For the skier who has everything!

Ian Wickham wrote:

EmmaEvs wrote:Do they put the heated boot warmers in the rooms?

They normally do not allow boots in the room ...... you normally find the boot warmers in the ski and boot room.

Mmm. I take my boots back to my room. Nobody's tried to stop me yet and I wouldn't be too amused if they did, unless they were willing to compensate me if they went missing. First day of our first ski hol and MrEvs rented boots disappeared. That was just an inconvenience, if someone nicked our bought boots I'd be after a scalp.

Bandit wrote:EmmaEvs, do be cautious with commercial boot warmers. I wrote off a new pair of Conformable footbeds when I trusted one machine. The footbed shrivelled up because the machine overheated the footbed.Cost to me £100
I'll not stay anywhere that won't allow me to take at least my liners to my room.

:shock: Nightmare. Did you bury the offending boot warmer under a deep snowdrift? How do you know in advance whether the place has a problem with boots being taken to the room? It's not something they draw attention to in the brochures etc. Or am I just an awkward get while everyone else plays by this mysterious rule?!

Ally and Trencher - I think I'll avoid taking the liners out and just use a combination of moisture thingies I've bought, and a reasonable spell by the radiator. Am looking forward to putting my feet in snuggly warm boots this year :D

Last but definitely not least - yes Tony I have been skiing before Only to two different places though (snot my fault I'm a late starter - haven't you noticed I never get involved in 'serious' threads?!). In 'N' I get odd looks taking my stuff back to the room but nobody's pulled me. In Kitzbuhel we rented a locker at the bottom of the gondola.

Always take your boots to bed with you

Emma,
They usually have big notices up in the hotel/apartment block saying no skis or boots to be taken upstairs to the bedroom/flat. In fact, we were staying in one block that had a sign saying they had CCTV and anyone caught doing this would be thrown out :shock:

I imagine it's because the sharp edges of the skis wreck the carpets etc. and the boots drip muddy water everywhere.

The places I have stayed in, in France and Austria, either have an open plan boot room with a combination lock on the main door, or individual lockers with keys, so that one's boots and skis are reasonably safe from theft.

Ally

Another advantage of one clip boots is that no one will think of nicking them. )

Sounds to me like you need to pick better places to stay, rather than prison camps

Tony_H wrote:Always take your boots to bed with you

I like this solution. Although if MrEvs reads this he will take you completely literally and then you will have a lot to answer for Mr H! :lol:

Ally I wouldn't mind the lockers with keys, but anything less I'm not keen on, even a combo locked room.

I've got a bit of an issue with someone in a hotel telling me what to do with my stuff when they're taking no responsibility for it whatsoever. :(

It is a courtesy. In Austria, if you visit a private house, you normally remove your shoes at the door. The houses are spotless.
It isn't quite the same in a hotel of course, but it is still not good form to take dirty gritty boots into a room.
Your turn on the naughty step, Emma.

It's a fair cop. I'm on the naughty step.

Will it be better if I wipe them down first? Got no prob doing that. Easy.

Anyway where do you lot go skiing to pick up mud and grit? I've heard of off piste but that's ridiculous! :wink: