Andy Butterworth, Author at Kaluma Travel

Christmas / New Year and Ski resorts…..

A famous friend once sang “It’s Christmas time, there’s no need to be afraid…..” Well there bl**dy is when its Christmas morning, your staff sleep in and your faced with feeding 20 guests on your...

Resort Dynamics. Never get confused again….

The Love Ski v’s The Ski Date The season is underway. Seasonnaires, both young and old are either in St Anton or Courchevel or any resort really for their first time, or back again for another winter....

The Kaluma Krew and Early Snow!

The staff arrived for the winter and what a top bunch they are! It looks like another good winter season in the Villa Montfort in St Anton for Kaluma Travel. First guests arrive on Wednesday...

It’s the little things in life….

It’s snowing, it’s snowing everywhere! It’s even snowing lots in Hampshire! So much that we had to close the Kaluma HQ because our team couldn’t make it to work! So one of those “working from...

Pre Season in a Ski Resort……

In any normal walk of life, in one sentence, if I mentioned ; gimps swinging from a roof, semi naked girls, gongs, free booze, grown men (and some Swedes) playing with dominos and a crowd watching and...

Mouvember in a Ski Resort……why we love/hate it so much….

November in ski resorts is usually a pretty quiet and dreary kind of time to be there. There are definitely some benefits and definitely some “non-benefits”: Benefits: Great to see your mates and actually get to...

Are the Alps colder than Manchester…….

Today’s the day I leave for the Alps, in effect, the season is beginning, right now! Am I excited? Certainly not about the 12hr drive and 2 hr ferry crossing ahead of me, although the...

Mince Pies, Christmas Parties, Ski Resorts, Golf and Resort Staff….

So, it’s nearly Christmas. Seriously, it really is nearly Christmas. We even had mince pies in the Kaluma Travel HQ today, that’s how Christmassie it really is…..! In fact, we’re even having a Christmas party tonight. Team...

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow……

No rants I promise. The London Ski Show has always kind of marked the start of the “ski season” and this years show seemed a big success again. Perhaps the most enlightening info I learned...

Cost Cutting vs Value for Money on a Ski Holiday

This is a gripe I have had for some time, this is my blog, so an excuse to write what I like: With the run up to the ski season now upon us there has already...