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Ed Leigh's Money Saving Snow Tips | Ep 17 | 3 Vallées

Welcome to #EdLeighsMoneySavingSnowTips | Ep 17 | 3 Vallées

Is it possible to have an affordable ski trip to the 3 Vallées? The Guardian certainly thinks so in this article on dodging Courchevel, where a week’s chalet can cost the price of a house, and staying in the far more reasonably priced Les Menuires
ho36, a hostel with cool design in Les Menuires has rooms from £22 a night, and reasonable family rooms too. It’s right on the slopes, serves great food and in April they have special offers for rooms, food and ESF lessons from 279 euros

Or stay down the valley in Orelle, which has the shortest transfer of the 3 Vallees (just 1.5 hours to Turin) and cuts out all the hair pin bends, so great for families with car sick prone children! The Tourist Office lists its best deals here, and they have some belters eg free accommodation when you book a six day 3 Vallées ski pass

On the mountain, you will find the odd reasonably priced food spot such as Supernova in Val Thorens but packed lunches are the most sensible way to go to keep costs down. Here is a list of the best 3 Vallées picnic spots: and there are also plenty of heated indoor picnic spots, marked on this piste map as a little house with a chimney: If you can get your packed lunch supplies in the valley, as resort supermarkets are always more pricey.


For the 3 Vallées Geneva, Lyon, Chambery, Grenoble and Turin (if you’re staying in Orelle) are all in play, so good research via Skyscanner or Kayak will really help keep flight costs down, if you can be flexible on when and at what time you travel.

For transfers the other side, the best way to get good deals is to sign up to the transfer company newsletters. My favourite companies are CoolBus who often have great late deals here Bens Bus sign up for their newsletter here and Ski-Lifts.com

Transfers are also where social media works really well. There are loads of facebook pages where transfers can be shared such as this Tarentaise ski lifts noticeboard & this 3 Vallées jobs board where people post about lift sharing

You simply post up your details and see if there’s anyone who can help. Or try searching “your resort name shared transfer” on Facebook. You’re not slumming it, believe me I use it all the time. You could also look at car-pooling through companies such as Blah Blah Car

When it comes to lift passes, remember if you’re a beginner you don’t need a lift pass for the whole 3 Vallées. A local pass will do you and it’s far cheaper. It’s also worth teaming up in pairs or threes for a cheaper Duo or Tribu pass. Same goes for families



And if you can tack a Saturday on the slopes onto the start or end of your holiday, the 3 Vallées offers 20 per cent off your lift pass

That’s all for now. But if you live in the 3 Vallées or visit regularly and have some good tips on saving cash there do let me know in the comments below.

Ed Leigh's Money Saving Snow Tips | Ep 20 | Espace Killy

Welcome to #EdLeighsMoneySavingSnowTips | Ep 20 | Espace Killy

If you want to ski Val d’Isere, stay in Tignes as the ski areas are linked and accommodation and food is way cheaper in Tignes. The tourist office often has good deals on accommodation eg studios for 450 euros with reduced price lift passes: Self-catering is usually cheaper and if you’ve driven or taken the train do your shopping in Bourg St Maurice on the way as the supermarkets are much cheaper there.

One of the best and most reasonable package options can be found at Dragon Lodge Snowboarding, where half board weeks start at £350 and early season b & b accommodation is just £30. They can also organise lessons, top notch guiding & pretty much anything else you need:

If you are set on staying in Val d’Isere Iglu often has good deals: & or try Crystal: & Ski World

Tignes tourist office has great spring offers eg ski for free with ESF instructors & they also do family discounts and cheaper prices for disabled skiers and groups of above 20: Tignes has a slightly cheaper ski pass if you just plan to ski locally, but most people will want a pass for Val d’Isere and Tignes combined. You get free access to the swimming pools in Val & Tignes with a Val d’Isere-Tignes ski pass …//valdisere.com/…/activities-wellness/aquasportif-centre/ Beginners staying on the Val d’Isere side can use two free lifts at the bottom of the slopes.

Do your happy hour research. Different places have different discounted timeslots and if you’re canny about it you can be paying happy hour prices from 3pm to midnight. CocoRico in Val and Tignes have happy hour from 3pm and the one in Tignes does good pizza now too: Bananas is a pretty iconic Val d’Isere apres spot, they do happy hour from 6.30-8 every night and food is reasonably-priced:

Getting to Val or Tignes you’ve lots of flight choices as you can go to Geneva, Lyon, Grenoble or even Chambery. So, if you can be flexible on when you travel you can make big savings. Check & & and remember it’s sensible to check flights on at least two different websites to make sure you’re getting the best deal.

When it comes to airport transfers this Tarentaise noticeboard is a good place to post any lifts you need or find out who has space in their car: Or try CoolBus who often have great late deals here or Bens Bus or Ski-Lifts.com

Driving is the probably the most economical way to get to Val d’Isere, as we discussed in Episode 7 [ if you live it the south of England that is, and especially if you’re self-catering as you can fill your car with food. Eurotunnel prices stay fairly constant throughout the year but it’s worth signing up to their newsletter for deals here and also signing up for ferry deals here when it comes to ferries, the more flexible you
can be with your route and times the better.

Tignes and Val d’Isere are also pretty easy to reach by train (it takes about 40 minutes) which we got into more in Episode 8 [ The TL;DR version is: buy tickets in July for the following winter for the direct ski train here: or self-book your own route changing in Paris, using tips from the Main in Seat 61 & Snow Carbon If you’re flying or getting the train, hiring kit in resort makes the most sense. Hit up Intersport in advance of your trip to get the best deals:

That’s all for this week but as ever keep your money-saving tips coming in the comments below, especially if you have any advice on Val d’Isere & Tignes. Thanks Ed!

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