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help needed...

Fri, 3 Oct 2008 16:42:56 GMT

Hey gang,

I am in Hintertux, been here a few hours and there is already a foot of new snow at this level

Problem is I forgot insurance, where is best to get 2 days insurance online starting tomorrow? Problem being, I have already travelled.

Any suggestions most welcome!

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Fri, 3 Oct 2008 17:15:02 GMT

You could try

www.getcover.com

Not sure how good they are in terms of cover or price but I guess your first priority to get some form of cover fast!

Good luck and enjoy your couple of days skiing - I am extremely envious :mrgreen:

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Fri, 3 Oct 2008 17:16:30 GMT

try essentialtravel.co.uk, always been very good for me, otherwise just be really careful :wink:

help needed...

Fri, 3 Oct 2008 17:17:54 GMT

tino_11 wrote:Hey gang,

I am in Hintertux, been here a few hours and there is already a foot of new snow at this level

sorry forgot to say............ jammy git :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

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Fri, 3 Oct 2008 17:30:35 GMT

try www.boots.com. should give immediate cover and download policy immediately

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Fri, 3 Oct 2008 17:35:53 GMT

RoseR wrote:try www.boots.com. should give immediate cover and download policy immediately

:?: :?: I thought this may have been some 'in' joke that i wasn't privvy to but whaddayaknow Boots do travel insurance.... underwritten by that struggling insurance giant AIG :cry:

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Fri, 3 Oct 2008 17:48:43 GMT

freezywater wrote:

RoseR wrote:try www.boots.com. should give immediate cover and download policy immediately

:?: :?: I thought this may have been some 'in' joke that i wasn't privvy to but whaddayaknow Boots do travel insurance.... underwritten by that struggling insurance giant AIG :cry:

I work for boots and have always had my travel in insurance with them but did,nt know that the underwriters were struggling, sorry. Perhaps I had better change my insurance for next year.

help needed...

Fri, 3 Oct 2008 18:16:29 GMT

I cant help on the insurance front im afraid....

tino_11 wrote:

I am in Hintertux, been here a few hours and there is already a foot of new snow at this level

You lucky b*****d!!!!!!!!! :lol: :D Is the snow any good?

(Stupid question i guess, course its good. But is it realy wet or atually nice and powdery?)

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Fri, 3 Oct 2008 18:27:04 GMT

Tino, I did say "not to get too excited" :lol:

Maybe you can buy insurance with your lift ticket? Most of the online insurers expect to set up a policy before you travel for it to be valid, could be dodgy proving otherwise in the event of a claim.
Also you will need to sort insurance for the country you live in, most of the ones suggested so far, are for UK residents, and unless I'm mistaken, Germany does not count )

Anyway, great news on the snow...you lucky sod 8) 8) :D

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Fri, 3 Oct 2008 18:47:45 GMT

Unless you get better advice I'd say just book online for cover starting from tomorrow. Hopefully you won't need to make a claim, should you do you can still legitimately say the online booking was accepted and payed for so should be binding even if you are booking it from the resort.

My gut feeling is that it shouldn't matter whether you buy insurance a day before you need it or weeks before but WARNING of course gut feeling counts for ZILCH where the law is concerned. You must be absent minded or have skiied so much that you 'forget' to buy insurance. Anyway have fun.

Edit: Just read bandit's post. Bandit seems to know the actual facts so booking now might be too late.

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Fri, 3 Oct 2008 22:30:15 GMT

Tino, you are in Austria. Assuming you are a European resident, and assuming that you haven't also forgotten your European Health Card, (which of course, all J2skiers carry in their wallet), then you will be given hospital treament.

The only grey areas are:

Costs of getting you off the piste to the Ambulance, and maybe the ambulance costs. Not sure of this position, but fair to say, not a high cost.

Helicopter cost, should you be caught out offpiste, or should you have a serious on-piste injury. Talk 3000 Euros.

Even with insurance, if you go off piste, in an area not recognised by he lift company, you may be liable for helischrauber costs. Depends on Ts and Cs, we had this discussion before.

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Sat, 4 Oct 2008 15:19:43 GMT

Jealous.

:evil:

)

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Sat, 4 Oct 2008 19:22:34 GMT

Dave Mac wrote:Tino, you are in Austria. Assuming you are a European resident, and assuming that you haven't also forgotten your European Health Card, (which of course, all J2skiers carry in their wallet), then you will be given hospital treament.

