J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by AllyG

Nelly - the ski train tickets were actually released a bit later than normal.

Thanks BB - it looks like you had a brilliant holiday :)

We went white-water rafting when we were in Australia, and the friends we were staying with said we were totally mad. One of them used to work in the Coroner's Office and she said there were loads of deaths from white-water rafting!

My 13 year old daughter nearly got chucked out of the boat, when we got jammed on a rock, but I held onto her very tightly and she was OK! AND they'd issued her with a sub standard helmet without a proper strap but I made them change it before we got in the boat.

Thanks :)

I am still a little confused though.
Is this one still happening:

Live nearer to London than Manchester? Don't panic! You can head to the Ski and Snowboard Show London at Earls Court 2 from 30 October to 3 November instead!

I'm a bit confused :oops:

When is this show going to take place?

Has anyone bought any ski train tickets yet? They went on sale this morning, and apparently they were priced from £149 return.

Thanks Andy - I forgot to mention that if you get the night train out on Friday night and back on Saturday night you can ski for 8 days :)

But it's not a sleeper, so you have to be someone who can sleep sitting up, and from experience I prefer to pay a bit more and get the larger more comfortable seats so that I can sleep.

There is a sleeper train, but it's a French train between Paris and the ski resort stations, so you have to get the Eurostar between London and Paris and then change trains. And you can't buy tickets for the French trains yet for the ski season. I went on the sleeper last year and found it very comfortable :)

Ian, I think the ski train can be comparable with flight prices if you take transfers into account.

Last year, for example, when we went to Tignes, we were advised to fly into Geneva. The cheapest flights for this were around £100 return, increasing up to about £150 for certain flights including skis. And the public bus transfer (Altibus) was 106 euros return from Geneva to Tignes, but only 15 euros return from the station at Bourg St Maurice to Tignes. And the ski train (if you got the tickets early enough) was about £150 return and there's no extra charge for ski carriage or suitcases.

But if you decide to go on the train as part of a package holiday they usually charge you more, presumably because they can get more of a discount on flights than on the Eurostar.

I think the main disadvantage of the ski train is that it only goes from London, or Ashford, whereas with flights there are lots going from regional airports.

billip1 wrote:Well I'm glad you said that and not me :) Not sure my knees could have stood the resulting kick !

Admin will be giving both of you a good kick in a minute ;)

This thread is supposed to be about the ski train, not whether I prefer dodgy French or Italian men :lol:

No, Billip,
As some of you will know, I am going ski-ing in Italy this year, to Folgarida on the J2Ski holiday on 2nd February :)

And I don't think I will be able to manage 2 ski holidays this year :(
So I won't be going to France on the ski train. But I thought I'd post this up in case someone else was planning to go to France or Switzerland on the ski train.