J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by billip1

Just a quick report on a great response from an insurance company. I went skiing before Christmas, fell, and as a result was unable to go on my next booked ski holiday in January. I finally got together all the doctor's notes, receipts, hospital certificates etc and sent them off to my insurer on Monday this week. I received a letter yesterday (Friday, the same week) telling me they had paid the claim, and on checking my bank account I can see that my refund is already in there. So I'm happy (although I'd rather have gone skiing!)

The insurer? Tescos (via Ageas).

felthorpe wrote:... Just goes to show that if you hang on to something long enough it will come back into fashion! ...

This is indeed true, Felthorpe, but unfortunately, the second time around, it generally doesn't fit :oops:

Didn't realise wearing rubber made you ski faster!

Yep, a good news story for once from that part of the world.

Tony_H wrote:Good post Lynn

Yep, Lynn's piece sums it all up really.

Gaz C wrote: I have done the skiing with better skiers 'mullarkey' and it did not make me a better skier. It made me a faster skier and it made me think I was a better skier. ..

I'm glad to read that comment GazC, as I too have fallen (literally) into that trap. I teamed up for a day with a couple of English guys one day last year in Zell. They were better skiers than me; after a particularly challenging run one of the guys asked me how I found it. I said I thought they were going a bit fast for me, to which he replied, "well, I said follow me, not keep up with me !"

Well, it's a heck of a lot easier to ski being led by someone who knows where they are going and has been there several times before than reading a piste map in an unfamiliar resort. Skiing time is maximised, and, on the point of being in company rather than alone, it does make some people feel more secure; apart from being simply more fun. Of course, there are occasions when people may prefer to ski alone. I've done both and enjoy both, depending on the circumstances and on my mood.

Some parts of some resorts can be quite empty and desolate at times, and, particularly for a single lady skier, (but not only them of course) can be a bit unnerving - not on account of skiing conditions, but simply because of the seeming remoteness. I see no harm in informal, unofficial guiding by travel reps, who all make it clear that they assume no responsibility, accept no payment, give no instruction, but are simply guiding a group around.

verbier_ski_bum wrote:...the point is that ski hosting is illegal in France. That it is available and legal in the USA or Canada is beyond the point here completely. You can go skiing there and enjoy the hosting - this is how it normally works, and not crying that the law is silly and you want a different one. I don't get what the fuss is about. ...

I think the fuss is about the fact that under EU legislation such restrictions are almost certainly unlawful.