J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by RoseR

While I was away last week I ended up with big problems with what I thought were comfy boots. So much so if I had carried on wearing them I doubt I would have been able to wear ski boots. Bought a pair of the above, in resort and I have to say they are the best, most comfiest, warmest pair of boots I have ever owned.

Well done you two, you must be so pleased with yourselves. :thumbup:

I would say about 90% of people in Finland wearing helmets including instructors, which I have never seen before.

MIL keeps quoting things from various web sites.

http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/travel/flight-delays

Last week I should have left Finland about 7.45pm but we were kept waiting because of technical problems. This went on and all we were told was they would get back to us by 9.15pm. Their way of getting back was simply to put cancelled on the board. Any-way to cut a long story short, about 10.30 they sent coachs and drove us back to our original destination and put us all up in a hotel, very nice with breakfast. Then they picked us up late afternoon the next day for flight home.
For us the only expense incurred was car parking at Gatwick, plus a late night and having to go to work early next morning. I was fairly happy with this but my Mother in Law keeps on at us to make a claim with the airline, she has quoted all the legislation put in place to cover this.
Is it worth it? or do I just put it down to a slight inconvenience, after all I would not have liked to fly with a technical fault even though it was the heating in the cockpit that had packed up.

Hope it goes well for you. For me it was a huge sense of achievment when I did it.

bandit wrote:

weephillie wrote: Last year in France they seemed to take the p*** a little, I was hoping for better from the Austrians.

Perhaps the Austrians have been watching and learning! Linky to story about an injured German skier presented with a portable Chip & Pin machine by the ambulance crew....

Remember to take a credit card with a decent limit!

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/snowandski/austria/7107269/Injured-skiers-force-to-pay-up-in-Austrian-ambulances.html

Not much different to this country. If you need an ambulance as a result of an RTA you get a bill as they assume you will be claiming this back off insurance.
The last time I had an ambulance after an RTA the bill was on my doorstep the following morning. To get it out that quick they must have had it in the post whilst I was being treated. Should have just given me the bill when I left......would have saved the cost of a stamp

Certainly lift passes are free for under 7's in Finland on provision that they wear a helmet.