Your chalet holiday

Our company Cateredskichalets.com has been operating in the Alps since 1993. No wonder we are regarded as the best operators in Europe and we are proud to be considered the Chalet Specialists.
Your own chalet with the service level of a hotel is an unique holiday formula. This style of ski holiday is a so called catered chalet. A welcome addition to the ski holiday market and certainly at a time when everyone is taking care of holiday expenses. So, no more expensive hotels, just homely ski chalets at extremely affordable prices in which you experience the same comfort as a hotel with an excellent half board service and English speaking cooks. ‘Affordable luxury' with prices from € 325,- per person per week on a half board basis. Because luxury shouldn't cost you more!

• Catered ski chalets are a whole lot easier than self-catering
• Much more informal and relaxing than a hotel
• English speaking chalet staff for catering and housekeeping
• Book a chalet as a group or individually per room
• Due to the dramatic plunge in the Euro/£ exchange rate, our prices are low compared to British companies, and not because we are Dutch...

Catered ski chalet service includes:

• Seven nights chalet accommodation
• Hearty breakfast with a cooked option each morning
• Afternoon tea with freshly-baked homemade treats
• You will be welcomed with champagne
• Satisfying, home-cooked three course dinner six evenings a week served with complimentary wine (wine included in the chalets where you eat at home) and coffee to follow the dinner. On the evening of the chalet staff's day off, no dinner is served which gives you the opportunity to eat at one of the resorts restaurants.
• Unlimited coffee and tea
• Housekeeping and all cleaning services
• Towels and bed linen
• Free Wifi internet access
• Services of an English speaking chalet staff

While you're out skiing our chalet staff will prepare you a delicious three course dinner...

The British chalet holiday party concept began in the late seventies. A cosy informal home away from home, rather than a stuffy hotel, where the staff are all informative hosts rather than servants, it has proved extremely popular with Brits over the years. Nowadays in more European countries.

Ski chalet holidays are a skiing institution, offering a real 'home-from-home' atmosphere without the cooking, tidying up or cleaning! Cosy, comfortable, relaxed surroundings and delicious home-cooked cuisine washed down with complimentary wine ensures many would not choose anything else. Our catered ski chalets, run by trained chalet staff, vary greatly in size and style.

Chalet charm... more fun than a hotel, easier than self-catering and better value than both, a chalet offers all the advantages of holidaying at your own home but without any of the housework. The service is more informal than in local hotels so you can sit back and relax in the unique chalet atmosphere. The friendly camaraderie of a chalet makes a holiday with friends relaxed, convivial and stress-free, and it is here that CateredSkiChalets.com knowledge, experience since 1993 and attention to detail really come to the fore. We give you a comfortable 'home from home', informal and relaxed holiday, with great food and service.

A successful catered chalet holiday is determined by good company, a relaxed atmosphere and ample portions of imaginative dishes and local wines. One of the real bonuses of going on a catered chalet holiday is that you have all the cosiness of your own home in the Alps but you don't need to do the cooking and housekeeping! Warm your toes by a crackling fire, sip a hot cup of tea and share stories of your day's adventures while your meal is prepared for you.
Many people have no idea how a catered ski chalet holiday works. Essentially it should be a relaxed, enjoyable holiday, less formal than staying in a hotel, and certainly a lot less demanding than self catering arrangements. Our chalet staff run the chalets and as well as keeping everything clean and tidy, they are responsible for providing an extensive catering service: breakfast, afternoon tea and dinner.

Catered chalet holidays are all about great skiing, good food and great company. We aim to provide holidays where you are cared for and able to forget all the household chores, where you can relax secure in the knowledge that we will look after everything for you.

Whilst the atmosphere is relaxed and informal like home, we like to think that you will treat the chalet as your home for the duration of your holiday and you can certainly bring books, games, CD's, DVD's, iPod docking stations and board games.

Our guests tell us that our chalets are perfect for parties of friends or families taking the whole place, singles who want to mix with other guests in a relaxed atmosphere, or couples looking for a sociable holiday.

We feel that a relaxed and informal atmosphere combined with a high standard of accommodation and cuisine are the most important elements of a chalet holiday.

You will find a warm welcome in all of our catered chalets. You're probably thinking about booking a chalet holiday because it's so much friendlier than a hotel. We make every effort to ensure our chalets are welcoming and cosy, with a personal style of service we don't think is possible in chalet hotel, when you're sharing your dinner table with 99 other people.