The only grey areas are:

Costs of getting you off the piste to the Ambulance, and maybe the ambulance costs. Not sure of this position, but fair to say, not a high cost.

Helicopter cost, should you be caught out offpiste, or should you have a serious on-piste injury. Talk 3000 Euros.

Even with insurance, if you go off piste, in an area not recognised by he lift company, you may be liable for helischrauber costs. Depends on Ts and Cs, we had this discussion before.

Dave, you got it in one.

I have European/German Insurance (opted for private 2 years ago)so my healthcare in the EU is covered by reciprocal agreements. I recentlz upgraded to Gold Mastercard and Visa which I have paid for everything with, that gives me bog standard travel insurance and a certain amount of third party liability. I also have seperate 3rd party liability on a special policy in German which covers the EU.

As you say, the helicopter costs are the only worry, but **** it, if I do some serious damage, 3k is the least of my worries!!!!!

Cheers for all the help guys, no problems on th first day!!

Story so far.....

8.30am

Over 70cm new snow down to resort
- 16oC at the summit (3250m)
Cloudy most of the day
29km piste open
Very busy

......and absolutely fantastic )

Was shattered by 3.30pm (first run at 8.30, lunch for 35 mins) so gave up and got pissed.

If anyone is ever in the TUX, stay at the Badhotel Kirchler. I decided not to slum it and paid 71 Euro a night. Best ski hotel I have ever been, 4 course dinners, massive breakfast, husge pool looking at the Glacier, bath robes, massive room with balcony......tidy barmaid )

The guy even agreed to let me check out after 4pm tomorrow!!!

Tasty.

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Sat, 4 Oct 2008 20:09:13 GMT

tino_11 wrote:
Story so far.....
8.30am

Over 70cm new snow down to resort
- 16oC at the summit (3250m)
Cloudy most of the day
29km piste open
Very busy
......and absolutely fantastic )

Was shattered by 3.30pm (first run at 8.30, lunch for 35 mins) so gave up and got pissed.

bath robes, massive room with balcony......tidy barmaid )

The guy even agreed to let me check out after 4pm tomorrow!!!
Tasty.

Lets all hope that Tino is not totally drunk by now, as it may impair his Sunday Tux fun :D

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Sun, 5 Oct 2008 09:15:12 GMT

tino_11 wrote:

Dave Mac wrote:Tino, you are in Austria. Assuming you are a European resident, and assuming that you haven't also forgotten your European Health Card, (which of course, all J2skiers carry in their wallet), then you will be given hospital treament.

The only grey areas are:

Costs of getting you off the piste to the Ambulance, and maybe the ambulance costs. Not sure of this position, but fair to say, not a high cost.

Helicopter cost, should you be caught out offpiste, or should you have a serious on-piste injury. Talk 3000 Euros.

Even with insurance, if you go off piste, in an area not recognised by he lift company, you may be liable for helischrauber costs. Depends on Ts and Cs, we had this discussion before.

Dave, you got it in one.

I have European/German Insurance (opted for private 2 years ago)so my healthcare in the EU is covered by reciprocal agreements. I recentlz upgraded to Gold Mastercard and Visa which I have paid for everything with, that gives me bog standard travel insurance and a certain amount of third party liability. I also have seperate 3rd party liability on a special policy in German which covers the EU.

As you say, the helicopter costs are the only worry, but **** it, if I do some serious damage, 3k is the least of my worries!!!!!

Cheers for all the help guys, no problems on th first day!!

Story so far.....

8.30am

Over 70cm new snow down to resort
- 16oC at the summit (3250m)
Cloudy most of the day
29km piste open
Very busy

......and absolutely fantastic )

Was shattered by 3.30pm (first run at 8.30, lunch for 35 mins) so gave up and got pissed.

If anyone is ever in the TUX, stay at the Badhotel Kirchler. I decided not to slum it and paid 71 Euro a night. Best ski hotel I have ever been, 4 course dinners, massive breakfast, husge pool looking at the Glacier, bath robes, massive room with balcony......tidy barmaid )

The guy even agreed to let me check out after 4pm tomorrow!!!

Tasty.

as said before... jamuy git :!: pictures please tino...not forgetting the tidy barmaid of course :shock:

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Sun, 5 Oct 2008 09:51:59 GMT

It has never occured to me that I could find snow, in Europe in October. I must have been mad not to realise. Its so difficult for me to get time off during the winter months. Next October its our 10th wedding anniversary, thats us sorted we are going to The Tux, wish we had thought of it for this year, I am on holiday next week and we could have booked some-thing. The hotel Tino,s at looks lovely as well. I dont think I will be able to book local flights, we only seem to go to Innsbruck during winter months.

