Ski Holiday Money Saving Tips

October 29th, 2008 - Posted by: Powder Monkey

When

1. An obvious one perhaps, but if you can, avoid holiday periods when the price of just about everything goes up. The first and second weeks in January are usually the cheapest and there are often bargains to be had in March. If you are confined to school holidays, Christmas and Easter weeks are generally far cheaper than New Year or Half Term and go high (Val Thorens, Tignes, Les Arcs) for good early/late season snow.

Where

2. If you want to ski in any of the giant ski areas like The 3 Valleys, The Espace Killy or Paradiski stay in an outlaying village rather than in the big name resorts. Outside the celebrated centres of Val d’Isere, Courchevel, Les Arcs etc you’ll find everything comes cheaper (except your lift pass).

For all-round savings, try somewhere completely different like little-known ski resort Saint-Jean-d’Arves. Picturesque Saint-Jean is an integral part of the Les Sybelles ski area which boasts 310km of piste, making it the 4th largest in France!
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Tags: budget ski holidays, Flights to Geneva, Flights to Grenoble, Saint Jean d'Arve
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