Car Hire Cost Cutting Tips
December 9th, 2008 - Posted by: Powder Monkey
Car hire is one option for getting from the airport to your chosen ski resort. It can work out far cheaper than a private taxi or transfer, providing you don’t have to pay for parking. And you can save even more money on travel to the slopes by following our guide to cutting car hire costs. Car hire is an extremely competitive business these days, which is good news for the consumer because there are loads of good deals out there.
Tags: Car Hire, Chambery Airport
Posted in Skiing on the Cheap, Travel to the French Alps | No Comments »
Cheaper Transfers to French Ski Resorts
November 30th, 2008 - Posted by: Powder Monkey
Snowjet has always aimed to get you to the slopes more quickly and for less. We do so by providing low-cost, skier friendly flights to Chambéry, the local airport for many of the finest ski resorts in the French Alps. Flying to Chambéry hugely reduces transfer times and therefore transfer costs to Val d’Isere, Meribel, Courchevel, Les Arcs, La Plagne and more. At Snowjet we are conscious of the fact that even a short transfer can be very expensive, so we have come up with a brand new initiative to save you even more money on your ski holiday travel arrangements.
Tags: Bus, Car Hire, Courchevel, La Plagne, Les Arcs, Meribel, Transfers, Val d'Isere
Posted in Skiing on the Cheap, Snowjet, Travel to the French Alps | No Comments »
Ski Holiday Bargains in December
November 7th, 2008 - Posted by: Powder Monkey
The well-reported dump of snow across the French Alps last week has fuelled expectation among winter sports fans of another bumper snow year. Over half a metre of snow fell in some places and, although it warmed up over the weekend, there has been a steady accumulation of snow above 2500m for the last couple of nights. Die-hard skiing enthusiasts are already enjoying knee-deep powder on the glacier in Tignes although other French resorts are not scheduled to open for several weeks. Here in Chamonix the lifts are not due to open fully until Christmas while most of the high-altitude resorts are opening between the end of November and the middle of December. Pre-Christmas there are some great bargains waiting to be snapped up and with conditions like these you won’t want to miss out.
Knee-Deep Powder in Tignes 30th October 2008
Read on for accommodation and flight deals for skiing before the busy holiday period in some of the most snow-sure resorts in Europe…
Read more…
Tags: La Plagne, Les Arcs, Tignes, Val d'Isere, Val Thorens
Posted in News from the Alps, Skiing on the Cheap, Snowjet, Special Offers, Travel to the French Alps, Weather & Snow Conditions | 2 Comments »
Travel to the French Alps - Snowtrain or Slow Strain?
November 5th, 2008 - Posted by: Powder Monkey
I recently read interesting an article in the Telegraph Online about the merits of using the Snow Train to travel to the French Alps. The journey involves catching the Eurostar at either St Pancras or Ebbsfleet International then changing at Paris Gare du Nord to the Snow Train which stops at Moutiers and Aime and terminates in Bourg Saint Maurice. On the outward journey you depart from the UK on Friday evening, travel overnight, and arrive early Saturday morning. On the return leg, you depart on Saturday evening. It’s a clever schedule on paper that makes for 8 days skiing but I wonder what passengers make of the service in practice.
Read more…
Tags: budget ski holidays, Snowheads, Val d'Isere
Posted in News from the Alps, Skiing in France, Travel to the French Alps | 2 Comments »
3300 Reasons to Choose the French Alps for Your Next Skiing Holiday!
November 4th, 2008 - Posted by: Powder Monkey
France offers skiing on a massive scale. At the last count there were 3300 ski lifts in the French Alps. Placed end-to-end, they would stretch for 1800 miles. That’s further than the distance between London and Moscow! It’s unsurprising, then, that France is home to the world’s biggest linked areas. Giant ski circuits, like The 3 Valleys, The Espace Killy, The Portes du Soleil and Paradiski, dwarf rivals elsewhere in Europe and swamp North American contenders 2 or 3 times over. The largest of these, The 3 Valleys, boasts 600+km of pistes - more than enough to keep even the most high-mileage skier happy.
Top of Europe - Val Thorens with Mont Blanc in the background
Tags: Chamonix, Global Warming, Monetier-les-Bains, Mont Blanc, Purpose-Built Resorts, Saint Sorlin d'Arve, Serre Chevalier, Skiing in France, Traditional Mountain Villages
Posted in News from the Alps, Skiing in France, Snowjet, Travel to the French Alps | No Comments »
- SKI FLIGHTS TO FRANCE
- ABOUT SNOW JET
- SKI FLIGHT TIMETABLE
- CHAMBERY AIRPORT
- AIRLINE PARTNERS
- SKI PARTNERS
- TRANSFERS & CAR HIRE
- PRIVACY POLICY
- AFFILIATES
- SITE MAP
Site designed and produced by the ProWeb Group