Recommendations for ski virgins

I've got a deal for hotel/flights/HB for 2 adults + 2 kids, first time ski packages x 3 and improver ski package x 1 for £1660 (for 6th Feb). A good deal?

Sounds amazing to me - can we all come as well?

Ally

Coop wrote:I've got a deal for hotel/flights/HB for 2 adults + 2 kids, first time ski packages x 3 and improver ski package x 1 for £1660 (for 6th Feb). A good deal?

BOOK IT

Heh....I've just re-read what I typed above. I meant to type £2660 for the whole package! Is that still a good price?

I'll blame it on the bottle of wine I had!

Hi Coop,
Are you sure you're a tax advisor? Is drinking a bottle of wine a valid excuse for making a numerical error of £1000? :lol:

I thought that was amazingly cheap, and I wondered how you'd got such a bargain.

I suppose that means you're paying £1600 for the flights and accommodation, and £1000 for the lessons, ski hire, and ski passes. I don't know exactly how much ski passes cost in Niederau, because they vary from resort to resort, but they're probably around 150 euros for an adult and 90 euros for a child. However, some of the tour operators do special deals for beginners. Last year Thomson had a package at £193 for an adult and £144 for a child. But you'd have to pay the normal rate.

So, I suppose you're paying about the correct rate.

We go at Feb half-term, and we can't do it for less than about £1000 per adult head, what with getting there (train), accommodation (self-catering), and ski hire, ski passes, and lessons all day.

Ally

Back to the drawing board then :D

Ian,
Coop says the cost doesn't really matter. What matters is that his wife and kids have a really good holiday. So probably Niederau is still a safe bet. As I said, I haven't been there, but I think it would be good for kids because the village is so small. They wouldn't have far to walk to get to the ski hire shop, or the lessons, and they wouldn't get lost. And since Niederau is low it's probably not as frightening as the high resorts in France, and prettier.

If I'd had more money when mine were small I think I'd probably have picked Niederau. Instead of that we went to Borovets in Bulgaria - total of £820 for 3 of us - flights, accommodation, ski hire, passes, and lessons. But we did have to put up with a longish icy walk (no shuttle buses) to the lessons (I fell over on the pavement and hurt my elbow carrying my daughters skis), no snow one day only puddles, a horrible instructor for my younger daughter who was only 9, very basic food, and blankets with holes in etc. etc.

As long as there is enough snow Niederau sounds perfect to me for beginners and families.

Ally

It's a bewildering choice really. One minute I've convinced myself Niederau is where we are going and the next minute I'm considering Flaine or Alpe D'Heux!

But Niederau it is...going to book it on Monday so it's one less thing to worry about.

You know what though, I haven't been skiing for over 10 years and I can't believe how much the cost has gone up.