J2 Skiers Go to Zermatt - Winter 2010/11

Oi, I didnt start anything. It was the Germans. When they invaded Poland.

I did suggest Zermatt if anyone was ACTUALLY serious about heading for somewhere to have a get together, simply because its not somewhere I have been and I know a lot of other folk have mentioned how good it is/would be. I'd also go there in a catered chalet to keep costs down as low as poss, reckon you could do it for £500ish early Jan, but I dont want to be held responsible for starting anything or being any kind of spokesperson.

I think the following is a suggestion:

People should post the following:

1. Where they would like to go in a 1 2 3 order of priority
2. They should then post how many of them there would be ie just them or OH as well. Personally, I only go with the OH.
3. They should then suggest when would be good for them to go, or specifically when they might not be able to go.

Out of this we can either come up with a "take it or leave it" option, or we might end up with 2 or 3 groups of people wanting to go to various places, which means we could please more people.
That is of course providing people actually commit to going, because that, from experience, is where the problems start - someone does the donkey work and makes a booking and people start pulling out, especially when its people you dont even know!

My suggestion would be, once we have the following agreed, that people commit to a certain week or whatever in an agreed resort and go about finding their own holidays, as some like catered, some like apartments, some like hotels, and it also means that no one is tied in. It just means that those who are keen make their own holiday plans and those that ACTUALLY end up going have the meet up and can ski together and have a few J2 parties.

In the meantime, perhaps those who are genuinely interested could post their own 1 2 3 as above.

I'll start:

1 Where
1. Zermatt
2. St Anton
3. Val Gardena

2 Who
Me and Mrs H

3 When
1st week in Jan is good, but any time except school holidays is fine. The cheaper the week, the better for me.


Next....?

tino_11 wrote:This has all gone a wee bit west, I'm in charge, we are going to Zermatt on a date I have not decided yet 8)

seriously peeps making a conversation out of it will split us like peas. Poll the top 5 resorts, after a specified time it is set. Then do the same with dates and finally follow Lynn's plan and let evryone sort themselves out.

et voilà

Well said Tino.

It's my 40th birthday in January 2011!

:shock:

Where: don't care if there is snow
When: don't care as long as I have notice
Who: me and whoever I decide to bring

I'll get it booked shall I?

;)

you make a good point Tony, too many permeations and we can never please all.

Location, date and let the (serious) individuals work the logistics.

NellyPS wrote:

tino_11 wrote:This has all gone a wee bit west, I'm in charge, we are going to Zermatt on a date I have not decided yet 8)

seriously peeps making a conversation out of it will split us like peas. Poll the top 5 resorts, after a specified time it is set. Then do the same with dates and finally follow Lynn's plan and let evryone sort themselves out.

et voilà

Well said Tino.

It's my 40th birthday in January 2011!

:shock:

early claim for Jan 2010 there, nice job ;)

I don't mind being referee here, whoops, I mean coordinator ;) but before we play the game we must set the rules. Otherwise it will like Mike Tyson playing Gary Kasparov at pool.

1 Where
Zermatt (never skied Switzerland)
St Anton (as TH has recommended it on numerous occasions)
Val Disere (it's my favourite)

2 Who
Me and Mr Nelly

3 When
January or March are my prefered skiing months.

Next....

1. Zermatt
2 Verbier (never been)
3 Grindelwald (never been)

2. Who
Me

3.When
Early Jan or March

Next :D

Tony_H wrote:
1 Where
1. Zermatt
2. St Anton
3. Val Gardena

2 Who
Me and Mrs E

3 When
1st week in Jan is good

Ditto

Where:-

a)Zermatt (never skied Switzerland.)
b)St Anton (loved it would love to go again).
c)We'll go with the flow.

Who:-

Me and Scapula

When:-

Any time but not first week in January as will already be somewhere else.