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Winter Bookings and Price List 2012/2013

Winter Bookings & Price List 2012/2013

The price per person per week includes

Breakfasts of home-made bread, croissants, compôtes, fresh fruit, cereal, eggs, fruit juices, porridge, cereal, coffee teas and/or infusions

Afternoon tea of homemade tarts, biscuits,pancakes or cakes.

3 course evening meal (except one night per week) with aperitifs and wine with the meal.

Generally holidays start on a Sunday evening (except sometimes for Xmas and New Year) but occassionaly we can be flexible.

The price does not include travel, holiday insurance, health insurance, equipment hire or ski passes.
For summer availability, please see separate page

2012/2013 season
December 2012 Days Price
Sunday 22-Dec-12 * 8 £790 Christmas Available
Sunday 30-Dec-12 * 7 £750 New Year Available
January 2013
Sunday 6-Jan-13 7 £740 Booked
Sunday 13-Jan-13 7 £590 Available
Sunday 20-Jan-13 7 £590 Available
Sunday 27-Jan-13 7 £620 Available
February 2013
Sunday 3-Feb-13 7 £640 Available
Sunday 10-Feb-13 * 7 £795 Half Term Available
Sunday 17-Feb-13 * 7 £690 Half Term Booked
Sunday 23-Feb-13 7 £640 Available
March 2013
Sunday 3-Mar-13 7 £650 Available
Sunday 10-Mar-13 7 £670 Available
Sunday 17-Mar-13 7 £690 Available
Sunday 24-Mar-13 7 £690 Available
Sunday 31-Mar-13 * 7 £750 Easter 2013 Available
April 2012
Sunday 7-Apr-12 7 £700 Available
Sunday 14-Apr-12 7 £700 Available

In peak weeks, marked by a *, the chalet will normally be rented to a single party, which will be expected to fill it.

Prices assume two people per room. A single supplement of £200 may apply.

Children aged 0 to 24 months – £250.

The Writer’s Retreat is self catered with most food provided and is £900 per week for 2 people (please call to discuss).

Family Discounts

A 20% discount for children (those over 2 but under 12).

A 50% discount for a fourth child in a family (all four children having the same parents).

This is your holiday and we can often be flexible: early suppers for children and packed lunches can usually be arranged.

Booking Form

Please download and complete the  Winter booking Form (also available as a PDF -Winter Booking Form)

Return it to us by email at  lafermedusoleil@hotmail.com

or Fax 01235 861 643 (ring 01235 833643 first so that we can switch on)

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Winter Bookings & Price List 2011/2012

Winter Bookings & Price List 2011/2012

The price per person per week includes

Breakfasts of home-made bread, croissants, compôtes, fresh fruit, cereal, eggs, fruit juices, porridge, cereal, coffee teas and/or infusions

Afternoon tea of homemade tarts, biscuits,pancakes or cakes.

3 course evening meal (except one night per week) with aperitifs and wine with the meal.

Generally holidays start on a Sunday evening (except sometimes for Xmas and New Year) but occassionaly we can be flexible.

The price does not include travel, holiday insurance, health insurance, equipment hire or ski passes.
For summer availability, please see separate page

2011/2012 season
December 2011 Days Price
Sunday 18-Dec-11 * 8 £720 Christmas Booked
Monday 26-Dec-11 * 7 £750 New Year Available
January 2012
Monday 2-Jan-12 7 £680 Booked
Monday 9-Jan-12 6 £560 Booked,
Sunday 15-Jan-12 7 £570 Booked
Sunday 22-Jan-12 7 £620 Booked
Sunday 29-Jan-12 7 £620 Booked, Writer’s Retreat available
February 2012
Sunday 5-Feb-12 7 £640 Booked
Sunday 12-Feb-12 * 7 £750 Half Term Booked
Sunday 19-Feb-12 7 £640 Booked
Sunday 26-Feb-12 7 £640 Booked
March 2012
Sunday 4-Mar-12 7 £620 Booked
Sunday 11-Mar-12 7 £620 Booked
Sunday 18-Mar-12 7 £620 Available
Sunday 25-Mar-12 7 £670 Booked, Writer’s Retreat available
April 2012
Sunday 1-Apr-12 * 7 £700 Easter 2012 Available
Sunday 8-Apr-12 7 £600 Easter 2012 Available
Sunday 15-Apr-12 7

In peak weeks, marked by a *, the chalet will normally be rented to a single party, which will be expected to fill it.

Prices assume two people per room. A single supplement of £150 may apply.

Children aged 0 to 24 months – £250.

The Writer’s Retreat is self catered with most food provided and is £900 per week for 2 people (please call to discuss).

Family Discounts

A 20% discount for children (those over 2 but under 12).

A 50% discount for a fourth child in a family (all four children having the same parents).

This is your holiday and we can often be flexible: early suppers for children and packed lunches can usually be arranged.

Booking Form

Please download and complete the  Winter booking Form (also available as a PDF -Winter Booking Form)

Return it to us by email at  lafermedusoleil@hotmail.com

or Fax 01235 861 643 (ring 01235 833643 first so that we can switch on)

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Most convenient ski shop

We use a local ski shop because it is just below us on the slope.  This makes it very easy to take stuff back to change it, get a faster (or slower) ski, or have adjustments made.  You can also leave bags and things there.  And they sell sunglasses and socks when you realise that you left them behind!  We also find that it is a convenient place to pick up your bags to take up to the house and leave you skiing off!

They are not the cheapest and they do not have the broadest range but the people are nice and they speak some English. They have not only a normal range of skis but boards, ski de randonnée equipment, snow shoes etc.

Their address is:-

Magasin de sports, Ski Service Deloche

L’Envers du Chinaillon

Le Grand-Bornand Chinaillon

74450 Le Grand-Bornand

Tel : 04 50 27 00 73 (+33 4 50 27 00 33)

www.skiservice-grandbornand.com

contact@skiservice-grandbornand.com

Opening hours are officially from 08:45 to 18:00 (18:30 at Christmas through New Year and in February) although they seem to open a little earlier and are often there a little later, clearing up.

When hiring, mention that you are staying at La Ferme du Soleil.  You will still need a passport to show them.  Generally, you pay when you return your hired stuff. They take all the normal credit cards.

You can ask them to reserve you skis etc.  There is a form, which you can send them.  Emails work much better than telephone with them as they are not there until the season starts.

When driving through Chinaillon, take the left turn, marked to the slopes, and you will se it on the left after about a kilometre.  The shop is after the start of the car parking, just afte the Gettier lift  and the sign, “Ski Service”  faces you.

You can get your ski tickets 150 yards from the ski shop, just down the road.

You can, of course, go anywhere else that you choose.  However if you hire from Le Grand Bornand, remember that is more of a trek than shops in Chinaillon.

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Getting In The Stores At La Ferme In October

We have just had our first snow and the top of Mount Lachat is bathed in it! The sun has come out but the ground is very cold – great for winter. And a good promise for skiing next season.

October is the month when we get all the stores up the hill to la Ferme. As all the cows with bells leave the mountain for winter, we start getting in all the logs, wine and dry ingredients. Once the snow arrives, all the rest of the stores and the fresh fruit and vegetables etc have to be brought up on the skidoo.

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