A chalet skiing holiday is ideal for families, providing a safe, homely atmosphere where the children can play and the parents relax. We accept children of all ages in our chalets. We provide as many facilities and services we can in our chalets to make things easier for parents including:

• Early dinners and special menus on request
• Cots and highchairs on request
• Use of a fridge for food storage and equipment for heating formula and baby food

So many chalet holidays, so little time to choose. We know how hard it is to research chalet holidays when you're busy. So let our office team do the work. They know the chalets and resorts just as well as our overseas staff, which means that they are able to listen to your individual needs, and match them with our available chalets.

We believe that good service and flexibility set us apart from most other operators and our success in this field has seen many guests return year after year. We endeavour to treat all of our guests as individuals, and with an excellent ratio of staff to guests, you are sure to appreciate the personal touch.

One of the main reasons for booking a CateredSkiChalets.com chalet is the fact that you don't have to do any of the cooking, just leave it all up to us! When you get back from a hard day on the slopes you will be met with tea/coffee and a freshly baked cake to boot! All of our chalets serve up a three course evening meal of good wholesome home-cooking, perfect to replenish all of the energy you spent out on the mountain.

Eating and drinking are probably not the most important things on your ski holiday. Good snow, fine weather, comfy boots, great company, these are what will make or break the trip. But food is essential with us. It is the one thing we control totally. Most guests wouldn't blame us if it snowed every day, but if dinner weren't the perfect end to a good day, they wouldn't come again.

When it comes to food and wine, pride and passion are the words that spring to mind when describing this most important element of the catered chalet holiday. Our dedicated chalet staff spend many long hours refining our winter menus ensuring that we deliver an high standard of cuisine during your stay.

We've been perfecting our chalet experience for years and we like to think we've got it just right for people like you.

A big breakfast sets you up for a great day on the slopes. Start the day with a light or substantial breakfast with a choice of cereals, fruit and juices, yoghurts, plentiful tea and good filter coffee, bread from the famous local bakery (plus croissants or 'pains au chocolat' in France), toasts, cold meats, cheeses and preserves, and boiled eggs. This is normally presented buffet-style for you to help yourself. Unlike most other chalet companies who leave you to look after yourselves on staff day off, our chalet staff are on hand to help clear away breakfast and lay out afternoon tea.

Whatever, it was a great day and it's not over yet. Shake the last of the snow off and step into your home away from home, a place you can enjoy as much as the slopes. When you get back from the slopes, you will be coming home to an afternoon tea of home-baked cake or biscuits with fresh bread and preserves to keep hungry skiers happy until dinner is ready. Hot chocolate, coffee or tea will also be available to warm you through. For younger children we can provide high tea, allowing children to get settled after the excitement of the day, giving parents the opportunity to enjoy the evening in a calm and care-free environment. We will consult you on menus for the children. For infants and younger children too small for normally family meals we do ask parents to either bring  the necessary baby food.

What better than a dinner party when there is no preparation or washing up! The highlight of every day must be the delicious, innovative and freshly cooked three-course candlelight dinner prepared and served by your chalet staff six evenings a week accompanied by limited local house wines, with coffee and tea to finish.

Sample chalet menu I

Starter
Salmon and dill cakes served with a chilli jam and crème fraiche.

Main
Roast Guinea fowl with tarragon cream sauce, caramelised shallots, carrot and swede vegetable stack and wild rice.

Dessert
Caramelised orange drizzled with a Cointreau glaze, served with vanilla cream and homemade shortrbread.

Sample chalet menu 2

Starter
Parmesan baskets filled with roasted Mediterranean vegetables and a balsamic reduction.

Main
Pork escallope with orange and ginger served with buttered new potatoes, long stem broccoli and sweet Vichy carrots.

Dessert
Individueal hot chocolate cakes made with dark and white chocolate chunks, with a black cherry sauce.

Sample Chalet Vegetarian Menu

Starter
Tomato, mozzarella, olive and basil stack with a balsamic dressing.

Main
Crusty bread and butter pudding with goat's cheese and spinach. Fruit baked aubergine and sweet and sour peppers.

Dessert
Tangy grated apple and lemon flan served with vanilla cream.

