Chalet holiday but on a budget.

Have you booked the dog into kennels yet and included the cost in your budget??

As Tony says, go with Club Med and avoid the Hotel Sauze and you will be sorted. :roll:

I think we should drop the Hotel Sauze and see what the results are after Ally as been. It does sound good to me though, up all night on the beers :lol: but then I am the type of guy who goes Ibiza often enough. eeek don't judge me! there's nothing wrong with a good rave.

Anyways my parents can have the dog so no added cost there. I missed out on a ski trip last year as my Mrs wanted to buy a dog and thought over Christmas would be the best time to do so, I was then told 'a dogs for a life not just for Christmas'!! We still have her, along with our chewed up kitchen, skirting boards and table...

I Do like the sound of a chalet but this year is all about the budget so ill see what is available in my price range a little closer to.

Brucie wrote:As Tony says, go with Club Med and avoid the Hotel Sauze and you will be sorted. :roll:

yes cos that's precisely what I said isn't it???

I must be an odd person then because I write reviews on Trip Advisor good or bad. I find it a most useful website but I take what I read with a small pinch of salt. However, lots of different people saying the same thing is something that should not be ignored and I have not found the reviews to be wildly different from the experience once I have been there. If you are going to a resort renowned for carousing all night then you would expect the reviews to be mainly from people who have gone for that purpose and take account of the fact when reviewing them.

The Sauze Hotel has been chosen because it fits best with the disparate group that are the J2Ski holidayers. It won't please everyone but I also hope it won't offend anyone. Clearly it is not of the standard that Tony_H would consider but then that is his prerogative. Even if it wasn't my first choice (and I am not saying it wasn't) I am happy to fit in with the majority because they are a great bunch of people and I want to ski with them.

The J2Ski holidayers are democratic and those who had been on previous holidays all had input into choosing this hotel. So we are happy and we would encourage anyone else to come and join us.

When are you all going to The Sauze Hotel then? I have just had a look at the prices for the 4th Jan but seems to be fully booked that week. With all this rep its getting its making me want to book up and see what its like for my self :lol:

Well put Felthorpe! :thumbup:

To me the idea is quite simple:
I'll accept an outdated hotel/chalet (if it's clean & safe) as long as the quality of skiing (snow and ski-terrain) is really great! And goes without saying that having awesome company is a big plus as well!

I'd say that if anybody here would be happy to spend their ski holiday in a fantastic 5* hotel, even if they'd have terrible snow and ski terrain, then such people might want to look for a different forum. Cause I thought what brought everybody here is our common passion for SKI, so that should be top priority when planning a ski-holiday!

Of course, I'd be lying to pretend I would not enjoy the comfort of 5-Stars Hotels, but when budgeting is an issue, the lodging level falls far below in priority than the quality of snow, ski terrain and enjoyable company.

PS: While I kept saying SKI/SKIING, that that does not mean I forgot we also have some cool boarders in this forum! But, we can look at them as skiers with weird preferences (like choosing to use just one fat ski and wear soft boots! hmmm: could that be looked at as a form of budgeting :roll: :lol: ;-) )

sm4sh wrote:When are you all going to The Sauze Hotel then? I have just had a look at the prices for the 4th Jan but seems to be fully booked that week. With all this rep its getting its making me want to book up and see what its like for my self :lol:

The Sauze 8) group holiday starts on the 11th January -)8)