to share the tables.

Nothing wrong with that for dinner, but people can be a bit tetchy first thing in the morning :shock:

Oh no School dinner style :shock:

You are not selling it very well to me.

I suppose sitting here now in UK in boxers thinking about it will be a but different compared to the glow I have after a days skiing. Stop being Grumpy Icy!

Hmm, maybe not selling it well, but given a choice between chalet hotel and standard hotel, I would probably go for the standard hotel in future.

Don't confuse a chalet hotel with a standard catered chalet, they are totally different.