Skiing - France 2011/12!
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MATTP77

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697 posts

225 months

Tuesday 18th October 2011
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Guys,

Wondering if you can help at all....

A friend and I are looking to go for 2-3 weeks over Christmas, looking for a relatively average apartment somewhere in the Alpes. Tignes Avoriaz and Val T have been excellent in the past, but having always gone in a group of 8-10 and getting a chalet, im a bit unsure where to look.

We may also drive over our selves, in which case, flights might not be necessary. Can anyone recommend a website where you can book decent quality apartments/hotels for that length of time, as obviously many of the popular holiday sites seem to have a cap on your holiday duration of 2 weeks.

Any suggestions welcomed guys. Thanks for your help in advance!

Matt

andrew311

6,426 posts

207 months

Wednesday 19th October 2011
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I’d have a good Google or check out sites like Owners Direct who have allot of accomadation in France but less so in Austria/Italy. I’m sure that UK tour operators will be able to sort you something out for a longer duration if you call them. Driving depends on your location in the UK really but with petrol, tolls snow chains it could run you around £400 easily driving from the South. Main advantage to driving is usually you can get extra time in resort vs flying as part of a package etc.

My experience of December is variable conditions, sometimes sunny, sometimes Baltic, sometimes a weeks whiteout. Depending on which resort you choose I’d look at late December unless you go somewhere like Tinges. One year when we arrived at a French resort (1800m resort level) the chaelet staff showed us pics of green fields just a week or so before we landed.

craigb84

1,494 posts

182 months

Thursday 20th October 2011
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Try tignes-spirit.com. They should help you out. It's who I'll be booking my group holiday thru anyways and they do have some longer term stuff.

MATTP77

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697 posts

225 months

Friday 21st October 2011
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I shall have a look into that, thanks!