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Suggestion for the best of the best!
Started by User in Austria, 54 Replies
Tony_H wrote:Ryanair £100
BA you can get away without paying if you're clever with packing.
I've never used easyjet for a ski trip so don't know,

I'm going to compile an up to date cost for ski carriage across the airlines that fly from the uk and post it on here sometime soon as this will help.
Ski club of gb did this recently but their prices are not accurate for some reason.


Please control your language Tony :D
Cheap place for skiing??
Started by User in Ski Chatter, 17 Replies
eric.lwc wrote:thank you for all the suggestion. Should I book the skiing school in Slovenia rather than other place??


I am holding on for a cheapeee , we will see what comes up next week.
But decide where you want to go that is in your budget and then book your ski lessons :thumbup:
End to ski hosting in France
Started by User in France, 299 Replies
Gaz C wrote:Blatant 'steal' from Snowheads forum.

http://www.alpineaction.co.uk/blog/2013/02/21/5-more-things-the-french-want-to-ban/

Made me smile. :)


Yep, like it :D
Suggestion for the best of the best!
Started by User in Austria, 54 Replies
Tony_H wrote:
Ian Wickham wrote:
andyhull wrote:I think the most I've ever paid for ski carriage is £20 both ways.
I'd never go back to hiring skis, unless I fancied renting a pair of powder skis for a day.


Some of the budget airlines are £60 round trip :shock:


Your favourites are £100 for ski carriage.
This is why I for one don't use them and as many people take package holidays they get £30 return ski carriage.
Monarch, Thomson, jet2, Thomas cook etc who provide a high proportion of uk ski flights all charge pretty much around the £30 return mark.


I was also wondering how the figure of depreciation on skis could be calculated to £27 a year. Any ideas?


Who are they Easy,BA -)
As for depreciation it never really bothers me that much I ski them till I am bored with them or when I can afford another pair at a reasonable price :thumbup:
Cheap place for skiing??
Started by User in Ski Chatter, 17 Replies
eric.lwc wrote:ye... I have a friend of friend who taught me when I ski for the first time. I think I can master the basic skill like turning, stop etc...
will the private teach other skill?


Sorry Eric I ditto Tony, take a week of lessons you will feeeel the benefits 8)
End to ski hosting in France
Started by User in France, 299 Replies
AllyG wrote:I have cancelled my holiday Ian. I am going to stay home for the week instead and write letters to all the politicians and newspapers about it :wink:

I am really VERY annoyed about it. I mean, I have had loads of group lessons with the ESF. I am NOT one of those skiers who uses the group hosting as a cheap way of getting a lesson. I LIKE the ESF and their group lessons. BUT I also like the ski hosting. They are totally different things. I would also be very annoyed if they said no-one was allowed to have any more ski lessons with the ESF.

What I am angry about is having an option taken away from me for a reason which does not make any sense to me (my safety) :evil:


Take a deep breath, it is not really gonna spoil your holiday is it, if you really don't like the way the french have acted in this matter then you have Italy, Switzerland or if your really desperate Austria :wink:
Suggestion for the best of the best!
Started by User in Austria, 54 Replies
andyhull wrote:I think the most I've ever paid for ski carriage is £20 both ways.
I'd never go back to hiring skis, unless I fancied renting a pair of powder skis for a day.


Some of the budget airlines are £60 round trip :shock:
End to ski hosting in France
Started by User in France, 299 Replies
AllyG wrote:I am going ski-ing again in just over a week, and I was very much looking forward to the ski hosting, because I had so much fun last time.

As a result of this ruling I imagine this will now be cancelled. So an element of the holiday that I would very much have enjoyed is no longer available :cry:
I will be ski-ing with a group of friends, but none of us are particularly knowlegeable about the resort. Therefore, I know full well that we will waste ski-ing time whilst we look at piste maps, go to the wrong lifts, accidentally end up in very expensive restaurants, go down runs in the afternoon that would have been better in the morning etc. etc.

I am not a very bad skier, but I still don't feel safe ski-ing on the mountain on my own, and I very much prefer to ski in a group. Plus, of course, there is the social side to it all - which I very much enjoy.

And I simply do NOT believe that it is more dangerous for me to ski in a group with a ski host, than to ski on my own.


What are you gonna do Ally, Cancel the holiday or get on with it and have a good time :shock: