Your Ski and Snowboarding Trip with Ardmore Educational Travel
From booking to arriving at your accommodation
Personal Service
We understand that every group has their own special requirements and that each booking is
unique. Our friendly personal service makes it
easy to book your trip with Ardmore and we
promise to provide the highest standard of
attention to detail to all aspects of your booking.
Every aspect of your trip will be discussed and
settled with your Group Leaders before departure.
A full written itinerary for your weeks programme,
room allocations and final travel details are all
issued to you shortly before your departure date.
For groups of 40+ a Resort Representative will be
with you throughout your stay.
If you have any special requirements for your
group, or anything is unclear during booking
then please contact us and we will provide you
with a personal, friendly and professional
service on all aspects of your booking.
Getting there
We can offer you two options of getting to your
chosen resort; by air or by executive coach.
Air
We can arrange your flights for you on request.
All flights are provided by scheduled and/or
chartered airlines licensed by the UK Civil Aviation
Authority or their EU counterparts. All precise
information on airline, aircraft type, flight time
and airport for departure and arrival will be
provided at time of request (as all flight schedules
are not yet confirmed). Information given on your
booking confirmation may be subject to change
when final schedule information is available. The
minimum group size for air travel is 20 full paying
passengers. Please contact us directly for a quote
and full information on flight arrangements.
Executive Coach
Combining speed, comfort and flexibility with
huge savings over air travel, over 90% of our
groups now travel to their chosen resort by
coach. Ardmore coaches provide comfort and
safety with the following key features:
Seatbelts, jet-air ventilation & heating, radio,
DVD player, WC & Washroom, on-board drinks
facility, snow-chains.
Your coach remains in the resort with you for
your entire stay and is available for daily transfers
to the ski lift stations and evening entertainment
programme. All coaches are provided by UK
companies licensed by the UK Department of
Transport. A minimum of 2 experienced drivers
will be responsible for your journey with all travel
itineraries scheduled with strict compliances to
the EU Driver’s Hours Regulations.
Standard seating for Ardmore coaches under
contract is 48/49 seats.
53 seat coaches are available on request.
Double Decker coaches are also available and
subject to availability with a surcharge. Please
contact us for full details and price.
Outward
Typically your coach will collect your group
directly from your school or departure point to
arrive at Dover for an early evening channel
crossing. Arriving in France, your journey will
continue overnight to arrive in your resort early
afternoon of your second day.
Return
You will leave your resort after an early evening
dinner on your final day, retracing your outward
route overnight for a midday sailing to the UK
and return to your departure point.
Accommodation
We believe that the excellent quality and value of
the hotels we offer distinguish our ski trips from
others on the market. Group leaders repeat their
bookings with us year after year,with many
wanting to return to the same hotel due to the
high standards, comfort, quality of food and warm
friendly welcome extended to all of our groups.
All hotels in this brochure have been carefully
selected for their suitability to our groups. We
can match you with accommodation that meets
your exact specifications and high standards in
any of our resorts. All accommodation is licensed
by the relevant national and/or provincial
authorities giving assurance that
accommodations offered comply with all
required hygiene, fire and safety regulations.
Food
Your accommodation is on a half-board basis.
Lunch is not included as we find that most
groups enjoy to sample the exciting variety of
food in the mountain restaurants. Packed lunch
can be arranged for a supplement, please
contact us for details.
Coach groups –meals included commence on
evening dinner on arrival through to evening
dinner immediately before departure on final day.
Air groups – meals included commence on
evening dinner on arrival through to breakfast
on your final day.
A Typical Evening Activity Programme
Sunday – Welcome & Ski equipment fitting
Monday – Ice-Skating
Tuesday – Bowling
Wednesday – Excursion
Thursday – Swimming
Friday – Ski School Prize-giving/Disco
Saturday – Departure after evening meal
The range of evening activities available for
your group is dependent upon your choice of
resort and availability at time of booking. We
can provide you all of the price information on
your Final Details Form. On average a budget of £5 per passenger, per activity should be allowed.
Equipment & Professional Instruction
Quality Ski & Snowboard Equipment
Ski
Ski equipment provided is high quality late model
general-purpose carving skis with
automatic step-in bindings, ski stoppers and
comfortable foam-lined modern clip ski boots
Snowboarding
Quality modern snowboards are provided with
either hard or soft snowboarding boots.
All equipment is supplied by licensed local resort
suppliers and insurance for accidental breakage
and/or loss of hired equipment is covered by the
travel insurance included in our pricing.
In Italy the wearing of helmets is obligatory
for children under 14 years of age for skiing or
snowboarding, for groups booking Italy we will
arrange helmet hire for group members under
14 on the departure date – Free of Charge. For
all other resorts and over 14 year olds please
ask for a quotation.
Professional Ski and Snowboard
Instruction
Expert tuition makes your group’s experience
more fun and safe. In every resort we only use
the officially licensed National Ski/Snowboard
School. All instructors are qualified to the high
standard required of their professional body.
Ski
Ardmore offers three levels of ski instruction:
1. 6 days x 2 hours instruction (included in all
prices)
2. 6 days x 4 hours instruction (supplement
price on request)
3. Fully Supervised 6 days x 4 hours instruction
plus 1 hour supervised skiing plus one hour
supervised lunch (supplement price on request,
subject to availability at the resort)
Please note – in Italy 2 hours = 1 hour 50
minutes for all instruction sessions in
accordance with National Regulations.
Ski Group size = minimum 10, average 12-15
per group (additional instructor costs available
on request).
Snowboarding
Snowboarding courses are available at a
supplement in all resorts:
1. 6 days x 4 hours instruction and equipment hire
2. 6 days x 6 hours instruction and equipment hire
We can only offer snowboard options which
include professional instruction (no equipment
only groups).
Snowboard group sizes = minimum of 8,
average 9-12 (additional instructor costs on
request)
Please note – for Andorra and Sunday River
resorts snowboarding is 5 days
Please contact us for all supplement prices
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