Tuesday, 10 November 2009
More ski resorts open
Tuesday, 3 November 2009
November offer at Little Skiers....
Monday, 19 October 2009
its snowing in the Alps!
Wednesday, 14 October 2009
Metro Ski & Snowboard Show - got your tickets??
- 50ft kicker - can't wait to see the tricks & stunts by top UK & international skiers & boarders - and make me feel inadequate!
- following that, we will be visiting Warren Smith Ski Academy to have a 30 minute assessment on my skiing and hopefully how to to improve it
Saturday, 10 October 2009
Fantastic offer on Barts hats - this weekend only!!!
Buy a Barts hat & receive a fleece neck warmer for free...
To celebrate our fab new range of Barts hats & accessories, for this weekend only, with every Barts hat you buy, you will receive a free fleece neck warmer worth £5.99!
Barts is renowned throughout the european skiing world for their stylish hats and accessories. Soft, thick chunky knits, cute designs or trendy beanies, it is a crime to save these hats for the ski holiday!
So, for this weekend only, starting today & ending midnight Sunday, all Barts hats purchased (including adult hats) will receive a complementary fleece neck warmer in either black, red, off white or pink which are currently selling on line for £5.99*
Tuesday, 6 October 2009
PLEASE VOTE FOR LITTLE SKIERS....
PLEASE VISIT www.thegoodwebguide.co.uk and complete the simple feedback form on what you think of our website, Little Skiers - please be nice!Monday, 28 September 2009
Booking with a travel agent?
Fellow parent & Little Skiers customer, Geoff Caddick, has some interesting thoughts on booking your ski trip independently.....
Why not do an exercise to comapre what you can do yourself versus what the travel agents and ski comapnies offer? The hard works is up front in researching putting together a package but this can be fun.
The rationale: If you hate sitting on coaches that often linger at airports waiting for several groups to arrive on different flights and then throw your children around on mountain roads when they do set out, often with dire alimentary consequences .... and .... the flights being offered are leaving UK at ungodly hours....... and you arrive at a resort where half of France is in residence for a with with prices set to match the pockets of rich Russian oil tycoons.... then you might want to look at ski trains or even fly drive via airports with scheduled flights. You could be surprised by how good a deal you can get on car hire and airline tickets. Plus there are some real little hotel gems out there. I own up to having limied experience of catered chalets as they seem to focus primarily on afternoon cake baking versus real food provision!
Admittedly it helps if you speak a little of one or two languages but European tourist offices are very helpful and usually cater for UK mon-glots. Plus there are some great ski resorts guides available from your local book shops and the tour operators web sites are often useful if read carefully and sceptically, especially when they say that the resort caters for all abilities. Always review the piste maps carefully!
I have booked ski holidays this way for the last few years and really love working to a more relaxed and family specific agenda. This is especially useful - if like me - you have 4 children and on-line booking tools don't cater well in terms of detailing hotel family rooms.
The other big plus is you can target smaller resorts with less ski traffic and more local charm if you wish.
Again, this is something I do based on ski guides and mini "reccies" of different areas when at a neighbouring resort.
In summary, I would say that this DIY strategy is worth exploring if you have the time and drive and you are willing to go beyond the single single booking transaction that gets you into an all found package in the mainstream resorts.
Good Luck!
