Great Last Minute deals for apartment Eterlou:

Apartment Eterlou is in Les Chartreux, a pretty, quiet area of Tignes situated next to the lake in between the main areas of Val Claret and Le Lac. Les Chartreux isn’t far from the ski lifts and the bus stop next to the apartment provides quick and easy access to the main ski lift areas, as well as the wide variety of shops, bars and restaurants that Tignes has to offer. Tignes is served by the large well linked ski area called L’Espace Killy. Tignes shares the L’Espace Killy with Val d’Isere and with over 300km (190 miles) of pistes 150 shops, 115 bars, numerous ski schools, 1500+ staff & extensive off-piste it has become one of Europe’s premier resorts.

LAST MINUTE DEALS

Sunday to Sunday 5th – 12th Feb – £595 for 7 people self catering
Sunday to Sunday 11th – 18th Feb – £895 for 7 people self catering
Sunday to Sunday 18th – 25th Feb – £895 for 7 people self catering

contact: http://www.tignes-ski.me.uk/contact_us.php

I still got some weeks left for the 2011 winter season, which will now go on ‘SALE’. My ski apartment is located in one of the nicest areas in the heart of Tignes . It offers great self-catering ski accommodation with very easy access to Tignes ski lifts, slopes, outdoor, restaurants & entertainment. The ski bus stops outside my apartment, slopes are less than 5 min walk away and you can ski back directly to my Tignes apartment.

Tignes apartment rental week SALES:

Here are the dates available including the SALE rental prices for up to 8 people:

w/c 20th March – £950/week

w/c 27th March – £950/week

w/c 3rd April – £995/week

w/c 17th April – £850/week

w/c 24th April – £690/week

w/c 1st May – £550/week

To make a booking please contact: info@tignes-ski.me.uk or contact us via my website: www.tignes-ski.me.uk

Space & convenience

Our ski apartment in Tignes offers space and convenience. The 64sqm ski apartment is suitable for families, small groups or individuals, very comfortably sleeping 7 or max 8 depending on group.

Snow is now guaranteed until the end of the season. With more powder forecasted for this month and typical now fall until the end of April, there will be no risk booking your March and April ski holiday right  now.

Here is the deal: You can get my Tignes apartment for free between 13. – 20. Feb, subject to paying for change-over, cleaning and bed linen. All you got to do is contact me on my website www.tignes-ski.me.uk. If I got more than one request, I will draw the lucky one. If I manage to let the apartment between now and the 13th – tough luck. There is always ski accommodation finder to check for some last minute deals.

Tignes offers something for everybody. The skiing in Tignes is simply vast, and with several free lifts for beginners helping the excellent local ski and snowboard schools, progression is normally quick for first timers on a Tignes skiing holiday. For intermediates there is a good percentage of difficult blues and reds, which are more than enough to keep even an ambitious intermediate challenged for during their Tignes skiing holiday.

There are huge long sweeping runs up on the Grand Motte glacier, which should be the goal for the end of the beginner’s first week skiing in Tignes. The trip down to Les Brevieres can be particularly enjoyable, with nice restaurants awaiting you at the bottom.

Intrigued?

All efforts promoting my Tignes ski apartment have not yielded any results, so I decided to give my apartment away free of charge.

Anybody out there?, get in touch and get a free stay in my apartment any time between 18th – 26th Dec.

Every Wednesdays enjoy the Fresh tracks sessions, the only way to be the first on the slopes: departure at 8.30 am for a slide down from Grande Motte Glacier to the heart of the resort.

Some of the Highlights this Tignes winter season:

November 27th:

Eespace killy’s opening, 300 km of pistes, but you already know that!

December 31st:

Tignes Fire Mix Party, the highest New Year’s Eve party of all. Andy Favre and DJ’s Mathieu Bouthier / Fun radio will set the dancefloor on fire with electro house sets from 10.30 pm to 2.30 am.

March 16th to 18th 2011:

2nd edition of the Winter X Games Europe Tignes.

Winter X 15 will be held from Jan. 27 – 30, 2011 in Aspen, Colo. Winter X Europe will be held March 16 – 18, 2011 in Tignes, France.

More than 125 athletes will compete from all over the globe in Snowboard and Skiing in France for the second year of Winter X Games Europe.

Plenty of reasons to ski Tignes this year

Ski hire is an obvious one. We all have seen the offers for 20% and 30% reduction on skiing and boarding gear. Never mind all the banners from websites offering reduced rates for online bookings. How much of a real discount you are getting depends which starting price you take.

The problem with ski hire, everybody want to make a cut. If you are getting 20% discount via your booking agency or via a ski travel website you can bet that they are making 10% to 15% on you too. As always, direct is the best way to go. A friend of mine just came back from Tignes. He told me that he got a 45% discount on all the ski gear for his entire family including helmets and safety wear. I can’t name the shop (for obvious reasons). Just browse around in Tignes town and negotiate. There are plenty of ski hire shops in Tignes.

