Quick link» Childcare options for our Meribel Chalet
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Skiing is the perfect family holiday. A holiday for all of the family to enjoy together, often three generations share and enjoy the experience. Alpine Action does not offer Childcare Facilities in-house. We feel that childcare is something best left to qualified professionals.
Alpine Action Catered Chalet holidays are however suited to families, as our chalets offer a home from home experience. You can also use the half-price discount on extra beds in some of our chalets. Where extra beds are possible on full occupancy bookings, to bring children for little more than the cost of a flight, although in the majority of cases a 15% discount is applied to the brochure price for any child under 12 years. Children under 2 are charged at £105 each. We will provide a cot and highchair.
Chalets are more relaxing for families than hotels, where parents are constantly worried that their brood will upset fellow guests, or self-catering apartments, where most of someone’s holiday will be spent shopping, cooking and clearing up.
A successful family ski holiday is one of the best experiences you can participate in. However the wrong decision or plan can lead to disaster. We strongly recommend that you read the following and if you are in any doubt please contact Dionne Heasman in the UK office who has taken her child as a small baby and toddler in the last few years for some honest and helpful advice.
Ski schools get booked early, so if you require lessons for your children, we strongly recommend that you pre-book all ski lessons for any date.
You can view all details about ski lessons on our website including prices and timetables. You can contact most ski schools by telephone or by e-mail and website. Generally, the independent schools that we recommend have smaller classes than the ESF (École de Ski Français). It is advisable to pre-book all your ski lessons to avoid any disappointment. This is important for booking all weeks of the season, but in particular, Christmas, New Year and Half Term holidays. Family holidays can be ruined because classes are full and there are no instructors available.
Children's clothes need to be warmer than adults’, ideally one-piece suits, however many of the childrens 2 pieces suits have braces on the pants and extra glove covers. Mittens are warmer than gloves. Your children will almost certainly need two pairs, at least, because even if they don’t keep falling over, they’ll probably soak their mittens throwing snowballs!
All children should wear helmets and most ski schools will insist, these can be hired from the hire shops in both Meribel and La Tania. We would also recommend that children wear goggles with their helmets, it covers most of their faces and are strapped in on the back so do not fall off, as sunglasses do. Once they stop for lunch, they remove the helmet and goggles, and need a hat or cap and wraparound sunglasses that stay on. Children need easily applied sun block (you can ask the instructor to re-apply it) and lip salve with a sun screen. Clothes cannot be hired in Meribel or La Tania, but skis, boots and helmets are not a problem. |
