The savings, when booking chef service and self-catered accommodation separately, when compared with an 'all in' fully catered package can be up to 5000€ per week for a group of 4 adults and 4 children in like for like accommodation and meals of same/better standard. There are four answers to this question:
Tax Savings: When an operator sells a fully catered ski holiday, VAT ( TVA in France) has to be charged at 10% on the full value of the holiday. When Self catered accommodation is offered and the operator is not selling/offering meals directly, then the VAT/TVA rate is 0%. As you are paying the chef service or meal delivery service directly and you are not paying us for this service, you only pay TVA/VAT on the means and not on the accommodation. You are therefore making a significant saving in tax.
You pay the Chef Directly: Our partners for meal delivery and chef services are all local companies we have built up a relationship with over many years, we know they offer good quality at good prices.
Detailed Price Comparisons: We have carried out detailed price comparisons with a number of companies offering catered chalet holidays. We have taken great care to ensure that the level of service we have included is at least the same as the catered chalet offer. For a group of 8 people, 4 adults and 4 children, we have found savings as much as 5000 € for a week. Of course, the savings are different for each week of the season and are also dependant on which company the comparison is being made with.
Proven experience: Last ski season, we managed 4 properties which we sold as self-catered. These same properties are being offered this year by a different company fully catered. We have carried out a price comparison week by week for the ski season and have added on chef service and cleaning services onto the prices we were offering the same properties last ski season. For these properties, from the analysis we have carried out, the savings are 500 to 2500 euros per week for 8 people. Additionally, we believe that the chef service we were using in our price analysis would deliver a higher quality meal than the meals that the fully catered chalet company are offering for the 2020-21 ski season, hence we believe that our calculations are conservative.
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Please note: for compliance with the French tax regulations so that VAT (TVA in France) does not need to be charged on the full price of the holiday, we cannot provide ourselves (unless otherwise stated): a full breakfast service, regular/mid-week cleaning or chef service. It is for this reason that these services are provided by others.