Messages posted by : jonG
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:DHi LOTA,
Thats ok I don't mind at all... I run a basic add in the Nov/Dec/Jan and Feb issues and in an avaerage year have maybe 10 - 15 responses with propbably 3 - 5 confirmed bookings (i only rent out to cover my outgoings and not as a commercial business, once my outgoings are provided for i do not take anymore). Once one booking has been confirmed that is enough to pay for the add's, the majority of my bookings come from my website which is free with Microsoft Office Live ( I only use the basic package , there are two others with the top one being about £20 per month for advertising etc), i have sevearl links with other companies which helps drive business to my website which also helps (these are again basic links, but when Google searches the web to update itself as my site is linked to much bigger companies it thinks i am a bigger more important website than i actually am.....many times from just the search of "bourgstmaurice" or "bourg st maurice" i have acheived top listings on the first google search page.....not bad for a free site. :D jon. |
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Hi All :D
With my usual add in the DMSSM (Daily Mail Ski & Snowbaord Magazine) i get free copies , and have found it to be about the best about ,but its correct as stated in a previous reply about a lot of the resort features being more of the far flung destinations us mere mortals will never go to. I suppose the reason for this is that as someone else is paying the bills ,the skies the limit, much the same as the articles in the national papers Mail & Express for example, the reporters only seem to be able to find accommadation that costs £800 per person per week and upawards, if they wrote articles about average (normal) priced holidays many more readers would be interested......but seeing as most reporters and those in the media seem to have the thoughts that this is beneath them. After going slightly off track, the DMSSM has some great equipment features and tips with pictures for skiers and boarders of all abilities, and fun features also i feel. :D jon. |
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Hi Clairecf,
I'm gld you and you're little tikes had a great time in Les Arcs, and all came home safe and sound.....hopefully you have been converted to the joys of the area :D :D jon. |
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Hello,
Most resorts that have skiing above 2000m and up to around 3300m that also have many nothern and eastern facing slopes generally have a good long season, my back yard of Les Arcs is open from early december to the end of april (25th this year), but up the valley in Val and Tignes the last day is the 6th may this year i think. Further afield high snowsure resorts are Cervinia ,Livigno ,Courmayeur ,Zermatt ,the Argentiere region of Chamonix etc, in fact there is due to be a large dump of snow (almost a metre in the southern parts of the alps this comming weekend and early next week so some resorts may stop open for an extra week epending on their closing dates. Also if you don't mind a bit of trecking you can still ski in the resorts after the official closing dates their just wont be any lift operators about and you just need to take precautions if you are venturing far afield.....mind you a two or three hour hike up amountain to ski 10 - 20 mins back down takes some doing....or you could hire a mountain guide and do a ski tour, Zermatt ,Chamonix and the Tarentaise tour from Val to Les Arcs are highly reagrded. jon. |
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:DHi,
My fitness regime usually involves one sit up in the morning when i get out of bed, walking to the snack wagon during the working day, then walking about 2 miles a day in the factory ( the tea machine is the other end :(),also having a brain like a seive i find myself back and forth up and down the stairs because the little grey cells keep forgetting something.... After my trip at the end of next week i am due in for a consultation about my hernia, and once that has been sorted (if the hospital doesn't kill me) i am thinking of investing in a rowing machine....at my age i should be thinking of trying to be a bit fitter......could walk to the pub for my saturday morning fry up then... :D jon. |
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:DHi,
No problemo.....i'm of to BsM next monday send me you're postal address via the "PM" facility and i will see if i can lay my hands on a couple while i am there :D jon. |
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Hi Ian,
I know what you mean :( but i am off for an end of season blast on the 20th :D :D and i am hoping the snow gods will smile one last time (huge snowfall expected in the south of the alps over the next few days, and hopefully the northen parts will follow).....but look on the bright side the alps in summer are still a great place to be :D, and there is only 32 weeks until the start of the next season....yeeeeehaaaaa :D :D :D jon. |
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