Paraphrenitis Blog

Would you believe the sterling is fetching a little less than a Euro at currency exchanges, you would guess that there would be many excellent ski bargains to be had in snowboarding resorts this winter as snowboarders stick back home to fight the crisis. Provisional numbers merely released show that skiing towns are 84 percent full across the New year and Christmas period. 10 percent up on the equivalent period of time a year ago.

You’ll have more chance in the new year which at the moment has a 37 39 percent booking rate. The signs of a recession is across the important Feb vacation month which has 62 % bookings, 4 percent down on last ski season. Reservation desks in the ski fields of Les Houches, Espace Killy, Le Grand-Bornand and Isola 2000 have observed increased reservations in November boosted by the brilliant early ski season snows. Les Gets has better reservations in comparison to Chamonix, and Plateau de Beille experienced a grand New Year.

There is strong interest in bigger ski chalets, 7 to 13 spaces, as folk group together to save money. Evidence shows that do it yourself skiing holidays are holding up, perhaps pointing to the fact that keen skiers are not going to sacrifice their trip to the mountains. However bookings from tour operators are down.