J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by AllyG

Sorry Ian :oops:

I will attend to it now :D

Thanks Dorset Boy :)

I did read something somewhere that they get about £80 per week, net of all that, for their spending money. I suppose the ski hosts get paid the same as the general chalet hosts, and from what I could see (with a small chalet company) they all muck in on the cleaning and driving etc.

The Ski Club of GB insurance does cover off piste without a guide, but you have to pay the first £250 of Search and Rescue. You don't have to be a member to buy it.

NIIIXSY - I've added you to the list now :)

J2Skiers off ski-ing/boarding with the number of sleeps/days left updated to today, Thursday 28th February

GreenGoblin going to Chatel in 0 days on the 28/02/2013
Ian W going to Winterberg in 2 days on the 02/03/2013
AllyG going to Tignes in 2 days on the 02/03/2013
Gareth Fair going to Sauze D'Oulx in 6 days on the 06/03/2013
LOTA going to Reith im Alpbachtal in 6 days on the 06/03/2013
Melbatb going to Andorra in 8 days on the 08/03/2013
Biki17 going to La Plagne in 9 days on the 09/03/2013
Brooksy going to Obergurgl in 9 days on the 09/03/2013
Wanderer going to St Anton in 14 days on the 14/03/2013
Stewart Dowling going to Serre Chevalier in 15 days on the 15/03/2013
Tony_H going to Serre Chevalier in 16 days on the 16/03/2013
NIIIXSY going to Sauze D'Oulx in 20 days on the 20/03/2013
Gaz C going to Val Thorens in 51 days on the 20/04/2013
Brooksy going to Chamonix in 296 days on the 21/12/2013

Edit
I've added you now Ian :)

Edit edit
I've changed your date now Stewart so you've got one less day/sleep to wait, and you're now ahead of Tony H on the list!

tin pot wrote:
For €9/hr I'm happy to pay the chalet guide myself!

:P

I don't know how they work out the wages, but I imagine they deduct the cost of board and lodging. Maybe the court said they'd underpaid the chalet hosts because they'd deducted too much for this. I haven't seen a detailed account of the whole case, yet.

I expect a ski instructor has a professional guaranteed wage, which would be more than 9 euros per hour! Otherwise I think I might employ one myself as well -)

The Carre Neige also helps to support the local French ski clubs, which is good :)

I'm glad you finally found somewhere to go :)

Dids1 wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85AHvpGTkdU&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Apologies to all those who've seen this a hundred times, but for me this encompasses what learning to ski is all about.

I watch every now and then when I need a real laugh.
Stick with it, get some lessons and enjoy.
X

That was very funny Dids - thanks :)
That instructor must have been mad to let them on the chair lift when they were all still so wobbly and out of control!