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Sun, 5 Oct 2008 10:46:11 GMT

RoseR wrote:It has never occured to me that I could find snow, in Europe in October. I must have been mad not to realise. Its so difficult for me to get time off during the winter months. Next October its our 10th wedding anniversary, thats us sorted we are going to The Tux, wish we had thought of it for this year, I am on holiday next week and we could have booked some-thing. The hotel Tino,s at looks lovely as well. I dont think I will be able to book local flights, we only seem to go to Innsbruck during winter months.

book flights to Munich and then it's only a 2 hour drive from there

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Sun, 5 Oct 2008 11:04:07 GMT

freezywater wrote:

RoseR wrote:It has never occured to me that I could find snow, in Europe in October. I must have been mad not to realise. Its so difficult for me to get time off during the winter months. Next October its our 10th wedding anniversary, thats us sorted we are going to The Tux, wish we had thought of it for this year, I am on holiday next week and we could have booked some-thing. The hotel Tino,s at looks lovely as well. I dont think I will be able to book local flights, we only seem to go to Innsbruck during winter months.

book flights to Munich and then it's only a 2 hour drive from there

I can get flights to Innsbruck from Gatwick so I would think about an hour,s drive from Innsbruck. Probably would taxi it, dont really want to hire a car, we do enough driving at home it would be nice not to drive for a week.

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Tue, 7 Oct 2008 08:48:02 GMT

I'm back, I'm alive, I suffered no long term damage!

Off to California tomorrow, so have no time to post pics etc, but will do in the next days!!

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Tue, 7 Oct 2008 08:53:10 GMT

:mrgreen:

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Tue, 7 Oct 2008 17:38:53 GMT

tino_11 wrote:I'm back, I'm alive, I suffered no long term damage!

Off to California tomorrow, so have no time to post pics etc, but will do in the next days!!

can you get a refund on your insurance :?:

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Tue, 7 Oct 2008 17:47:37 GMT

We could have a sweep for next time Tino heads for the mountains. What are the odds on:

No Insurance:

Getting Drunk:

Falling Over Whilst Sober:

Fancying The Barmaid:

Slumming In A Posh Hotel

)

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Tue, 7 Oct 2008 23:06:47 GMT

bandit wrote:

We could have a sweep for next time Tino heads for the mountains. What are the odds on:

No Insurance:

Getting Drunk:

Falling Over Whilst Sober:

Fancying The Barmaid:

Slumming In A Posh Hotel

I will try for this one bandit....

No Insurance: 100/1. Tino had at least three insurances, he just didn't have one that covered the helicopter.

Getting Drunk: 4/5 on

Falling Over Whilst Sober: Evens

Fancying The Barmaid: 6/4 on, (after all, none of us have seen her)

Fancying The Barmaid: After Getting Drunk: 4/6 favourite

Fancying The Barmaid: (Including any chances of trapping off), after falling Over Whilst Sober: 15/1

Slumming In A Posh Hotel: Void bet, all spare cash taken up on getting an extra three insurances to cover the helicopter.

Who cares, Tino has surely won the first J2ski award for first ski of the year. :-)

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Wed, 8 Oct 2008 11:34:14 GMT

Ooh Nice Tino I hope you had a fantastic time! Any fall colors over there?

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Sun, 12 Oct 2008 14:56:53 GMT

Dave Mac wrote:bandit wrote:

We could have a sweep for next time Tino heads for the mountains. What are the odds on:

No Insurance:

Getting Drunk:

Falling Over Whilst Sober:

Fancying The Barmaid:

Slumming In A Posh Hotel

I will try for this one bandit....

No Insurance: 100/1. Tino had at least three insurances, he just didn't have one that covered the helicopter.

Getting Drunk: 4/5 on

Falling Over Whilst Sober: Evens

Fancying The Barmaid: 6/4 on, (after all, none of us have seen her)

Fancying The Barmaid: After Getting Drunk: 4/6 favourite

Fancying The Barmaid: (Including any chances of trapping off), after falling Over Whilst Sober: 15/1

Slumming In A Posh Hotel: Void bet, all spare cash taken up on getting an extra three insurances to cover the helicopter.

Who cares, Tino has surely won the first J2ski award for first ski of the year. :-)

Is one allowed to bet on oneself?

