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[by helen raemers on Thu 20th Oct 05, 5:00pm]

All j2Ski visitors can now get a 20% discount on Ski Hire, just by clicking through any of the SkiSet links around the Site.

Which is nice. 8)

Enjoy!

suts89 wrote:do you think this approach is also the way to go and most effective when arranging childrens ski school and ski hire?

Yes, although it's always worth searching for personal recommendations for ski schools...

As for Ski Hire; within the next week or two you're going to be able to pre-book your hire gear right here on j2ski - at a good discount too!
8)

So watch this space...

Hi Simon, ok so you don't have a 2+2 family. Fortunately I reckon that only excludes you from the main Tour Operators and the Chain Hotels (purpose built with 48 identical rooms). By far your best bet is the independent sector who are generally more flexible and often have odd-sized apartments and rooms in chalets.

If you can travel outside school hols it will help massively; otherwise you will have to book early.

But there are small family-run hotels in many resorts if you go looking - a good start is always the Tourist Office; drop them an e-mail and they can usually give you an idea of where might be suitable.

We've stayed in Les Carroz a couple of times, including short breaks at the Hotels Bois de la Char (family-run, flexible and friendly - and right on the piste!) and Les Belles Piste (Brit-run and friendly). Pretty sure both these had family rooms available. Also recommend Les Carroz for families as we found everyone very friendly - nice selection of pistes that kids can find their way round on easily without falling over cliffs, etc.

Another family-friendly resort near Geneva is La Clusaz.

So... be prepared for a few e-mails but it's all out there somewhere. Once you break away from the package operators you'll be amazed how much variety there is available.

As above, start with the Tourist Office and go from there - they almost always have lists of private rentals too (though speaking French will be useful for those!).

Hope that helps...

Excellent! Got any hot tips? Any dark horses amongst the chair lifts (or should that be black sheep)? 8)

I think it's just moved up the point at which people get stuck. That's a good thing for allowing relative beginners to get around the mountain more easily but so many of them just seem to think they're hot-shots because they can ride a carver round a turn.
At least in the olden days (speaking as an old fogie) there was no other way to carve a ski than properly and I believe that level of technique is stilll just as difficult to achieve.
But, definitely, more people enjoy their skiing more now and that can only be a good thing.

Hi Steve, fixed your link to make it clickable; can we get a link back please? Will also add you to our Directory where we'll highlight your link if you link back. Thanks very much.

Thanks Simon! We're glad our investment in coffee and midnight oil is appreciated... ;)