Messages posted by : ParalyticSkiCrazie
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Where to start on this one....
I was thinking of booking for New Year at the Hotel Harfenwirt with Last Minute who were offering HB from Bournemouth (Inghams in disguise!!) for £449 - good price which had gone up to £499 last time I looked. However as you remember I did have my reservations about the size of the ski area and costs of travelling to Ski Welt. Also Bournemouth is a long way from Lancs! So after a night out and some wine ) Mr PSC and myself decided to book some Flight only deals with Inghams from Manchester to Innsbruck on the 27th December. With three teenagers we prefer the flexibility of an apartment and thought (as we usually go to France) that it would be dead easy to get something somewhere in Austria!!! In fact there was a website called Europe Mountains that seemed to have lots of availability. So that night with flights booked I put in what I thought was a reservation for an Apartment in Mayrhofen. The next day EM came back and said not only did they not have the one I wanted, there was nothing else available that week. :x No probs or so I thought. I have spent several long nights and the last two weekends searching for accommodation. Don't get me wrong there is still some around if you have £600 - £1500 per person and like Hotels. The Tiscover website came up with nothing and I have put in many requests to different tourist offices. We honestly thought we were going to have to cancel or drive to France!!! Luckily we have found an apartment at last in the Ski Amade region, 1 km from Grossarl village for a reasonable price and booked it. :D So come on get to the point PSC I hear you call, what has this got to do with Hotel Vicky for petes sake!!! Well I did receive an offer tonight of rooms in said Hotel Vicky with meals in the Hotel Schneeberger next door!!! At a reasonable rate too which I would have taken up if I had not booked the Apartment. So the Hotel Vicky seems to be opening its doors on a room only basis?? If I decide to book Austria for New Year again I will be sorting out my accmmodation a lot lot earlier!!! However now I am looking forward to what I believe will be a fantastic ski holiday and New Year PARTYYYY.... |
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I am looking for New Year but going to hold on - Christmas deals are starting now - look at this website....
http://www.fasttrackski.co.uk/ski-holidays.php?search_country=&search_resort=&depart_airport=&depart_date=2008-12-20&board_basis=&duration=&go=Search Last Minute have some good deals for hotels - Neiderau HB £339 But wait until nearer the time and you may get a hotel deal with HB thrown in - Meals out on Christmas Day are expensive and most apartments don't have the facilities to cook a Turkry Dinner - if you are bothered about that stuff that is!! Trouble is I can't help but look each night for that elusive early bird late deal super offer...how sad PSC |
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Surprised at that cos I usually get quite a lot of my stuff from that very store! Locally try AJ's Boardwear in Miller Arcade, Outdoor Action in Backburn and another good place is Cheshire Oaks, Ellesmere Port - Tog 24, Mountain Warehouse, North Face (not the cheapest but some good offers), Trespass/Crag Hoppers/Dare2Be.
Moguls on a dry slope? I could do with some practice - where might that be then? |
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Thank you for the reply Dave. There are five of us so we would need 2 taxis - do you know roughly how many euros?
Glad you like my name but as a lady (?) I won't be thumbing any lifts!!! Also is it better to buy the local ski pass and just upgrade on the days we want to ski the Welt? Could I be really cheeky and ask where the Hotel Harfenwirt is on the picture? :oops: PSC |
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Hi - another newbie to Jet2ski - thinking of booking Niederau for New Year but a bit worried about the extent of the skiing. Usually we go to 3V in France and ski up to 30 miles a day. How easy is it to get to Hopfgarten to access Ski Welt? Do you have to go through Worgls(?) or is the road I can see open in Winter? How much is a taxi or are there direct buses? Some people seem very knowledgeable so your help would be useful!!
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