Blog post November 2009

Foreign office advice for skiers

The UK Foreign Office have issued a statement regarding accidents whilst skiing, including when alcohol might be involved.  Check out their guidelines and make sure you have your insurance up to date for each trip - and let's hope you don't need it !

Records broken

It is official - the Whistler Tourist Office have announced that this is the snowiest November to date.
With 523cm of snowfall so far this month it is forecast to be a brilliant season. 

Zenith Holidays - special offers

Zenith Holidays have weekly deals to tempt you to book your ski holiday, here are a selection:
 
Offers w/c 16/11/2009Chalet Louis, Alpe D'HuezStay for 3 nights in this delightful chalet and, depending on your flight times, you could be getting almost 4 days skiing! Price £149pp for 3 nights chalet board, 4 nights £199Call us on 01737 852242 to book or send us an email request from here.
 

Snow Carbon site launches

Why fly to a ski resort in Europe when you can take the train? snowcarbon is an independent website that shows you which ski resorts are easiest to reach and how to book the lowest fares.  Find out how to cut your carbon footprint for your holiday by up to 90%.
 

Verbier open early

Verbier has delclared itself the first resort to open for the season, using a combination of manmade and natural snow. More information...

Book early deals for Whistler

Tourism Whistler are offering great discounts for early bookings, book before the 15th November and save upto 39%.  Take our guide to Whistler with you and make the most of your time on the slopes.
 

20% discount on clothing and equipment

Progression Ski and Snowboard School have teamed up with LD Mountain Centre to offer all our customers and friends a credit crunch cracking 20% discount on all 2009/10 ski & snowboard clothing and equipment from many top brands. This is a saving of up to 40% on resort prices, which are 20% more expensive than UK prices, so grab a bargain and click on the link above to go to their website.

It's snowing in Courchevel...

The Tourist Office in Courchevel have sent this lovely link to their webcam - showing off their new, beautiful snowfall on the slopes.... the fun is about to start.

Insure the snowfall !!

Guaranteed snow or your money back on ski holidays to France with Pierre & Vacances
  Following on from the success of Pierre & Vacances’ popular ‘sunshine guarantee’ insurance policy this summer, the European accommodation specialist is now offering a ‘snow guarantee’ on all winter ski holidays. The ski insurance policy allows holidaymakers the option of cancelling their ski holiday free of charge if snow weather conditions in resort are insufficient.

** WINNER **

Thanks to everybody who has entered our competion so far.  The first draw produced a winner. Remember, keep entering via our site or on twitter, four more draws will be made and we will announce the winners. All entries go forward for all the draws.

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