After the MASSIVE snowfall over the weekend, we here in resort were lucky enough to experience some of the best powder skiing of our lives this week! Bosses under the Plan De L'Homme chairlift was an especially good run with a nice tree run and off-pisty bit next to the run! If the snow wasn't good enough, a day's skiing over to Val Thorens showed more powder than we'd experienced in recent times had fallen recently and with it being 1km higher up than Meribel, although the cold was extreme at times, the snow stays fresh for a long time after snowfall. Good ski times! Check out www.ski-savvy.com for your cheap ski holiday deal to the snowy world of the Meribel/Courchevel Valleys!

Meribel is peaceful, the slopes are quiet and after a few weeks of pure blue skies we are expecting quite a few centimetres of snow to fall over the next few days starting this evening giving the pistes a well-deserved freshen up. A visit to Val Thorens yesterday for the day was a nice change - lots of skiing including on a glacier at the top of Le Col chairlift and a drink to end the day at the famous Folie Douce. To come and join the fun in the 3 Valleys, check out www.ski-savvy.com for a cheap ski deal!

La Tania Undiscovered

La Tania lies in the Courchevel Valley between Meribel and Courchevel. It is in a perfect ski location yet it remains relatively hidden as a holiday destination.

La Tania’s main features are its size – although it houses various apartment blocks, chalets and hotels it is very compact around a centre of restaurants, bars, shops and a cinema, the fact that it is traffic-free meaning its peaceful and fresh, and its atmosphere – most small ski resorts lack charm and spirit but La Tania oozes it. 

And also the fact that it’s almost central to the world’s biggest linked ski area and world renowned pistes.

The combination of these factors make the resort a brilliant place for a family holiday, the children can explore freely and never be too far away while the parents can relax with a vin chaud.

Being situated right on the piste and in the middle of the Three Valleys, keen skiers wouldn’t lose a second’s ski time commuting to the slopes and after one chairlift Courchevel and Meribel are at your feet with Val Thorens over the hill.

Still relatively cheap and without Courchevel’s airs and graces or Val Thorens’ grand size, La Tania is a charming manageable resort with something for everyone.

Ski Savvy, the Three Valley package holiday specialist do packages to La Tania starting at £352 pp for a week in January including flights, transfer and accommodation (based on 4 sharing). Check out www.ski-savvy.com for more information.

January 2012 Newsletter

Hello J

Happy New Year from Ski Savvy quarters! 2012 seems to have come upon us at an astonishing rate and if the snow of the past week is anything to go by, we are looking forward to 2012 being an excellent year for lots of powder and amazing skiing! Over a metre of snow fell last Saturday alone and rumours of 80cm of snow that were due to fall yesterday appear to have come true.

Ski Savvy has also had an exciting month – a recent press release proved that were are the cheapest for many more ski weeks to the exact same apartments and hotels in Meribel, Mottaret, Brides Les Bains and La Tania as our main competitors for the same package, one of main principle company aims.

So, time to prove it! As we go into the new year we have some great ski holiday deals to take advantage of; at our cheap budget end we have recently refurbished Le Grand Chalet apartments in Brides Les Bains centre for as low as £211pp based on 4 sharing for 28^th January.

For ski-in, ski-out, Le Hameau apartments in Meribel-Mottaret are unbeatable for from £283pp. At our last price check on 20^th December we were on average over £50 cheaper per person per week than our cheapest competitor for this accommodation, a fact we are very proud of considering the great value of these apartments!

For a more luxurious holiday, Hotel Altis Val Vert in Brides Les Bains is in an excellent location, less than 100m to the gondola up to Meribel, from £411pp based on 2 sharing with use of jacuzzi, steam room, sauna, free wifi and cosy cocktail bar and can be booked on a half board basis for only £10 extra per person per night.

Most holidays are available from Liverpool, London Gatwick, Glasgow and Belfast. Prices are inclusive of a low-cost flight so as their costs rise, so will ours, so don’t delay in booking! Prices also include transfers, accommodation and 24/7 fluent French speaking rep service in resort.

And as the snow continues to fall it seems we have had more up until now than the whole of last season put together! Now is the perfect time to get booking that great ski deal with Ski Savvy!

We hope to see you all out in France soon,

Best Wishes,

Kirsty and the Ski Savvy Team

A new year is upon us already - 2012 looks to be a snowy one, 10cm this afternoon in Meribel and a whopping meter plus arrived on Saturday in the Courchevel Valley making holidaymakers and workers buzzing with excitement! Weather forecast for this week also looks promising, a mixture of snow and sun with cold temperatures helping to keep the powder in tip-top condition. Not forgetting the Apres-Ski - the second bar crawl of the season kicks off at 9pm tonight so better get prepared mentally and physically! To join in the fun in Meribel/ Courchevel Valleys book your cheap ski holiday by visiting www.ski-savvy.com! Happy New Year :-)