Ski/boarding europe what a hassell

Did you add 0044 and drop the first 0?

Pablo Escobar wrote:Did you add 0044 and drop the first 0?

Yep just did
I've been on the phone to the operator too It is a non access number from Australia dont no why. This is so stupid I just wish I could make that phone call.

I guess I just have to try and book it online

Littleski,
I just phoned Rail Europe, and told them what you said, and they've given me another number now - 0044 173 252 6700. Apparently you call that number, and then ask to be put through to the call centre. They say it will work from Australia.

I'm sorry it's all turning out to be so difficult for you.

Ally

Ally,
I know you mean well, but this is just going from the ridiculous to the utterly unbelievable!! :hunf:

Brucie wrote:Ally,
I know you mean well, but this is just going from the ridiculous to the utterly unbelievable!! :hunf:

Brucie,
The Australians were very kind to me both with helping me plan my trip to Oz, and when I was actually over there, so I don't mind helping Littleski a bit.

And I asked them some really daft questions. Like 'Do we need a tent for camping in the Kimberleys in the dry season?'. And the answer, surprisingly, was 'no, you don't need a tent'. So I spent 7 days sleeping on a karimat with no tent out in the open under the stars in the middle of the wilderness - really great :D

And I did some pretty stupid things as well - like nearly stepping on a crocodile while walking along beside a river in a gorge - it really did look just like a log! Fortunately for me, it was a freshwater crocodile which (the ranger assured me afterwards) would only have bitten off my leg if I'd gone any closer, whereas if it had been a saltwater one I wouldn't have been here wibbling my way along on this thread :D

Ally

YES I got through

But cannot book, I can only book if I live in Europe :(
She gave me the web address for oz to book it here.
So just been on it and No Number. So it had an email link so typed everything out and its not sending saying cheek email and I did 5 times and keep clicking and got no where. So I jotted down the name of the company and will look the number up in the phone book and give them a call in the morning. And hopefully have some luck.

Bye the way if you every come over to oz again ill help you out no worries:)

Take care:)

Litteski,
I'm really sorry. That's incredibly annoying. I can't believe that Rail Europe won't take your booking over the phone, just because you don't live in Europe! I hope you sort out an Australian number. You can see now, why your travel agent didn't want to sort out the travel arrangements for you!

Let me know how you get on with the booking.

If I ever go back to Oz again and I need some help, I'll let you know. We have friends and family over there so we might go back some day.

Ally

i did my first ever snow in NZ at the age of 29. i was instantly hooked and used to drive down to mt rupehu every weekend i could - 4 hour drive. Since returning to the UK, broke, i planned my trips in the exact same way. no driving you understand, but cheap flight, long weekends in italy, or austria.

me and the girlfriend quite often did 4 day trip, 3.5 days on the snow, then back to the uk. not for everyone i know and now we're up to 12 day trips and stuff, but at the time we were trying to save money to buy a house. we did 3 or 4 trips like that per season.

but the way we did it has stuck. i have never used a tour operator and wouldn't even consider it. i want to make connections with the people i stay with, learn about the area, get to know the people etc. almost every mainland european seem to go skiing just for the weekend and they seem able to manage it, so i never had any worries about organising it for myself.

reading all the hotel reviews helps me brush up on my basic german/french/italian too - not got a lot else to use it for.

sorry to be harsh, but you MUST try harder next time. your work WILL be REWARDED