The first charter flights of winter 2015-16 may be able to take off this weekend, but the UK’s largest wintersports holiday tour operator Crystal have today launched their 2016-17 programme of ski holidays for the winter AFTER this.
Although the company doesn’t make it’s big news announcements for the following season until the summer, it has said it will be adding the Lapland ski areas of Levi and Yllas to its programme in 2016-17.
Due to Christmas falling on a Sunday in 2016, in the run-up to Christmas and New Year, Crystal say they’ll be switched their Sunday flights to selected resorts to leave on Tuesdays giving customers a seven day ski holiday and the benefit of still being able to ski on Christmas Day. Only resorts in Andorra, Finland, Norway and some in Eastern France and Western Italy accessed from Turin airport are affected as most resorts are served with Saturday flights.
What’s more, for those who prefer a five-day break, they’ll be flying out on Tuesday 3 January and returning Sunday 8 January when normal Sunday flights will resume.
Please note, only some resorts are affected (see list below) as the majority of our flight programme is based on Saturday departures.
(Very) early booking offers for 2016/17 announced include 2 for 1 ski/board hire or carriage offer – saving up to £184 (based on advanced ski rentals in Courchevel) and a 2 for 1 lift pass offer – saving up to £598 (based on a 13 day lift pass in Tremblant) if you book before 30 March 2016.
Hotel credit is back, book one of our selected hotels and you’ll get up to €100 per person. Book by 28 September 2016.
There’s also £100 off Crystal child care at selected Pepi Penguin and Whizz Kids clubs (children aged 6 months to 11 years) when booking before 27 April 2016 in selected accommodation in France, Austria and Claviere (Italy) as well as free child places on every departure date.
Lift passes are included in packages to La Clusaz, Valloire, Chamrousse and Engelberg and Crystal Ski Plus packages, which cost from £435pp but include local lift pass and ski/board hire or ski carriage as well as the usual flights, transfers and accommodation and back and must be booked by 30 November 2016.
Crystal operate to over 130 resorts in 13 countries in Europe and North America, departures from 21 UK airports, St Pancras and Ashford stations as well as numerous ferry points.
2017 prices start at £335 per person (based on four sharing) for a week’s self-catering at the Residence Sunotel in Les Carroz, France, departing on 7 or 14 January 2017 from Gatwick including airport transfers.
