Luxury Chalets

The luxury chalets label seems nowadays to apply to nearly every chalet if you read most operators websites, even if it is clear from the pictures, its far from luxury!

So I guess in terms of picking a luxury chalet, after checking whether the chalet can accommodate your party, the price is within your budget, and its of course available when you need it, the Gallery Page probably should be the first port of call. Whilst a camera can nowadays lie with modern 'touch up' and even wholesale changes, it nevertheless gives a good insight into the 'luxury' and what the standard of the facilities are probably going to be like, if not the close up detail. Be careful here however, and when you look at the details and luxury features, just think about what they aren't showing! So check carefully that they aren't being choosey with the photos and if necessary ask them for the full repertoire.

The next check should probably be the Guestbook and people's comments. First question is to just think whether the comments appear genuine, and not written by the operator, you can get a feel if you look close, and then are they really waxing lyrical or just one 'polite' line. Also are the comments regular or once in blue moon where they got it right on the 6th week!

The last two factors when choosing a luxury catered chalet is to check the services and whether the delivery will truly be luxury, or pretty sparse at best. For example, is the chef some 18 year old untrained girl or boy, or a professionally trained chef, does the menu look high quality, are they providing transport, champagne, etc, etc. And when you finally have checked these to your satisfaction, contact the operator,  test their knowledge, how they come across, are they friendly but professional, because if they aren't, then is it really going to be luxury!