The Undiscovered Alps
How to find other quality independent holiday companies on the web!
We are based in the Southern French Alps famed for it’s great weather, wild and natural environment and the preservation of it’s alpine culture.
People often fall in love with the area and come back year after year. Or they experiment with the different seasons; snowshoeing or ski touring in the winter and mountaineering , mountain biking, or multi activity holidays in the summer.
But sometimes we are asked where would be a good place to go next?
The criteria required is the same, an undiscovered area, wild and unspoilt and ideally with a small locally based tour operator like ourselves to get that unique insight into the area and a personalized service.
The problem is that small independent travel companies are hard to find on the internet as they don’t have the same marketing budget as the big guys!
But there is a solution!! There are (thankfully) some innovative people around who have put together websites to group independent travel companies and make them easier for people to find.
We use some of these ourselves and you may even have discovered us through one of them.
Walkingholidayinfo is a great site for independent walking holidays in Europe. All the tour operators listed on their site are small independent companies offering walking, snowshoeing and mountaineering holidays. You can find Undiscovered Alps on their page on walking holidays in France.
Responsible travel is a site specializing in travel companies who have a responsible travel ethic.
Adventure Sports Holidays focus on the more unusual adventure holidays available around the world.
Muchbetteradventures are collecting the best local and independent active holiday providers from around the world, whilst giving those with a commitment to sustainability a little extra boost.
I’ll add more as I discover them but these are all travel portals that we use and through which clients have found us.
If you know of a good site we would love to hear about it. Please comment in the comments section and we’ll add it to the list.
Happy holiday hunting!
I’m the owner and director of Undiscovered Alps and I live in France with my husband Bernard who is a UIAGM high mountain guide and two children, Annie and Tommy. I am a passionate outdoory and love walking, mountaineering, biking and ski touring.
Before setting up Undiscovered Alps, I spent a brief period of time as a science teacher and then retrained as a journalist where I spent four fantastic years at the BBC.
This blog for me is the perfect marriage of my passions; the mountains, Undiscovered Alps and writing!
Please have a read, leave your comments and get involved in the discussions – we love to hear your views! 