Children's Ski

Skiing as a family is fantastic fun but can be hard work too. That's why Mark Warner provides a variety of childcare options to fit your choice of holiday, your children's age range and their ski ability. We are immensely proud of our childcare, and with 30 years experience of ski holidays with children we have everything covered.  

Al Morgan from The Ski Club shares his recent holiday experience Skiing with the family

We have creches in 9 of our chalethotels all of which are bright, warm and bursting at the seams with toys to keep our younger guests happy.  All creches are fully equipped with essentials such as: sleep area with cots for daytime naps, bottle sterilisers, fridges and potties! There are also 24-hour kitchen facilities for parents needing to make up night and early morning bottles. All our creches are fully staffed with British nannies - all of whom are top notch and hold either an NNEB, DCE, NVQ qualification, or have at least 2 years' relevant childcare experience.

Our crèches open at 9am daily allowing you to join the ski host groups or just get out on to the slopes early. For children that are booked into our childcare and who are also booked into ski school - then our nannies will escort the children to ski school and collect them after their lesson. The nannies will ensure all children are happy and settled into their class before leaving and will return to collect them for lunch or tea depending on ski school schedule. At the end of the day it's back to the chalethotel for tea. Please note that Mark Warner nannies can drop/collect children at alternative ski schools to those recommended by Mark Warner as long as the schools are running on similar times (not the Berangere or Tarentaise)

Ski School prices 2011/12

Children's Mealtimes
Our Chefs and Childcare Managers work closely together to ensure that the meals we produce are appealing to children, nutritious and tasty. If your child has any special dietary requirements (we provide vegetarian options among our choices) or allergies, please inform the Childcare Manager on arrival or when booking your holiday.

Breakfast - Children to be supervised by parents
Lunch - Children booked into childcare & lunching at the chalethotel are supervised by the childcare team
High Tea - At 5pm a supervised high tea is served to the younger children
Early Dinner - During school holidays, an early dinner is served at 7pm

Children's Menu Ski

Free Evening Drop in Creche
We run a FREE evening "drop-in" crèche for children from 4 months to 12 years, which is available every evening from 7.30pm to 11pm (closed on Sundays). Simply drop your children off at the crèche, where our nannies will provide storytime, DVD showing and quiet games leaving you to dine in the restaurant at your leisure. 
If you'd rather your child stayed in your room, we can arrange babysitting at an extra charge. This has to be booked in resort and is depedent on staff availability.

What To Bring

• Bag - labelled with child's name
• Suncream - factor 30+
• Gloves - not wool
• Sunglasses/Goggles
• Snowsuit - wind and shower proof
• Clothes to layer under suits
• Ski helmet (usually available to hire in resort)
• Warm hat - not wool
• Boots - suitable for snow
• Pocket money - for those childen in ski school to buy a drink/snack
• Ski socks
• Swimsuit/Aqua nappies (applicable to Chalethotels Le Val D'Isere and Berengere)
• Nappies and nappy sacks
• Wet wipes/lotion and cotton wool
• Cream
• Comforters (if required)
• Bottles/feeder cups
• Formula milk
• Pushchair
• Bib

What We Provide

• Travel cots for under 2 years
• Highchairs
• Potties
• Baby baths
• Bottle sterilising facilities
• Full-fat milk (UHT)
• Jars of purees

Please note: If your child is used to a particular brand of formula milk, we would suggest that you bring this with you as it may not be available locally.

Children with Special Needs
If your child has special needs we'll do our best to accommodate them. We simply ask you to call us before booking your holiday to discuss what arrangements we might need to make and to ensure that we are able to help you on your chosen departure.

See below for our chalethotels and what childcare they have on offer;