Messages posted by : Dids1
Perhaps we could now know you as Bandita...or Bandetta... Reckon Bandit is a dead cool name tho. Is that what people call you in every day life?...Cept people like the bank manager and stuff... |
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My son is going to Cyprus on an RAF cadet camp from T5 in April.
Notes advise him to carry his boots in his hand luggage due to their weight... Having followed all the postings re ski boot carriage in hand luggage I think I'll be checking this is ok...but who with? I guess for starters is BAA website? Dids |
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Why does it it do that blockquote div thing....?
I've managed to get a quote in a box before.... Edit...and it appears I have this time too... :oops: |
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School holdays....nuff said... |
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Be careful it is not always the cheapest way of going skiing, I have found a roof box to be a must now and I agree with your space saving methods of the bags which I used this year for the first time it was a great success. Carefully price Ferry/tunnel, fuel,tolls and accommodation, do you have young kids an overnight stop is another expense, car servicing,snow chains, 5 star breakdown cover, green card all adds to the expenses. I hope I have not put you off because it is a great way to holiday, remember cost it and make the comparison with the TO's Good luck I know, it does add up, but don't forget this is school holidays. We have got an apartment for £200.00. (nice one too, belongs to a mate) We've done it 4 times before and can do it for under 2 grand...I really don't think we could do it for £500.00 per head with a tour operator in school holidays. Car has been serviced anyway, we have snow chains and our insurance covers driving abroad. Unfortunately my breakdown cover (which i won last year) expires on 28th March. |
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A BMW 5 series estate. Sks on top too!
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This year I really thought we would be able to go for a last minute deal, but things haven't worked out as planned so we're off in April to Les Saisies - taking the car and the kids...and food to keep our costs down.
If we didn't we wouldn't be going. With 4 pairs of boots and all our clothes for the week in the car we need to think of space saving ideas... Went to Lidl yesterday and they have those bags that you suck the air out of. These are great, especially for ski wear, which is mostly all air and fluff! You can reduce the size of your clothes by a massive amount. It doesn't matter on the way home as you should have eaten most of the contents of the boot! We shove stuff under the front seats. And our car has little storage compartments, we stuff those full too! Boots stuffed full of socks and gloves and helmets full of goggles and face warmers. Someone has mentioned before using packet sauces. I will also freeze items in same shape container so they pack up more easily. Bit of a military operation, but well, it's that or stay home... |
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Your report on school holiday skiing is so familiar. It is hard work when your kids are learning and there are just too many people around.
But stick with it, we took ours out of school until they reached age 9/10ish - it won't do them any harm. Then next time you need to in school holidays..go at Easter! I'm sure I've mentioned this time of year as my fave many times! Shame your ski school did not get priority on the lifts, it is very frustrating when your hard saved for money is spent watching them q. I know it's the same for everyone....but ski school is expensive and they'll have paid for lessons as well as a pass. All in all..it sounds like you had a good time though. At least they enjoyed the skiing....that's the most important bit. |
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