Self-Drive Ski Holidays
Why not go on a Self Drive Ski Holiday Adventure This Season?
If there’s one thing that can make a ski holiday stressful, it’s the travel. It can often require a combination of trains, planes and buses – all meticulously scheduled – to get you all the way out to your ski resort of choice. There is a solution that can make things feel less like a military exercise: a self-drive ski holiday.
A self drive ski holiday could be where you drive all the way to the Alps from the UK, OR you fly into an airport, hire a car and drive to your chosen resort.
SELF DRIVE SKIing HOLIDAYs
Self-drive ski holidays involve packing up the car with everything you might need (no more worrying about baggage weight limits) and heading off to the Alps. You can breathe a sigh of relief as you’re no longer forced to contend with airport security, long wait times and the threat of missing your all-important flight or train connection.
This starts to make a lot more sense if you’re not travelling alone, because a self-drive ski holiday with a group of four starts to become a real economic benefit. Compared to the cost of booking individual flights and airport transfers, driving to the alps often works out far cheaper than going by air.
If you’re worried about your carbon footprint, self-drive ski holidays are the choice for you. It becomes an eco-friendly method of travel if you have two or more passengers per car. You can arrive at your ski destination with a clearer conscience, knowing that you're helping preserve the snow for generations to come.
A self-drive ski holiday also offers you much more flexibility, both during the journey and once you arrive at the resort. Having your own car during your stay can generate opportunities to travel around the area more freely, giving you the chance to visit neighbouring resorts, often included in your lift pass.
Airport Transfer DISCOUNTS FOR CHALET STAYS
What’s more, if you drive to the Alps yourself, or you fly into an airport, hire a car and drive to your resort, we can offer you the airport transfer costs back as a discount on your chalet stay (this ranges from £60pp!). Just speak to one of our Ski Experts and inform them of your plans to self-drive to the resort. As you can see, the savings of a self-drive ski holiday really start to add up - without much downside.
Free CHALET Parking IN COURCHEVEL & MORZINE
If you book with SkiWeekends, we can offer free parking at our chalets in Courchevel, and at Chalet Tavernier in Morzine. This takes away from the stress (and cost) of trying to find an in-resort parking space - a big benefit when trying to plan your self-drive ski holiday.
PARKING AT OUR AVORIAZ CHALETS & HOTELS
Avoriaz is a car-free resort but they have a handy car park at the entrance to the resort. Charges apply (12 € for outdoor parking per day / 70 € for the week) but we always recommend paying extra to park indoors (4 € per day difference) - if there is a sudden dump of snow then you may find yourself having to find and dig your car out when you leave!
This happened to one of our Ski Experts and after seeing the photos we wouldn't want this to happen to you! :)
Self drive ski holidays make sense!
We recommend taking the Eurotunnel to cross over to France, not only is it the fastest way to cross the channel, it also offers up to four departures per hour – giving you excellent flexibility.
Driving from London to Avoriaz for example, takes around 12 hours. The 1,330 mile round trip in a vehicle that does 40 miles per gallon, at a cost of £1.80 per litre at the pump would mean a fuel cost of around £275. Split between 4 people, that comes to £68.75 each...cheaper than a return flight with luggage, and a return airport transfer / car hire!
Self-drive ski holidays are a great option for families and groups, looking for a bit more autonomy in their travel plans. The cost savings and added benefits of having a car in-resort make self-drive ski holidays a SkiWeekends favourite.
Get in touch to find out more, please give one of our Ski Experts a call on 02380 206971.
