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Started by Sm4sh in Ski Chatter - 36 Replies

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AllyG
reply to 'Chalet holiday but on a budget.' posted Oct-2014



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:


Sorry Sm4sh, you're quite right, it looks as though the Sauze is all booked up with Crystal for the week starting 4th Jan :(

There's still availability for the week we're going, the 11th Jan, but I remember you said you had to go on the 4th Jan.

Never mind, there are loads of other budget hotels and chalets around in various ski resorts. And as you said, you can always leave the booking for now and look for a last minute bargain.

If I think of another suitable one I'll let you know :)

And I'm sure we'll take lots of photos in and around the Sauze hotel and post up about its good and bad points after our holiday, so you'll find out what it's like :)

And if it turns out to be OK, you could always consider going there the following year ...

Tony_H
reply to 'Chalet holiday but on a budget.' posted Oct-2014

catp wrote: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I'll accept an outdated hotel/chalet (if it's clean & safe) as long as the quality of skiing (snow and ski-terrain) is really great!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: ;-) )


I think you misunderstood what I said completely. I'm absolutely not a 5 star kind of person but when budgeting myself for January it worked out about £100pp more for 4 NOT 5 star all in at club med compared to a 2 star in Italy. No Brainer. Especially taking into account the high quality of the ski area I'm going to.

As for sauze, I've had 2 great ski holidays there. I just wishes the snow had been better as its often iffy, and also that we had stayed somewhere other than the hotel sauze the second time. I've stated in plenty worse, mind.

I'm sure the j2 trip will be great.

Let's see what smash ends up doing.
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Sm4sh
reply to 'Chalet holiday but on a budget.' posted Oct-2014

Pressure is on then now! :lol: I'm going wait a month or two then book up, so yeh if you see anything Ally let me know.

And it has got to be the 4th Jan as my Mrs has started a part time Uni course which is every Friday and I cant talk her out of missing a week... I have tried. Else it would have been good to see what this Sauze hotel is all about and maybe meet a few of you guys.

I suppose there's always another year!

AllyG
reply to 'Chalet holiday but on a budget.' posted Oct-2014

Hi Sm4sh,
I have sent you another suggestion by private message (so that no-one else grabs it before you do!) :)

Ian Wickham
reply to 'Chalet holiday but on a budget.' posted Oct-2014

Tony_H wrote:
catp wrote: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: ;-) )


I think you misunderstood what I said completely. I'm absolutely not a 5 star kind of person but when budgeting myself for January it worked out about £100pp more for 4 NOT 5 star all in at club med compared to a 2 star in Italy. No Brainer. Especially taking into account the high quality of the ski area I'm going to.

As for sauze, I've had 2 great ski holidays there. I just wishes the snow had been better as its often iffy, and also that we had stayed somewhere other than the hotel sauze the second time. I've stated in plenty worse, mind.

I'm sure the j2 trip will be great.

Let's see what smash ends up doing.


Is that the same club med where they had a bout of food poisoning when you were there and you marked them 5/10 ??? :(
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Topic last updated on 22-October-2014 at 12:46