Winter Sports Travel Insurance

Heading off on a ski or snowboard holiday soon?  Don't forget your Winter Sports Travel Insurance.

Cheap winter sports travel insurance from Essential Travel from only GBP19.99 per week will insure you for a wide range of winter sports including on and off piste skiing and snowboarding, cross country skiing, glacier skiing, and snowmobiling. Rest assured that you are fully insured before you hit the slopes.

Winter Sports Insurance
Essential travel's fully comprehensive and cheap winter sports insurance offers the following key features:

- Emergency medical expenses up to £10 million including repatriation

- Emergency airlift off the mountain if required

- Off piste skiing and snowboarding when accompanied with a locally qualified guide

- Coverage for glacier skiing, cross country skiing, snowmobiling, and snow sledging

- Cover for ski equipment, ski hire, piste closure and delay due to avalanche on all Essential, Essential Plus and Superior polices with winter sports

Winter Sport Travel Insurance
Whether you are planning a weekend skiing in Scotland, a ski holiday in Europe or Canada or heading down under to check out the Southern hemisphere ski scene in New Zealand Essential travel have got you covered. Their fully comprehensive winter sport travel insurance will give you total peace of mind that you are fully insured leaving you to enjoy the slopes, the exquisite views and the après ski wherever you end up.

Choose between three different types of policies for either UK Winter Sports Travel Insurance, Europe Winter Sports Travel Insurance or Worldwide Winter Sports Travel Insurance:

- Single Trip Winter Sports Travel Insurance polices are valid for winter holidays up to 31 days.

- Annual Multi Trip Winter Sports Travel Insurance polices allow unlimited trips throughout the year with winter sports holidays not exceeding 21 days in total.

- Backpacker Winter Sports Travel Insurance polices allow a continuous trip up to 12 months with winter sports limited to 31 days in total.

Wintersports Insurance
Please note that Essential travel's Wintersports insurance is only available up to and including the age of 65.

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Early Booking Discount on the Snow Train

The Rail Europe Snow Train has become a winter institution for skiers and boarders heading for the pistes of France. To kick off their winter season they have just launched their early booking discount - Book by 1st September for the 2009 ski season and save up to £30. Prices from £199.

Visit the Rail Europe website now to book your trip

Travelling by train to the French Alps is now the journey of choice for thousands of skiers and boarders every season. Convenient, easy and great value - the Snow Train transports you to the heart of the slopes in complete comfort and great time. Because you arrive first thing on Saturday and depart last thing the following Saturday, the Snow Train gives you maximum time on the slopes.

French ski areas and resorts served by the Snow Train
The Snow Train runs from London St Pancras and Ebbsfleet International, Kent, delivering skiers to four key ski areas in the French Alps: Les Trois Vallées, Paradiski, Mont Blanc and Espace Killy.

The resorts in these areas include:

• Courchevel
• Val d'Isère
• Les Arcs
• Tignes
• Meribel
• Val Thorens
• Megève
• Les Allions
• Combloux

The Snow Train stops at six French stations, offering easy connections from: Chambéry, Albertville, Moûtiers, Aime la Plagne, Landry, Bourg St Maurice.

Accommodation on the Snow Train
There is comfortable, flat-bed sleeping accommodation on all Snow Trains.

Disco carriage
In its own separate, sound-proofed carriage, this legendary all-nighter is a must for party people. You can bring your own drinks too.

Storing equipment on the Snow Train
There is no charge for carrying your skis or boards in our spacious ski locker.

Your Snow Train experience will start with a Eurostar journey from the newly refurbished St Pancras Station in London, or the brand new Ebbsfleet International station just off the A2/M25 in Kent. You'll arrive at the Gare du Nord in the centre of Paris, and simply change platforms to board the overnight Snow Train to travel to the heart of the French Alps.

You'll depart on a Friday evening, and arrive early Saturday morning, ready to put in some time on the slopes. On the last day of your holiday, you can hit the slopes again and still have plenty of time to catch the Saturday evening departure.

Restful sleep or a night in the bar?
On board, relax for the evening in your couchette compartment or head to the bar and disco carriage in the centre of the train. This soundproofed carriage comes complete with its own DJ.

The couchette compartments sleep up to 6 passengers, and have seats that convert into bunk style flat beds for a great nights sleep – no need to sit upright throughout your journey. There are toilets and washrooms at the end of each compartment.

You'll also be accompanied by Rail Europe’s own bilingual travel supervisors, who will help at check-in, let you know before you reach your station stop, and are available throughout your journey.

The Snow Train service is completely non-smoking

Visit the Rail Europe website now to book your trip