We are thinking of doing similar (ie leaving the kids behind with grandparents) for 4 nights. I did a quick search and have had one quote but at first glance the cost was a bit eye watering for what it was. Anyway you could try this company as they do specialise in short ski holidays : http://www.flexiski.com/.

OK we decided to leave the children in the end as it was proving to be too difficult so have roped in grandparents to babysit. Can anyone recommend the best way to book a long weekend skiing given we are looking to go very last minute? Any companies or resorts to recommend? We will most likely try to fly to Geneva.

Jonathan@hamptons - thanks for your message. I tried to pm you bot don't think it worked. If you could e-mail me your Chamonix contact it would be much appreciated thanks!

Hi there, some friends of ours swear by a resort called Ste Foy (it's a village just below Val d'Isere) and there is a company there called Premier Neige. They have a creche service if you book one of their chalets. Depending on when you want to go (as long as they're not completely fully booked) they would probably be able to arrange a chalet or apartment for a long weekend rather than the whole week.

Alternatively we have a friend that looks after various chalets in Chamonix who would be able to arrange child care to come to you for around 10 euros an hour. The difficulty with a hotel room as opposed to a chalet/apartment is that obviously the space in a hotel is going to be a bit limited for a nanny & 2 children.

When we looked at this two years ago we found a couple of nanny agencies in the bigger resorts (Merinannies I think was one) that provided nanny services so it might be worth researching that side of things.

PM me if you want more details of my friend in Chamonix.

I have heard good things about Powder Byrne...

We looked at this last year & it was almost impossible, the family friendly firms only do a week or more & we tried to book ourselves & just couldn't get flights that worked, hotels that were suitable & all in a family friendly resort.

If you fancy a week, try http://www.espritski.com/ & if you do manage to sort out a long weekend, please let me know as we'd love to go

why not take a holiday/temp nanny with you?

We are considering a long weekend away skiing with our 2 children aged just over 2 and 9 months. Has anyone done this and could you recommend a company that could organise somewhere with childcare? Or are we nuts to even consider it?!