We are happy to cater for vegetarians and whenever possible for those needing special diets as long as we are notified at the time of booking. Please make sure this appears on your invoice otherwise we will not be able to plan our menus accordingly. Our chalet staff have the advantage of being flexible in their meal preparations. If you have any special dietary requirements, be it a vegetarian option or a special favourite for the kids, we will do our best (within reason!) to accommodate you.

Please note that diner and the cooked breakfast option are not available during the chalet staff's day off when you will have the opportunity of eating at a local restaurant. Our chalet staff will be happy to give you information about the many wonderful local restaurants available in each of the resorts and to book a table for you.

Our chalets have a low-priced bar/fridge, selling cold beers and mixers.

In all our chalets our chalet staff offer breakfast and afternoon tea in your own chalet, but you can choose from chalets where your delicious 3 course evening meals could be:
1. Served in an excellent close by restaurant, either à la carte, with choice, or standard. This is ideal for people who don't want to spend the whole evening in the chalet. Our guests have the chance to sample local cuisine.
2. Provided by our chalet staff. They are selected for their culinary skills.
After dinner coffee and tea will be served in your chalet.

Your three course evening meal is served for 6 out of 7 nights, because your chalet hosts have 1 day off each week. However, breakfast will be served, but the afternoon tea will be laid out for you and in the evening you are free to try a local restaurant at your own expense.

We aim at all times to give you maximum skiing enjoyment with minimum effort. Expect a warm welcome from your attentive and superb chalet team, who'll share both their local knowledge and their apple strudel recipes with you. They'll go that extra mile to make sure your chalet experience is something to remember. Even if it's playing backgammon with you or knowing when to merge into the background so you can enjoy some quality time with friends. And don't forget to prepare stories to swap over an après ski drink or two beforehand.

What's included in your catered ski chalet?

• seven nights chalet accommodation
• Hearty breakfast with a hot option each morning
• Afternoon tea with a freshly baked cake everyday
• Satisfying, home-cooked evening meal six evenings a week served with complimentary wine (wine included in the chalets where your dinner is at home) and coffee to follow the meal. On the evening of the chalet staff's day off, no meal is served giving you the opportunity to eat at one of the resorts restaurants.
• Unlimited coffee and tea
• Housekeeping and all cleaning services
• Towels and bed linen
• Services of an English speaking chalet staff

We think that chalet holidays are the ideal way to enjoy skiing and boarding. Chalet holidays are about relaxing, socialising, and enjoying the good-life. Once experienced, very few people go back to hotels or to self catering. It's relaxed and easy going.

Service with a smile is a vital ingredient of our holidays. All our chalet staff are picked for their friendly and outgoing personalities.

We place great emphasis on the quality of our personal service and take care to ensure that your comfort and enjoyment is our priority. That's the reason why our English speaking chalet staff are there to look after you, and make sure you have a holiday to look back on with fond memories. Our chalet staff are carefully chosen for their cheerful personality, culinary skills, genuine love of food and hard working capabilities.

Cooking is the major aspect of the work of our chalet hosts, but they are also responsible for keeping the chalet clean and tidy, lighting fires, do the shopping, clean and service the dishwasher and so on. Linen, towels and bath mats are all provided, and our chalet staff will change bath towels for you in the middle of the week.

And no shopping or washing up either! Bliss. Our chalet staff are not only chosen for their culinary skills, they are also the most up to date source of local knowledge, and are well-equipped to field questions on where to find the latest gadgets, the nicest terraces to catch the sun, or the best runs on the mountain. If you need skis or snowboards and boots, your chalet staff can recommend a rental company who offer high standards and a great service.

We choose our chalet staff carefully, and their personalities are just as important as their cooking abilities. We employ people of all ages, and we often have couples to run some of our larger chalets. In some chalets the chalet staff live in.

At CateredSkiChalets.com our friendly and helpful chalet staff understand how important it is to make the most of your holiday. From hearty breakfasts, afternoon tea to delicious three course dinners, served with wine and followed by coffee your chalet staff will arrange this. They can also arrange lift passes to avoid queuing at the lift pass office for you, equipment hire, lessons, kids club or crèche requirements, tips on the best mountain restaurants so that you can concentrate on enjoying your holiday from the moment you arrive.

Wednesday is mostly our chalet staff's day off. On this day breakfast will be served, afternoon tea will be available as usual. Your chalet staff will be delighted to recommend and book a local restaurant for you for the night out.

