J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by pigski

thanks for that Dids1 - you are spot on!
Looking at their website they have obviously done extremely well since the programme although the enormity of what we want to do bites you hard when you see such a well-established business :cry:

However it is also good to see it can work with the right tools, hard work and a lot of grit and determination so my optimism levels have not been too badly damaged!!

:D

Hi Andy

Thanks so much for the very detailed post.
Seems our plan to go it alone first off after having never done a season is far too ambitious and very risky in terms of money.
would be interested to know what that reality show was called as I have a vague memory of it but may be confusing it with grand designs or some other similar property show where the couple totally renovated a chalet etc.
We are planning for the 2012/2013 season so still have a lot of time to consider all the pros and cons.
We will definitely give it a go as I think we would end up regretting not trying it out for size :)

Thanks again!!

P.S. will look up that recommendation - have heard the name but don't know much about them....will get googling!

Hi all!

My boyfriend and I are both planning to give up our 'stable well paid' jobs to go give chalet hosting a go in France. We have never done a ski season but have decided that we have enough catering skills, language skills (I'm currently a languages teacher!!) and more than enough enthusiasm for running our own business to get us up and running once we get out there. However for obvious reasons we are a little nervous about the complete change in lifestyle.

We have planned to do a season working for a company as a chalet couple but we are not too sure whether this is a good idea or not.

Has anyone ever done a season for a company as a warm up for own catered chalet? Has anyone had a similar light bulb moment and realised that if you want to try your hand at something completely different and you can you should??

Also we will be renting out our house in UK whilst over in France with the view to staying in France longer than 1 season. What is the property market like in the Alps? Google tells me prices are high and oppportunities are far and few between!! Options we have are buy our own property or lease a chalet for running our business?

Apologies for length of post but we are trying to get as much advice as possible from people in the know as our respective families think we are crazy and having a late twenties crisis!!!

Thanks :)

Hi to all!

Anyone else spending Christmas day and the rest of that week on the slopes in Soldeu??

Me and the other half will be staying at Hotel Himalaya.

We went there 3 years ago (to Soldeu not the hotel 1st time in this particular hotel) and had a fab Christmas so fingers crossed this year will be even better!

:)

Wow! That's the last time I write what I thought was a straight forward question on a forum and not look at it again for a couple of days!

I don't feel quite so bad that we are having such a tough time deciding what to do about lessons judging by the divided opinions on this topic.

Annoyingly though we can understand and even agree with both sides on some points which makes our decision even more frustrating to make :shock:

Still got two weeks so hopefully we will have a light bulb moment before then :)

Thanks for all your responses!

Hi there to all new to this forum so hope we have got our dilemma in the correct place!!

Need some advice about lessons and hoping somebody out there has the answers :-)

We cannot decide whether to book private lessons or group lessons. We are going away during Christmas week as a couple but both ski at slightly different levels.

Although we consider ourselves to be lower intermediate skiers, the other half tends to ski parallel more confidently and more consistently. We want the social side of group lessons but don't want to be put into separate groups. However private lessons are more expensive and less sociable yet they can be tailored more to our individual needs.


As you can see we have little time to make our decision and are racking our brains about what we should do.

Any ideas?

P.S. Anyone else in Andorra at the same time, roughly the same level and fancies joining up for private lessons??