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Back in 1770 the first guest house was opened up in Chamonix Haute Savoie France, and it was nothing like today’s luxury ski chalets.

Before this date Chamonix Haute Savoie France embodied a wild and tough rural hamlet where the locals captured their own animals and grew their oats.

Farms back then were used to stock cows over the spring and summer.

The cows milk was conserved by making it into different types of cheese and preserved in the farm for eating during the cruel winter times.

In the winter season the barns were locked up, and any valued possessions were secured in a mazot.

The person who came up with the chalet holiday is unknown, however it was likely various zealous people who acknowledged a pattern which was novel.

For entrepreneur Erna Low it started when she was a homesick graduate and could not visit her family back home as much as she would like to.

Therefore in 1932 she took a risk and put ad in the papers to invite punters on a winter break. The cost was £15 and they traveled to and from the village, had dinner and lodging in the solitary pub lodging, and had ski hire and lessons.

The holiday was hard, there were no lifts, no safety bindings, merely leather shoes, but it was so popular that Erna Low continued to take groups on holiday, guaranteeing she employed superb lodges and guides.

Chalet holidays during the early years were a long way to the standards we can receive today.

Back then hot water was in short supply, the bathrooms would be shared out with all of the guests, and there was no a cook; all the clients were expected to help out.

It was a real gamble who may share the lodge for a holiday, you might be pleased to encounter brand new acquaintances, or have an uncomfortable week amongst strangers.