Messages posted by : AllyG
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We are insured with the post office, which is very cheap, but we've never had to claim (so far!) so I don't know how difficult it is to get money off them.
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Rose,
Maybe you'd better start off a new thread about frostbite. Why did it swell up to the size of an egg? And what's the treatment for it? Ally |
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Frostbite, Rose :shock:
How on earth did you get that? And, a blood transfusion to cure a spot of altitude sickness sounds a bit extreme to me :roll: :D Ally |
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Thanks Johnski,
That's very interesting. Don't forget about the locals though (who don't need beds), in your calculations. In some places loads of locals turn up at the weekends. Ally |
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Tony,
I'm sorry but I don't think a ski-ing holiday is a holiday in its own right, without the ski-ing. As far as I'm concerned, take away the ski-ing and there's nothing left. I don't like shopping, eating fancy food, sitting on trains/aeroplanes/coaches, swimming in public swimming pools or whatever else there might be that one can do in a ski resort other than ski. I go to ski, hence my financial breakdown included ski-ing hours only. Plus, in my case (self-catering) my food wasn't included in my holiday price. I was rather shocked by the hourly cost of my ski holiday though (£26/hr) :shock:. Yours sounds much cheaper at 24 pence per hour :D Ally |
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Snapzzz, You're not the only one. A lot of people seem to hate drag lifts. I reckon it's one of the reasons La Rosiere stays relatively uncrowded, because it's got loads of them. They are definitely more tiring on the legs (and arms sometimes) than chairs, gondolas, or funiculars. Luckily, these days, there are plenty of resorts where you don't need to use a drag lift :D. They are even bringing in magic carpets for the beginners, so they don't need to use them either, (I believe Val Thorens, for example, now has magic carpets). I don't have a problem using them, but they still annoy me because lift passes cost so much these days and I want to spend my days ski-ing, not ambling along on a drag lift so that I can ski back down a very short bit of piste. I'd rather go right up the top of the mountain in a comfortable fast lift (gondola with a seat preferably), where I can have a nice rest (and perhaps a drink of water and a fruit bar), and then have a really long ski back down to the bottom. That way I spend much more time actually ski-ing during the holiday. Edit: Thinking about it from the financial point of view, if it costs me £1100 for 7 days ski-ing, and I ski for 6 hours per day, then it's actually costing me £26/hour (1100/42) while I'm ski-ing, and I don't want to waste that money stuck on a drag lift (or in a queue for a gondola - but that's a different problem). Ally |
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Welcome back Rose, I'm glad you had a good holiday and you got back safely :D
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Stamford,
We are staying in Courchevel 1550 for Feb half-term. We've been to Val Thorens twice before, so we have actually skied through Courchevel before, but never stayed there. There must be some decent people in Courchevel - after all, we're going there :D I'm looking forward to your photos, thanks very much, Ally |
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