It is safe to assume that snow gear for sale is heavily reduced in price too. Most ski related business will have had an average, if not poor season to date. Businesses in Tignes are no different. I bet that sales for ski, boards, accessories and ski wear have already started. You should expect discounts of 50% – 80%. Now is the time to buy, if you are in the market for a new pair of ski or a snowboard.  Shops will still have all brands and sizes. Prices might be low at the end of the season too, but stocks will be limited.

Looks like airport transfer operators have started to discount too. If you are looking for a ski transfer to Tignes, submit your request to Ski Transfer Finder which should get you some transfer options. I have been told that some providers offer good midweek deals. A friend of mine booked a midweek private Grenoble airport transfer to Tignes and got a 50% discount.

Ski accommodation seems to be in plenty supply too. I know this first hand as I still got my Easter weeks free for this season. Here you go, even the last rental weeks in my ski apartment are on sale:  Ski apartment Tignes – 25% discount, directly from the owner (me).

Expect to see more happy hours and more meal deals in Tignes as the ski season progresses into April but don’t expect any discounts on ski passes. Also don’t bank on any preferential rates in Tignes many mountain refuges and restaurants . Things might be bad, and most things in Tignes are on sale. However it will take a lot more to break the cartel of lift and refuge owners in Tignes.

Why do I take this drastic measures? Well I got a lovely ski apartment sleeping seven people and for the first time this season it will be empty. I don’t want it to be empty, so I offered it to my friends. They can’t make so now I offer it to anybody following this blog.

Why do I have an empty ski apartment, during the best winter season in years? Because some chancer let me down. He booked the apartment, did not pay his booking deposit for weeks and informed me two days ago that he won’t take the apartment. That is what you get if you trust people these days!!

Anyway, the apartment is yours for the week. Easyjet still does flights from Stansted to Geneva for £130 return.  Cheapest Geneva airport transfer via Alps2Alps or check Ski Transfer Finder but a little short notice to start looking around. £200 in total will get you from the UK to Tignes somehow. You can also fly to Lyon, Chambery and Grenoble. These flight might be even cheaper and more convenient. The closest airports to Tignes are Lyon and Chambery about 2.5 hours away.

Tignes skipass is about £150 for the week. Here you go you could be skiing inclusive flights, transfers, accommodation and ski pass for as much as £350/week. Cheaper if you drive with a few mates, which would make the cost for the week as low as £300.

Sorry not exactly free but as close as you can get to free skiing in Tignes.

If you enjoyed the Freestyle events such as boarder- and ski cross, the fun is not over yet. The countdown has already started for Winter X Games Europe in Tignes. You can be there to watch live rather than on TV. A one hour flight from the UK to either Lyon, Geneva, Grenoble or Chambery and a two and half hour ski transfer will get you to Tignes. Worth doing even for the weekend as you will be able to share the amazing X Games experience with thousands of spectators coming to cheer the competitors. For sure Tignes will be buzzing with energy and beat the Winter Olympics atmosphere by miles.

Tignes Winter X Games – March 10th to 12th

The Winter X Games will be held in Tignes from March 10th to 12th. On show the very best freestyle athletes on the planet including Tignes’ own Xavier Bertoni freestyle ski legend. On offer some world class extreme skiing and boarding:

Men and Women’s Super Pipe Ski

Men and Women’s Super Pipe Snowboard

Men and Women’s Slopestyle Ski

Men and Women’s Slopestyle Snowboard

Freestyle Snowmobile

Kevin Rolland, Sarah Burke, Mathieu Crépel are just some of the many free riders confirmed. Watch and meet the world’s best freestylers. Best ofall the entire event is for free  with lots of parties and fringe events.

Tignes X Games

Sensational Snow Conditions in Tignes

The current snow conditions in Tinges are short of sensational and probably the best I seen for many years. We had below zero degree temperatures all season and lots of fresh powder. This is surely going to be the best Winter X Games ever. The only downside for me:  I won’t be able to make it and I am gutted!!! Who is going to enjoy the views from my Ski Apartment in Tignes? I don’t even dare to think about it.

My apartment sleeps up to 8 people, got ample space and some great views. Further more it is walking distance to ski slopes, ski lifts, restaurants and bars in Tignes Val Claret.

Tignes is one of the very few ski resorts that guarantee snow due to its height and the Grand Motte glacier. The 2008/2009 season was an epic one for most ski resorts but who knows what 2010 will bring. Tignes is also one of the legendary ski resorts great for off-piste with over 300km of marked runs for all ability levels.

Here you go, below an photo of my ski apartment.

ski apartment Tignes

Tignes winter