Last day of the Easyjet sale

Today is the last day of the Easyjet February sale.

With savings from the 1st of April if your thinking of going skiing this Easter this is a good day to book your flights to Geneva.

The Indian Village - Les Gets

If you are coming to the Hotel Christiania in Les Gets with young children then you should take them to the Indian Village, which is located at the top of the Chavannes express lift.

Video taken on the Indian run last weekend

Located close to a nursery area this fun ski area represents good place for young children to have some fun while learning to ski.

Les Gets Weather

It's certainly getting warmer in Les Gets this week, with freeze, thaw conditions every day. While its currently 4 degree in the village, its forecast to drop to -11 tonight so its still very much the winter season.

Piste conditions remain very good and you certainly need to remember to bring your sun screen if your coming to Les Gets in the next few days.

This image was taken at 1pm today from one of the web cams on the Hotel Christiania web site http://www.hotelchristiania.com/

Easyjet sale, Book your Easter ski trip before Wednesday night

Easyjet are having a sale this weekend on flights from the 1st of April to the 15th of July 2012.

With savings of up to 20% on all bookings made in this sale, this could be the last chance you have to make a saving on your Easter ski trip to the Hotel Christiania in Les Gets, as flight prices have started to rise for this busy school holiday period.

Call the UK booking office on 44 1738 840888 for details of the rooms we have free in the month of April. With the great conditions in Les Gets just now its going to be a great Easter to be skiing.

Deal of the day

Are you looking to go skiing in Les Gets from the 3rd to the 10th of March. We have 1 room (room 32) free which can sleep up to 5 people.

Rooms in that week at Hotel Christiania were priced at 115€ per person per night on a half board basis but this remaining room is now priced at 85€ per person.

The UK office is closed over the weekend but if you e-mail martin.hawkins@hotelchristiania.com he will remote access at the weekend and can pick up your enquiry.

Going to France? Get a breathalyser

British holidaymakers driving to France this year should be warned they need to carry breathalyser kits in their cars to comply with new laws.

The gadgets, which allow drivers to test their own alcohol levels to make sure they are under the drink-drive limits, will be obligatory for all motorists in France from July.

The French drink-driving limit is 50mg, which is 30mg lower than in the UK. Drivers found with between 50mg and 80mg of alcohol in 100ml of blood can be fined €135 and gain six points on their licence. Drivers with more alcohol face fines of €4,500 and a two-year prison sentence.

Drivers caught without a kit - available from ferry and train terminals from £1 to £2 - could be fined €11, although police are not expected to start enforcing the fines until November.

The "Les Menuires Seven"

We came across this article written by our friends at the on line edition of Yodel Magazine and thought it may be of interest to our followers.

The 'Les Menuires Seven' have shown the power of the seasonaire today by barricading themselves into a luxury chalet in a protest over pay.


Yodel just spoke to Aanya, one of the seven. She told us that at the beginning of February they applied for season work with a local tour operator in Les Menuires, Three Valleys after seeing various chalet and childcare roles advertised on a ski forum. They now claim not to have been paid and their positions have been terminated after just one week of employment. Many people in Les Menuires and the neighbouring resort of Riberty appear to have joined the cause and the group have created a Facebook page to promote their plight.

The group told Yodel that they have job offers stating their job descriptions, rate of pay and employment period and five of the seven headed to Les Menuires around 3 weeks ago, in advance of the busy half term week to take up their new positions for the rest of the season. It's claimed that after half term a representative of their employer visited the team in their staff chalet and they were asked to leave their accommodation immediately as their positions had been terminated. She says that the justification from their employer was that there weren't enough guests to sustain their employment. When asked for their wages owed they claim that they were denied payment.

The group have taken matters into their own hands by barricading themselves into an empty luxury chalet operated by their former employer. Supporting locals are looking after them and they are in contact with the owner, who must surely be hoping for a speedy resolution as the chalet is expecting new guests this Saturday!

Yodel contacted the Les Menuires chalet company at the centre of the claims made by the Les Menuires 7 group. It appears that no one from the company is available to comment at this time.

Members of the Les Menuires Seven were interviewed on BBC breakfast radio in Norwich this morning and Yodel has watched their Facebook followers grow from 600 to 1147 as we finish this article!