J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by AllyG

Snapzzz wrote:Selva would be my Number 1 choice, better apres

Hi Snapzzz,
Would you like to be promoted to Chalet Hunter as well :?:

I'm going to be really busy for the next couple of weeks. I'm helping with a local history exhibition (military aviation is my specialty, although I do other things as well - like I'm doing a piece on the Royal Yachts), which starts in one week and I've hardly done anything for it yet.

I've totally failed to find any suitable accommodation for us in Selva, and I'd really appreciate your help :D

Thanks SwingBeep :D

I've tried looking at quite a few really lovely chalets and hotels in Arabba now, as well, and they seem to suffer from the same problem - no real twin beds.

And I'd already e-mailed one hotel in Selva to ask about their bed configuration, but I haven't received a reply as yet. It's all very irritating, but I must say you and Dave have cheered me up no end - I'm going to look out for French trolls, and be sure to bring a screwdriver with me in case I have to dismantle any wardrobes :lol:

Thanks Ian :D

Next time I'm ski-ing I will have a very careful look at my gloves, and if they have 'idiot' strings I will put my hands through them.

Mind you, I've never lost a glove yet :D

I find the place I'm most likely to lose my stuff is in the ski locker room, when I come in exhausted at the end of the day and put my gloves etc. on the bench whilst I take my ski boots off.

What 'idiot' strings? I must be a 'double idiot' because I've never even noticed them :shock:

And what are you supposed to do with them, if you've got some?

Thanks Billip :D

I will promote you to an official Chalet Hunter if you disentangle all the German for me and find a suitable chalet/hotel in Serfaus-Fiss-Ladis for our group holiday.

And I will add the resort to the list :D

Ideally we would like somewhere large enough for 20 people, that will take at least 3 singles without charging them more than an extra £200 each, has twin rooms with real twin beds, is as close to the slopes and the village as possible, is comfortable (doesn't have to be snazzy, just comfortable will do, but snazzy is nice), and is easy enough to get to with a transfer time of not more than 3 hours.

We have had to make a few compromises in the chalet search, like allowing accommodation that isn't close to the slopes as long as it has a private free shuttle service to it.

And it mustn't cost more than about £450 for catered accommodation only. This allows us about £150 for flights and transfers, and £200 for lift passes, making a total of around £800. As long as it meets these criteria for January, February and March can cost more.

One way we have found of solving the numbers problem is to find a couple of chalets next door to each other in the same ownership, or a hotel.

It's OK using a TO as long as they allow us a discount for making our own way there. CatP will be flying from the U.S. and some of us might like to fly from our own local airports etc. etc.

Thanks very much Billip, and good luck :D

Thanks for the suggestion Billip, but I think I might be rather annoyed if I had to pay over £400 to sleep on the floor all week :lol:

Plus, I expect the chalet/hotel owners might be rather annoyed at us dragging mattresses all over the place :wink:

Let's hope someone on here knows of a nice, large, cheap chalet/hotel in this ski area, which has real twin beds :D

I might try posting a message in the winter solutions room on chalets direct as well, and hope a chalet/hotel owner will respond.

Hi Andy, that would be really great if you could come with us :D


I will guarantee to amuse you by falling flat on my face at some point during the week :lol:

I hope your wife agrees to it. When's the next board meeting?

Does anyone know of any hotels/chalets on the Sella Ronda route that has twin beds that really are two separate beds?

I have been looking in the Selva Val Gardena area and I must have checked the details for about 15 chalets and hotels and they ALL have Austrian twin beds (which are basically double beds with separate mattresses).

Now, whilst I am perfectly happy to share a room with another female I've never met, I'm not too sure I want to share a double bed with them, and I expect other J2Skiers will feel the same :lol:

I have looked with several agencies, as well as with the hotels directly, and several of them are pretty sneaky and say 'twin room', but when you look at the photo it's a double bed :shock:

I really like the look of the ski area and the mountains, which are also known as the Dolomites Superski, or South Tyrol, and it would be an awful shame to have to knock it off our list of potential resorts/ski areas just because I can't find a chalet or hotel suitable for our group holiday :cry:

Has anyone got any ideas please?