Well a catered ski holiday is what you need. Ski chalet accommodation has been around for a long time, but only in the recent years people are starting to see the benefits of a catered ski chalet holiday. You may think that your holiday is expensive but wait to see the advantages. Once you arrive at chalet your will be treated to a warm drink while your host will place your bags in your rooms. Not a bad start to your holiday. You will find with most ski chalet holidays that on arrival your ski pass will be ready for you so you can begin the next day skiing with not a worry about waiting in long queues and wasting valuable ski time. If you have not filled in a booking form before your holiday, the chalet staff may ask you for details if you require ski hire, height, foot size etc. and ski lessons. This is well worth filling in as your ski hire will be ready and waiting for you at the ski shop and lessons will be pre booked, no need to worry about ski schools being booked up.

How easy is this, wait it gets better!! In the morning you will awake to a continental breakfast, after breakfast you will be ready for a days skiing. If you are a beginner to the resort than don't worry many chalet staff offer a ski guiding service. This normally consists of being shown the best places to ski and great mountain restaurants. After a days skiing you will be met by your chalet staff who will then take you for some après ski drinks and then back to the chalet for your dinner. If you have small children the chalet staff will normally arrange a nursery for you so you need not worry.

A catered ski holiday is the way to go, you do not need to worry about a thing, your chalet staff are there to make your holiday as easy as possible.

CateredSkiChalets.com is a Dutch travel organisation committed to offering our customers the lowest possible prices. There is a 'lowest price guarantee' due to the fact that we are the only organisation which has the exclusive disposal and management of the chalet accommodations. We take great pride in the reputation we have for providing low prices for our catered ski chalet holidays at high standards.

Due to the dramatic plunge in the Euro/£ exchange rate, our prices are low compared to British companies.

Would you like to spend your evenings sipping wine and mulling over the days adventures with some close friends next to a roaring fire? Whatever tickles your fancy we have the right chalet for your perfect holiday. Great value for groups. Make memories to last a lifetime on a group holiday in the snow; going away together has never been easier, such great value or more fun.

You can make up your own party and have a chalet to yourselves. Each chalet has minimum and maximum sleeps. By booking a whole chalet, we charge the minimum sleeps. If you book above the indicated minimum sleeps there will be discounts for the extra guests. If you want to take a whole catered ski chalet but are short of a few friends or family for the minimum occupancy don't worry. Our chalets may be taken by less than the minimum capacity when you are unable to fill all the beds of the minimum sleeps. However, we charge this minimum sleeps but there will be a discount per empty bed. Between the whole group, this may not be as expensive as you'd expect and in return you'll get the run of the chalet and extra room to enjoy!

Let us take the strain out of organising a chalet party and if you are unfamiliar with your resort let our experienced reservation staff come up with some options for you to consider.

Group discount
Each chalet has minimum and maximum sleeps. By booking a chalet, we charge the minimum sleeps, minus the discounts of rooms without en suite facilities. If you book above the indicated minimum sleeps there will be discounts for the extra guests of 40% of the holiday prices. Children under 2 go for free, but without catering service and bring your own cot.                          

Please note that group discounts cannot be combined with child discounts.   

Under occupancy discount
Each chalet has minimum and maximum sleeps. If you are unable to fill all the beds of the minimum sleeps (capacity) of the chalet, however, we charge this minimum sleeps. The discount per empty bed we offer is € 100.

Discount for room without en suite facilities
Chalets have rooms with en suite facilities and rooms where the bathrooms are shared. If you book a room without en suite facilities there will be a discount of € 30 per person per week, based on two persons on a double room, also € 60 discount per room per week.   

Getting a party of ski friends together to take a whole chalet to yourselves is many people's favourite option, but of course you are welcome to join a chalet as an individual, a couple, a family or a group of any size. You can also book just part of the chalet and share it with like minded guests. This is a great way to meet new people and enjoy the fun and convivial atmosphere of a chalet holiday.

Child Discounts
If you book an individual a room, and therefore not the whole chalet, there will be the following discounts:
Up to 1: For free, but without caterering service and bring your own cot.
Aged 2-3 inc.: In parents' room on a folding bed/mattress the holiday price per child
per week is € 225.
Aged 4-11 inc.: In parents' room -40% of the holiday prices.
Please note that child discounts cannot be combined with group discounts. 

