J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by OldAndy

Some thoughts on your school trip.
My lad has been on a couple of school trips - both to Paso Tonale.
Between these he came with the family to Courchevel (in perfect conditions!!).
In his view Paso Tonale was better because.....
It was small - he couldn't get lost!
He could always find his friends - so he and a mate could ski around and then come back to find the girls who were beginners.
There was a teenager friendly bar at the bottom where they could all hang out, spend very little, get served a beer, not be hassled.....
The hotel was near the ski slopes - so anyone could go back and get what had been forgotten, drop off/pick up different bits, go and have a sleep for an hour or two and then get back out (teenager = overdo the late nights).

So, I am wondering about the actual practicalities of a bus to and from? Is it reasonable that all your 6th formers will be ready on time and all back to the bus at the same time at the end of the day?
Youngsters do like to feel independent - when free skiing how likely is it that they will get back to the correct valley at the end of the day?
(anecdote - another schools trip to Tignes, real hassle for teachers in that getting stuck in Val was common, mainly due to the attraction of the Folie Douce admittedly).

My view - small, contained area. Allows more freedom without a nightmare of a time for those in charge rounding up teenagers from here there and everywhere.

Another anecdote - friend of mine in Morzine with family. Two teenage girls, both good skiers, broken binding or something while over above Champery = a very long drive for Dad to go and rescue them from Switzerland!

If you do the beer calculation - does this effect the outcome?
Rumour has it that a beer is quite a bit less in Austria than France ???

So ...... (for example)
If beer is 2 euros less in Austria how many beers would one need to consume to negate the extra cost of ski hire??

If ski and boot hire is 100E more in Austria and beer is 2 E less then drinking 50 beers covers the difference!!

Simples .....
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LOTA wrote:I'm sorry for the inconvenience but my departure date to Reith im Alpbachtal is March 6, not 7! I was a little confused, I fear!

Good job you noticed in time....
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Admin wrote:

Lizzie-B wrote:

OldAndy wrote:Adders - a request..
How about the index, latest and search buttons being duplicated at the bottom of the threads?
Save scrolling back up to go to latest page.

Ohhh! now I would love that !!

Good idea... it is done!

TVM :thumbup:

Used Direct travel for what seems like forever but I can only comment on the front end as I have, yet, to make ant sort of claim.
I have a pre-existing that needs notifying and this is handled simply and easily, bumping up the annual multitrip by about £15/20.
I have always found their phone people helpful and knowledgeable and have had to phone to discuss things and ask for clarification etc several times.
They were very helpful when I had some funny questions on a trip to Africa and got clarification from an underwriter and gave me written confirmation of acceptance of my activities and were very helpful when my son needed a single trip policy while still "in treatment" technically with a hospital.
My view ...
Not the cheapest, but have always given me confidence to continue using them.

andy1966 wrote:Loss of job

Hope life turns around for you promptly andy.
Fingers crossed skiing is back on the agenda soon.

Adders - a request....
How about the index, latest and search buttons being duplicated at the bottom of the threads?
Save scrolling back up to go to latest page.

brooksy wrote:I have just started a new topic on ski hire & it hasn't appeared in the latest ski chat yet?

Was in my unread list @ 12.50 brooksy