J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by snowb4ndit

caron-a wrote:a lady in our chalet one year was mortified that she couldn't ski nearly as well due to the fact that she'd put on quite a lot of weight since her last holiday. it completely ruined her trip but, on the plus side (no pun intended), she was determined to lose the weight for the following year.

I really hope she did, she was lovely :D

That might have been me...and I didn't! :lol:

After much research my oh settled on the Adidas Climacool elevation.

http://www.smartbuyglasses.co.uk/designer-sunglasses/Adidas/Adidas-A136-Elevation-Climacool-Pro-L-6050-44001.html?feed=shopping_co_uk

Prescription goggles/sunglasses are soooooo expensive!

8)

3,8,9,21,29

6,7

Just in case! :lol:

bandit wrote:

Ian Wickham wrote:I'd rather get a freebee, four quid = one less pint.... :lol:

http://www.alcoholics-anonymous.org.uk/geninfo/05steps.htm

:twisted:

:lol: :lol: :lol:

Seriously though, if you are alchohol dependant and do not believe in god, you don't stand a chance, I didn't realise that the AA was a religious organisation. :shock:

caron-a wrote:

Tony_H wrote:

caron-a wrote:I'll be keen to hear all about it snowb4ndit.
My eldest is going there with his school [yes, he's getting 3 skiing trips this season! :evil:]
enjoy

I'd be interested to hear what they are charging per head for the school trip Caron, and what board they are taking. I think you will need to give him about £700 pocket money for a week there.

travel, acomm, full board with packed lunches, ski hire, lift pass, 4 hours per day ski school (which he's not happy about!), insurance and "entertainment" - £820.
Not cheap but we're determined for him to go and shine at something he's really good at.

I think that sounds quite reasonable. :D

bandit wrote:I suspect that you will be buying a lift ticket though? It's a fact that quite a few northern European resorts have published their intent to not raise ticket prices, Trois Vallees will raise them by 3%.

Even without the 3% rise it's a small fortune, that's why I am cosidering the Holiski option.

mfc wrote:That doesnt suprise me at all with the price hikes in France tbh. Were taking most of our food out with us packed away in suitcases as were on a self/c holiday

We are too. When we were in France last year we cooked dinner together on a few evenings, it was quite nice really, don't get to do that very often at home now my boys are all grown up.

I woke everyone up to a cooked breakfast everyday too, despite being the last one to bed. On the last day they all had excuses for not getting up and not wanting breakfast...I went skiing and met them at lunchtime when they had all made miraculous recoveries. Lightweights!

bandit wrote:You may want to revisit that 5/6 tally in view of this...

http://www.j2ski.com/ski-chat-forum/posts/list/6566.page

in which Pistehors.com reports that 3 Vallees have raised prices by 3% in the face of a recession. Many other resorts have pegged prices for next winter to 2009 levels.

I don't think that I have ever been skiing anywhere, that hasn't had a price hike since the previous year.

My No.5 refers to cost of accomodation and travel. When I'm there I don't worry too much about what I'm spending, I'm not a big shopper so it's just food and beer for me. I do like looking in ski shops and then coming home and finding what I wanted on ebay for a fraction of the cost! lol