The Season Edit
Guides, tips, and stories to help you make the most of your next season, whether it's your first or your fifteenth.
Latest Articles
The Ultimate Season Packing List
Don't turn up to the Alps without thermals. Here's everything you actually need to pack, and what you can leave behind.
Chalet Chef vs Chalet Host: Which Role is Right for You?
Both are essential to a great chalet experience, but the day-to-day is very different. Here's what to expect from each role.
Working in Europe After Brexit: What Seasonaires Need to Know
If you're a UK citizen planning a ski season or summer job in Europe, you now need a visa. Here's how the process works for France, Austria, Switzerland and beyond.
Best Ski Resorts to Work a Season in 2026
The best ski resorts for seasonal work, compared. Honest breakdown of pay, lifestyle, ski area, and social scene across the Alps and North America.
What Bar Work in a Ski Resort is Really Like
Bar work is one of the most social and ski-friendly roles in any resort. Here's what the hours, pay, and lifestyle actually look like.
How to Save Money During Your Ski Season
A ski season doesn't have to drain your savings. With the right planning and a few smart habits, you can enjoy the mountains without going broke.
Winter Season vs Summer Season: How to Choose
Mountains or coastlines? Chalets or yachts? If you're deciding between a winter and summer season, here's an honest comparison of the work, lifestyle, and money.
How to Become a Ski or Snowboard Instructor
Getting paid to ski sounds like the dream. Here's what the qualification path actually looks like, what it costs, and how to find your first instructor role.
Surviving Changeover Day: A Chalet Host's Guide
Changeover day is the hardest day of your week as a chalet host. Here's how to get through it efficiently, what to expect, and how to handle the things that go wrong.
Getting Into Yachting with No Experience
Yachting is one of the most exciting seasonal careers you can get into, but you can't just show up. Here's what you need, where to start, and what your first season will look like.
How to Become a Seasonaire: The Complete Guide
Everything you need to know about becoming a seasonaire. Types of seasonal work, how to find jobs, what it costs, visas, and tips from people who've done it.
How to Become a Chalet Host: Pay, Skills & Tips
Everything you need to know about chalet host jobs. What the role involves, skills you need, typical pay, best resorts, and how to get hired for your first season.
Do You Get Paid to Do a Ski Season?
Honest breakdown of ski season pay, accommodation, perks, and costs. Find out how much you can earn and whether you'll actually save money.
How Long Is a Ski Season Job?
Ski season length by resort and region. From December to April in the Alps, to year-round work in places like Chamonix. Full breakdown inside.
Festival Jobs UK: How to Work Music Festivals
How to get festival jobs in the UK. Types of roles, pay, what to expect, and the best festivals to work at. Your guide to the UK festival circuit.
How Much Money Do You Need for a Ski Season?
A realistic budget breakdown for a ski season. What to save before you go, what you'll earn, what you'll spend, and how to avoid running out of cash.
How to Write a Ski Season CV That Gets You Hired
Your season CV isn't your corporate CV. One page, transferable skills, and a cover note that shows you're a real person. Here's exactly how to write one.
A Day in the Life of a Ski Season Worker
What does a typical day actually look like on a ski season? The early starts, the ski time, the work, the nights out. An honest hour-by-hour breakdown.
Best Summer Season Jobs Abroad in 2026
The complete guide to summer season work. Yachts, beach clubs, watersports, festivals, and Mediterranean hospitality. Where to go, what to do, and what it pays.
Back-to-Back Seasons: The Endless Summer/Winter Lifestyle
How people chain ski seasons with summers abroad, year after year. The logistics, the finances, the reality, and why some people never stop.
How to Prepare for a Ski Season: Fitness, Admin, and Mindset
The practical stuff nobody tells you before your first season. How to get fit, sort the admin, and mentally prepare for months in the mountains.
What Is Working a Festival Really Like?
The mud, the magic, the 14-hour shifts. An honest look at what it's actually like to work behind the scenes at UK festivals.