And book your family ski lessons now!
With the Summer holidays now behind us, it is time to start preparing for the ski season – yes, really! As the season approaches, knowitall.ch will try and keep you posted on all the latest recommendations as they are sent in to us.
The first of these comes from Ski Pros Megève, a popular English ski school located in the village of Megève, and which has featured a number of times on our site in the past. Founder, Mike Beaudet, has just sent us details of his "Early Bird” ski trips, running in Cervinia-Zermatt between 1st of November and 15 December, 2012. More details can be found in the article we featured last year on the site, but, in a nutshell, these are excellent, "long weekend" 2, 3, 4 and 5 day "tune-up" trips to the Italian and Swiss Alps at 3380 meters, which can be scheduled around your availability and desires. “Late Spring” trips between 15 April and 5 May, 2013, can also be arranged along the same lines.
For those of you that live close to Megève (and that includes anyone living in or around Geneva since Megève is just an hour’s drive from the airport), Ski Pros Megève will continue to offer its popular weekend programs for kids and adults as of mid December, or earlier if the ski area is open. This is a great opportunity to get the family out in the fresh air and learn to become "great" skiers in a season.
Mike told knowitall.ch, “We try to organize very small groups of families (that know each other) and teach the kids, while the parents are either skiing with another instructor, or doing whatever they want: reading, shopping in Megève, getting a facial, swimming at the Palace des Sports, etc. Lessons can last 2 or 4 hours or all day. We can even keep the kids together for lunch, so the parents have a little "breathing space", if needed. We also do this on Wednesday afternoons for those that can get away.”
He added, “Many expats in Geneva set up programs for the whole season for Saturday or Sunday mornings and or afternoons. By the end of one season the kids are "flyers". Often they are much faster and better than their parents. The kids love it, and so do the parents! Our pricing structure is perfect for small groups of 3 to 8 people, with similar ability. The more people you have, the cheaper its costs per person.”
If you decide to go this route and book lessons for the season, don’t forget to look at the option of purchasing seasonal ski passes before November 15th (after this date they become more expensive). According to Mike, if you ski 14 times over the season your Megève lift pass is "amortized"!
Should you need anything in the way of help or advice with ski lessons, securing lodging, obtaining recommendations and reservations for restaurants, ski equipment hire, then Mike is always on hand to help. Just give him a call or drop him a line by email. As in the past, if you need ski equipment hire, he can assist in making sure that your ski equipment is ready for you (at a discounted price) when you arrive in Megève. His best advice, however, for anyone coming to ski in Megève, is to reserve everything as early as possible!
If you'd like to meet Mike and his team in person, then you can visit him on his stand at the Geneva Expat Expo on Sunday, 14 October (just near the entrance as you walk in). They will also be giving away two free ski lessons lasting two hours each, and two kid's ski vests courtesy of KinderLift at a special draw being held at the event. To participate you just need to drop your name in the box at the Ski Pros Megeve stand. The draw will be held at the end of the show by the event organizers and announced to the public.
If you mention you saw this article on knowitall.ch, Mike will kindly offer you 10% off your first ski lesson booked with Ski Pros Megève, subject to availability and providing the lesson is scheduled for outside the school holiday period. For further information on skiing at Megève, read this article, which we featured a couple of years ago on the knowitall.ch website.
Ski Pros Megève
www.skiprosmegeve.com
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
skype: mikemegeve
0033/681 61 06 15
