Frequently Asked Questions

We guarantee that you will not be charged a surcharge on your accommodation price. All of our ski hire, equipment, lessons etc. are priced in Euros and we guarantee that the price indicated will not change. The actual £ sterling price will be given to you three weeks before you travel and you must pay within 2 weeks of your holiday, once you have paid we will not apply a surcharge. Transfers are also priced in Euros and although we will endeavor to keep these prices should the oil price change significantly then the prices could fluctuate, we will give you the £ price three weeks before you go on holiday and you must pay within 2 weeks of your holiday. We do not accept early payments.

Please see our pages on price and availability for full details of what is included and what is not.

Generally our prices include all taxes including tourist tax. Although parking is free in most resorts there may be local car parking charges.

Yes, but we do not provide a mid week change for these and we do recommend that you bring extra towels if you feel that you need more than one towel for the week?

Yes you can – all of our apartments are on our website and we would request that you choose the one that best suits your party.

We are very sorry but we are unable to accommodate pets – we have learnt that other people’s thoughts on well behaved are different to ours or our other guests!

For health and safety aspects all of our catered chalets and apartments are totally non smoking, you may smoke only on the balconies or outside and then you must not throw cigarette butts on the floor/snow. If we identify smoking in our accommodation our staff and directors may ask you to leave the accommodation immediately.

An indication of the type of menu is on our website but we allow out experienced chalet hosts to develop their own menu depending on availability of product. If you are genuinely allergic to things you must tell us and in addition if you are a vegetarian please let us know and our hosts will modify our menu for you. However we are unable to accommodate all likes and dislikes for certain items as this would be a nightmare for our hosts!

You will be able to check in from 4pm onwards and you will be required to leave at 10am. However you may contact our staff earlier if you arrive and if your accommodation is ready they may allow you in this is not guaranteed. Also please note that our staff can only be in one place at a time and during busy periods you may have to wait a short while.

We are not able to accommodate late check outs as the apartments and chalets do have to be ready for the next guests.

In our catered chalets you may leave your bags in an unsupervised room and you may change in one our rooms but we are sorry there will not be any shower facilities.  room available where you can leave your luggage on arrival or departure days. Please do not leave anything of value in your luggage as these rooms are usually available to all clients. Some resorts have lockers where you can pay to leave your bags securely and some have no facilities at all. If this is particularly important to you, please ask our reservations team before you make your booking and we will call the resort to check details for you.

If you are in our catered chalets are hosts will be waiting for you whatever time you arrive. A hot meal will also be waiting for you – if its very late this may be one course only.

If you are arriving after 8pm in one of our self-catered chalet apartments we have a late arrivals procedure which you will find in our final information pack. Our staff will then contact you in the morning.

In our self-catered apartments only you will have to provide a credit or debit card number as a deposit. This is taken in case of any damage caused and in case you leave the apartment in a very dirty condition. We expect you to leave the apartment generally as you found it.

The keys are special security keys that cannot be cut in resort, this will mean that the locks will have to be replaced and you will be charged the full amount for this.

For most of our apartments we give an indication of the size in square metres, this is only an approximate size.

In many of our apartments there will be bunk beds. Please note that under French law children under 6 years are not allowed to sleep on the top bunk bed.

The amount of hot water available depends on usage, in self-catered we recommend that you don’t exceed the ideal numbers as this will put a strain on the amount of hot water available. You may find that at peak times when everyone is using baths/showers at the same time, availability may vary. Your patience is greatly appreciated in this matter.

We supply a basic starter pack of cleaning materials and toilet paper this will not be enough for your holiday. We recommend that you take some basics with you such as tea coffee, etc . The kitchen equipment is generally described in the information we provide and most apartments have kettles and toasters etc. In addition all of ours have TV’s and DVD’s although please bring your own DVD’s to watch. Additionally we do not supply any adaptors for electrical items please bring these with you.

We have a very limited amount and these are on a first come first served basis please note that your bedroom may not be large enough to accommodate the cot, it may have to go elsewhere in the apartment. You also must indicate this on the booking form.

You must complete one of our bookings forms, sign it and return it within the period stated. If you do not return it we reserve the right to assume your holiday has been cancelled.

It is your responsibility to pay at least 8 weeks before departure if this has not been paid we will assume that you have cancelled your holiday and your deposit will be forfeited.

We will send these out when you have made your final accommodation payments. We will either send them by email or by post.