Okay here are some photo's.....

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Sun, 12 Oct 2008 15:30:17 GMT

:evil:

Soooooo jealous tino!!!! :mrgreen:

Hope you had class time!

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Sun, 12 Oct 2008 15:43:14 GMT

You could have at least forced out a smile for the camera :lol:

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Sun, 12 Oct 2008 15:56:49 GMT

RossF wrote:You could have at least forced out a smile for the camera :lol:

Maybe he was worried about having no insurance )

Lovely photos Tino, you had wonderful conditions :D

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Sun, 12 Oct 2008 16:11:39 GMT

Yeah, the conditions on the Sunday were phenomenal. Can't wait to get out on the slopes again. Thinking of organising a team building exercise for my staff this winter, a long weekend skiing sounds appropriate....lol

BTW....I don't do smiling for photos :lol:

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Sun, 12 Oct 2008 16:46:08 GMT

RoseR wrote:

freezywater wrote:

RoseR wrote:It has never occured to me that I could find snow, in Europe in October. I must have been mad not to realise. Its so difficult for me to get time off during the winter months. Next October its our 10th wedding anniversary, thats us sorted we are going to The Tux, wish we had thought of it for this year, I am on holiday next week and we could have booked some-thing. The hotel Tino,s at looks lovely as well. I dont think I will be able to book local flights, we only seem to go to Innsbruck during winter months.

book flights to Munich and then it's only a 2 hour drive from there

I can get flights to Innsbruck from Gatwick so I would think about an hour,s drive from Innsbruck. Probably would taxi it, dont really want to hire a car, we do enough driving at home it would be nice not to drive for a week.

I would hazard a guess at a taxi costing somewhere around 100 euros each way from Innsbruck Airport. Its about an hour and 15 to Mayrhofen from there, and Tux is another 15 to 20 mins further up the valley from there, not sure how many miles exactly. I would certainly suggest car hire as more favourable. You can also get a train to Jenbach, and a bus or train to Mayrhofen, and a post bus to Tux, that would probably be cheapest option.

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Sun, 12 Oct 2008 20:01:18 GMT

So jealous Tino.... new year seems like a long way away atm!!!

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Sun, 12 Oct 2008 20:46:07 GMT

Tony_H wrote:

RoseR wrote:

freezywater wrote:

RoseR wrote:It has never occured to me that I could find snow, in Europe in October. I must have been mad not to realise. Its so difficult for me to get time off during the winter months. Next October its our 10th wedding anniversary, thats us sorted we are going to The Tux, wish we had thought of it for this year, I am on holiday next week and we could have booked some-thing. The hotel Tino,s at looks lovely as well. I dont think I will be able to book local flights, we only seem to go to Innsbruck during winter months.

book flights to Munich and then it's only a 2 hour drive from there

I can get flights to Innsbruck from Gatwick so I would think about an hour,s drive from Innsbruck. Probably would taxi it, dont really want to hire a car, we do enough driving at home it would be nice not to drive for a week.

I would hazard a guess at a taxi costing somewhere around 100 euros each way from Innsbruck Airport. Its about an hour and 15 to Mayrhofen from there, and Tux is another 15 to 20 mins further up the valley from there, not sure how many miles exactly. I would certainly suggest car hire as more favourable. You can also get a train to Jenbach, and a bus or train to Mayrhofen, and a post bus to Tux, that would probably be cheapest option.

17 km Mayrhofen to Hintertux, 4.50 EURO on the bus from Mayrhofen Bahnhof

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Sun, 12 Oct 2008 23:22:11 GMT

Inspiring pictures tino. Wheres the one of the barmaid, just so we can shorten the odds. :wink:

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Mon, 13 Oct 2008 10:26:02 GMT

Tino, considering the time of year, those are awesome pictures.

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Mon, 13 Oct 2008 12:31:32 GMT

Fab photo's Tino, that has definately decided me for next Oct. I think I will need to be sending PMs to a couple of you on the best places to stay etc. Have not decided whether to stay at Mayorhofen or Hintertux yet tho'.

help needed...

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 13:08:29 GMT

To Rose R
The Hintertux is open all year around - although in the summer is really only good before the midday sun makes it slushy. I skied there in June - how fantastic! Innsbruck is the closest airport, approx 75 minutes away. Try the Austrian transfer company 'fourseason'(office@airport-transfer.com) or 'skytransfers.com' for good transfer links that don't include too much messing about. And for next year, happy anniversary and happy skiing!