J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by AllyG

Bandit,
I'm not too sure, but I think P&V own most of their apartments, and there are only a few on timeshare, and even these I think are let through P&V who presumably lay down the rules about what is provided in the apartments.

I know with our holiday cottages I have to furnish them, and keep them in a good enough condition to satisfy Visit Wales (previously the Welsh Tourist Board) in order to keep my four stars.

Maybe Laura has the answer to your question?

Ally

Bandit,
Unless I misunderstood what Laura said, I think P&V are trying to get more British customers, and I was just trying to be helpful. A kettle and a few cups wouldn't cost them much,

Ally

Yes, I agree, thanks Laura for posting and clearing up a few issues for us.

I haven't posted about this lately because I'm currently feeling rather cross with P&V.

I tried to book our Feb half term holiday with them in Courchevel on the internet in June, and the site wouldn't let me. So I phoned their UK office and did it over the phone, but the French woman dealing with me had great difficulty understanding my name and British address, although I even pronounced the letters of my name in French for her (I have been having French lessons recently).

Then I didn't get an invoice for ages, so I phoned again to query whether they had my address correctly - they said they did. Finally I got an invoice about 6 weeks later with my name and address spelt completely wrong - it's amazing it got here. Presumably it was because they got the post code correct and the postman managed to work out that it was me.

So, I would say that P&V need to improve the quality of their staff in their UK office.

Plus - I would also like British sized tea cups and an electric kettle :lol: Last summer we stayed in a P&V Maeva apartment in Bandol and I had to boil the water for my tea in a saucepan and drink it out of a cereal bowl. I realize this is because it was a French apartment (we didn't see any other British people there) but a few small changes like this would really make a big difference to British visitors.

Ally

Thanks Daved,
The hotel I was looking at was parking at £10 per day that you're not actually in the hotel, so the airport would be cheaper for a week's holiday away.

Ally

Daved - £25 for airport parking sounds pretty cheap to me. I thought it was more like £70 for the week? Which airport is that?

Ally

I have never driven to a ski resort,
But I would have thought one of the biggest advantages of doing so is that of added flexibility, so that one can get a good last minute bargain on the accommodation.

I have noticed that flights and transfers always seem to sell out before the accommodation does, particularly during peak season. So, as long as you secure a ferry/train crossing of the Channel it means you can go anywhere within a reasonable driving distance of a port/cross channel railway terminus.

Transfers from the airport to ski resort can easily cost £100 per person when they're not part of a package.

And it also means you can visit some of the smaller, more interesting ski resorts that the tour operators don't go to.

Ally

Thanks Bandit,
Thank goodness it was only a bell. I was worrying that maybe the poor cow had a horrible growth. We had a calf like that once, born with with a huge horrible growth sticking out of it's nose. As it got older the growth shrank and it never caused a problem - it just looked really disgusting.

Ally

What's that sticking out of the cow's chin?

I knew Bandit was female, from the beginning when I first joined. But I can't remember why. Maybe someone said 'she'. I have made mistakes with other people though.

Ian knew she was as well, he's just 'mucking' around with the shovel.

Sorry - I don't know anything about skis.


Ally