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DIY ski holidays

Wed, 4 Jan 2012 21:33:58 GMT

For those that do DIY holidays, can you please suggest a few websites for accommodation? Probably leaning more towards hotels than SC but will look at both.

Chars.

Re:DIY ski holidays

Wed, 4 Jan 2012 21:38:14 GMT

indeed....please do...looking for a midweek break from 5/2 to 12/2 kinda time....help!

Re:DIY ski holidays

Wed, 4 Jan 2012 21:38:54 GMT

Hi Nellie. Some of the best deals I have managed to get, came simply from the official websites for the resorts I wanted to go to. I simply followed the accommodation links and then contacted the Agencies direct (in the case of apartments) or visited the direct websites of Hotels being advertised.

So far, I have had excellent deals for apartments in Val D'Isere and Livigno, plus also got a really good deal on a Hotel in La Plagne, which sadly we ended up not doing :(

Re:DIY ski holidays

Wed, 4 Jan 2012 21:48:04 GMT

If you know the area that you want to ski, try emailing the tourist board, state the kind of accomodation you want, and give them your dates.

The effectiveness of this depends on the tourist board. The best response I ever had was from the ski-welt TB ~ I received responses sent directly from the accomodation owners.

Re:DIY ski holidays

Wed, 4 Jan 2012 23:03:53 GMT

Errk, I'm gonna get shot! Of course your first port of call for information should be:
http://www.j2ski.com/ski_chalets/
It isn't just chalets as the site suggests, you can find hotels and apartments.

Re:DIY ski holidays

Thu, 5 Jan 2012 06:43:50 GMT

Chose the resort first, then go to resort website and you should be able to find all the links there.

Re:DIY ski holidays

Thu, 5 Jan 2012 07:08:14 GMT

I have used these before they are owner run chalets ...

http://www.chaletgroup.com/

Re:DIY ski holidays

Thu, 5 Jan 2012 08:10:36 GMT

We've gone DIY a few times (Austria and Whistler). 1st task is to pick a resort, If you're leaning more towards a hotel then trip advisor and Google maps will be a God send.

Flights (falling off a log easy)
Hotel (Pick one close to the lifts :))
Ski Pass (Resort Website)
Transfers (Now depending on where you're going this can be easy to sort out via the resort website or do a bit of Googling or You might not need one, some hotels organise a pickup from local stations etc St Anton is great for this)

Ski Hire (If you need it) Resort website should give you some good links to local hire shops)

Apart from that it's the normal insurance \ currency stuff.

Good luck!

Re:DIY ski holidays

Thu, 5 Jan 2012 14:04:43 GMT

I was getting a bit frustrated last night as everything I found was ridiculously expensive. I have tried going directly through some hotels and the resort websites, but maybe its because I'm looking at one of the more expensive resorts.

Anyway, I will soldier on.

Thank you.

Re:DIY ski holidays

Thu, 5 Jan 2012 14:32:12 GMT

Once you've found the resort, try and get a map of all the hotels. Visit their sights direct, and use someone like trip adviser to get a broad selection of reviews.

The earlier you book flights the better, certainly with the likes of Sleasy Jet.

Re:DIY ski holidays

Thu, 5 Jan 2012 18:46:55 GMT

I just hunt around the web for accommodation and look from there. Unless you know the area inside out, the thing with DIY is that it can take a LOT of research. But I find that the fun bit :)

Where is it that you are off?

Re:DIY ski holidays

Thu, 5 Jan 2012 21:42:12 GMT

After the thread about the snow train yesterday I decided to have a look at DIY to anywhere that the train went, so Val D, Tigne, Les Arcs, La Plagne.

Now just changed our date of travel as well to 3 March.