Our chalets come in all shapes and sizes each with a unique personality and style of its own. The chalets are often family homes and vary from picturesque chocolate box mountain retreats to purpose-built chalets. Many enjoy prime ski-in/out locations and others are close to the slopes. Our chalets are not intended to feel like hotels. Instead of dozens of rooms, all identical, you'll find just a few, often quite varied. We have stayed in most of our chalets ourselves, and would not be offering them to you if we hadn't enjoyed them greatly.

Where shall we go today? If you're one of those people who always seem to be put in charge of the piste map, let guides show you the best runs, softest snow and speediest lifts in the area instead. The guiding trips are a great way to mingle with other guests. Guiding isn't a replacement for ski lessons though skiing with guides is intended as a sociable way to spend the day and is aimed at confident red run skiers and above. We will help you to get the best out of the mountains.

Example price: € 100 for 3 days.

After a long-day on the slopes, treat yourself to a relaxing massage in the privacy of your own chalet. Whether it is to relieve the stresses of work or to get tired legs ready for the next day a visit from one of the experienced therapists could be just what you need. In various ski resorts we can offer a wide variety of treatments like Swedish massage, reflexology, stone therapy, aroma therapy, sports massage, deep tissue massage and Indian head therapy. Everyone deserves a little pampering and "tlc" on their holiday...

Example price: € 40 for 30 minutes.

In several French ski resorts you can book physiotherapy by a fully qualified British physiotherapist for visiting you in your chalet. All of the physiotherapists are members of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (MCSP), French registered and fully insured to treat you in the clinics or your chalet. Our aim is to provide you with an excellent, professional service, backed with strong clinical evidence to diagnose your problem quickly, and provide the appropriate treatment to keep you on the slopes. In the event that this is not possible, we can liaise with the doctors in resort and if needed help you find the right care for when you return home.

Example price: € 60 for 30 minutes.

Chalet Nanny Service
In various French ski resorts we can provide private nannies on an hourly basis. All our nannies speak English, are over 25 and have at least 5 years child care experience. They are fully insured to care for your children inside your accommodation and also out and about in the resort.

Your nanny will come to your chalet, or can meet you wherever you are in the resort and take the children back to your accommodation for you. We take bookings by the hour, day or evening. The nanny will provide you with a diary card for each child which details what they have eaten, any nappy changes, timing of naps and any other information that you may find useful. It will also give you details of what your children have been up to.

Activities include:

• Making a thank you card for parents or chalet hosts
• Making edible pictures or carrot and cucumber flowers
• Building snowmen or igloos in the snow
• Hide and seek
• Making travel tickets (this is to cut down on 'are we there yet' questions - your child will give you tickets at intervals on your journey home)
• Writing a holiday diary
• Practising walking in ski boots and /or skis
• Making play dough
• Planning surprises for mummies and daddies (but you'll have to wait and see what these are!)

Nannies arrive armed with a 'nanny action pack' which includes all the equipment needed for these kinds of activities. If you would like your nanny to take children ice skating, for a pony ride or any other paid for activity just give them some Euros in advance and they'll give you receipts with the change at the end of the placement. Similarly your nanny will make the children's meals, but you'll either provide the ingredients, a float so they can shop, or check in advance with your chalet host what ingredients the nanny is free to use.

We have male and female nannies available, and will take some information about your requirements when you contact us, so that we can match you with the most suitable nanny for your family.

Child Care Service

For various French ski resorts several British run companies offering first class crèche facilities and private nannies for children aged from three months upwards. Whatever your childcare requirements, please contact us for more information.

Chalets provide the ideal environment for entertaining guests or for team building relationships. We have a great deal of experience in organising corporate trips for week long breaks or quick weekends. We can organise private transfers and a personal service with extra activities for the daytime and evenings to give your guests some real thrill and adventure! We can also tailor a trip for you, so that you decide what you want and we will organise it.

You can think of the following snow sensations:

• Snowmobiling & Quad-Biking
• Ice Diving
• Husky-Sledding
• Air-Boarding
• Para-Skiing
• Snow-Fox
• Snow-Shoeing
• Snow-Cat / Piste-Basher Driving
• Alpine Sight-Seeing Flights
• Snow-Biking
• Tobogganing
• Austrian Curling
• Horse-Drawn Sleigh-Rides