Family Chalet

One of the great family friendly ski chalets is undoubtably Chalet Prarion in the picturesque village of Les Houches in the Chamonix Valley and this year their offering includes an in-house nanny and a Games Room.

Other developments in the family ski chalet world is the announcement that a new family friendly ski site called Family Chalets will launch in October, featuring just the very best chalets that don't just state they are a family friendly, but actually provide family friendly ski support, facilities, and services to make your family ski holiday a pleasant one.

Luxury Chalet Chamonix

From our own experiences, we for one don't believe that family ski holidays should be a compromise in terms of your luxury standards. Chamonix Exclusive we are pleased to advise are a ski operator that shares this view. A true ski in ski out chalet, this luxury chalet has been designed to ensure young and old can have a great time and enjoy the finer things in life. Six en-suite bedrooms, a Games Room, cinema projection, a hot tub, and four staff ensuring that this is one family ski holiday that will be truly special1

Haf Term Ski Holiday

Faster than most items in a January sale, the mad rush for the best half term ski holidays is certainly in full flow despite it being 8 months from the departure. This year the holidays we re pleased to advise have been split but this isn't making much difference in respect of availability with most good chalets having booked one, if not both the weeks (12th and 19th February 2011 respectively). Based on initial demand, don't hang around for late deals is our advise, as we doubt there will be such, no matter how bad the chalet!

Ski Family Holiday

Well here we are, in the void that occurs at the end of each season, and before things hot up as we search for next years family ski season. However, with the weeks such as half term, as well as Christmas and Easter, its never to early to start to look for that great family chalet.

Already some of the better family chalets are booked and as we go through the summer the choices start to diminish. Also by booking early you might get one or two early booking deals or extras from the best family ski operators, where as the family skiers who go for the late deals end up with the late ski deals at the worst chalets (I deliberately left out the word family)!!

Easter Ski

If you are thinking about the family ski holiday for the 2011 ski season, one of the options often missed is the Easter ski holidays which can provide some of the best snow, great sunshine, and long spring days. So the next time you take are looking for a great family ski holiday, you might want to just take a look at one of the best end of season ski secrets, the Easter ski holiday!

Ski In Ski Out

As the ski season slowly winds down, many are already looking towards the new ski season and the best chalets are already moving fast. Some of the most popular are slope side chalets, often termed 'ski in ski out'. Family ski holidays are particularly suited for such accommodation as it enables families to ski straight from the door.

If you are looking for a ski chalet next to the piste, Ski In Ski Out Chalets have a great portfolio, from outstanding luxury catered chalets in Val d'Isere, through to some of the best family chalets to be found.

Skis On Wheels From PortaSki - Ski Carrier Test

Here at Family Ski we are lucky to get the odd freebie and this week we have been testing PortaSki's "Skis On Wheels" which is the only way we could describe it. The device, which alleviates the need to carry your skis, turns them into a trolley! We tested the device with our children, and not only did it make it easy for us to transport our skis, the children for the first time took control of their own equipment without any debate necessary!

The device took a Krypton Factor 5 minutes to set up, but once you work it out it is really quite simple. It fits together as one neat package, but when you need splits into two pieces. One piece becomes a pull along handle, with the other fitting on the bottom as wheels, both using velcro.

At only £19.95 it really is an affordable ski carrier, compact and light, wellmade, and most importantly it worked really well (we were sceptical at first).

Yes the wheels might go slightly out of kilt if you deliberately targeted stones and rocks, but in general use it works a dream, and surprisingly again on snow!

Being one that laughs at most ski accessories as cheap gimmicks, this one is only cheap! It's certainly not a gimmick and family ski groups might one to put 3 or 4 on order!!