Tailor Made Premium Ski Weekends for the Time Poor

You’re working hard, you’re earning well, but you want to go skiing (or indeed, boarding!)

It can be frustrating – you can’t afford to take much time off and you don’t want to spend the time you do have waiting around in airports (however nice the lounge may be) or queuing for your lift pass and rentals.

The final issue – planning, when do you have time to actually sort and book this all?

The answer is to get the experts to create a premium snowsports weekend for you.  SkiWeekends.com know flight times, departure airports, when the traffic is going to be bad between airport and resort and how to avoid that.

They know which resorts can be reached the most quickly from the UK (combining flight times, likely airport delays and transfer times) and of course they know how to get you on the slopes quickly once you’re in resort – ensuring rentals, tickets and even an instructor or guide are all ready for you as you arrive.

In short all the things you can spend hours researching and still risk getting wrong through some unforeseen gap in the information you’ve compiled are done for you by a company with years of experience in providing just what you need – a short trip to the slopes with your time on skis or board maximised in the time you have available. 

Plus of course if you do have limited time you want it to be quality time so having a booking in a gourmet restaurant on the Saturday evening and a first class spa in your hotel to have a soak or perhaps a massage treatment in after the slopes and before that great meal only add to the perfection. 

Ski Weekends are famous for offering affordable, efficient holidays to the Alps, but the company also specialise in luxury short breaks and have a wide selection of a premium 4 & 5 star luxury ski hotels in their portfolio.  In fact the company has an entire Premium Sales division set up to cater for just this market sector.

Ski Weekends have used their years of experience and expertise to source hotels that not only provide luxurious facilities, gourmet dining and five-star service but also spacious, high quality accommodation and all importantly - easy access to the slopes.  It’s no good turning up at some luxury pad only to find it’s miles from lifts and runs!

The company can organise trips to stay in top quality ski hotels right across Europe, but many opt for the most popular choices including Courchevel 1850, Val Thorens, Chamonix, Val d'Isère and many more. The choice is vast and the premium sales team are always on hand to help you narrow down your search.

Five star hotel options include the modern Hotel Au Coeur du Village in La Clusaz which has a fabulous spa and is perfectly located right on the pistes or the recently renovated Hotel Mont-Blanc in the heart of Chamonix which is today one of the finest resorts in the alps and only one hour from Geneva – so you could be checking in in a little over three hours from taking off from the UK.

In Val d’Isère, Les Barmes de l'Ours Hotel & Spa is a firm favourite with its three restaurants and many other attractions, as well as a prime location backing on to the slopes whilst in Courchevel 1850 the Alpes Hotel Pralong is known for its high service standards and again has excellent wellness facilities and a slopeside location.

But if not just any luxury ski break will do and you need to feel like a real VIP then you have the option of the ‘rock star’ package ….because sometimes it’s not what you do but the way that you do it!

You don’t have to be able to sing like a superstar or indeed have as much money in the bank to be able to indulge in this unique ski holiday option which involves travelling through the night on a luxury sleeper tour bus which has previously hosted the likes of Coldplay and Lily Allen before you climbed on board to add yourself to the A list celeb line up.

Your destination in this portable palace is Val d’Isère (although other destinations available on request, although probably not en-route, should you have some crazy whim…), …for two days on the slopes. You’ll spend Saturday night in a luxury five star hotel, before  your return trip delivers you back to the office bright and early on Monday morning, fresh faced and well skied.

The Rock Star Tour Bus really has to be seen to be believed – it can sleep up to 14, each with their own large bunk (at least 6 4" in length) and there’s leather seating throughout.  It features a spacious lounge area and a full kitchen with two coffee machines and you’ll get some free drinks as part of your rock star package.

Your Saturday night in Val d’Isère is based in the luxurious five star Avenue Lodge, which has a great spa, indoor and outdoor swimming pools, a first class restaurant and an excellent pro shop ready to kit you out with the latest gear.  In short it’s the most sublime ski weekend money can buy.

Patrick Thorne