Cheapest way to ski the new year ?

InMyTree wrote:

Its certainly not below me.. I come from Australia and ski there, and Europe
is a million times better than there.. its just I find Europe worse than
Canadian (and I suppose North American skiing) in almost every aspect..

and the sooner you take your ignorance back there the better.

Civilised? What is not civilised about North American skiing? I can tell
you something that is not at all civilised.. and that is lift lines in
Europe...

"Simon Brown" wrote in message
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"InMyTree" wrote in message
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Its certainly not below me.. I come from Australia and ski there, and
Europe
is a million times better than there.. its just I find Europe worse than
Canadian (and I suppose North American skiing) in almost every aspect..



You mean because we're civilised in Europe :-) ?
--
Simon Brown, Postfach 159, CH-7031 Laax
www.hb9drv.ch

Ignorance? Where is my ignorance? I have skiied a number of places in
Europe, and prefer my experience of Canadian skiing.. I don't see anything
ignorant about that..

"BrritSki" wrote in message
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InMyTree wrote:

Its certainly not below me.. I come from Australia and ski there, and
Europe
is a million times better than there.. its just I find Europe worse than
Canadian (and I suppose North American skiing) in almost every aspect..

and the sooner you take your ignorance back there the better.

On Sun, 24 Aug 2003 21:20:22 +0100, "InMyTree"
wrote:

"BrritSki" wrote in message
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InMyTree wrote:

Its certainly not below me.. I come from Australia and ski there, and
Europe
is a million times better than there.. its just I find Europe worse than
Canadian (and I suppose North American skiing) in almost every aspect..

and the sooner you take your ignorance back there the better.

Ignorance? Where is my ignorance? I have skiied a number of places in
Europe, and prefer my experience of Canadian skiing.. I don't see anything
ignorant about that..

You've admitted before that your experience of European resorts is
limited, so you're 'ignorant' about the rest of Europe. It can be a
little irritating, particularly given the newsgroup on which you're
posting, when you slag off resorts about which you know little or
nothing.

On Mon, 25 Aug 2003 08:54:20 +0200, Ace wrote:

On Sun, 24 Aug 2003 21:20:22 +0100, "InMyTree"
wrote:

"BrritSki" wrote in message
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InMyTree wrote:

Its certainly not below me.. I come from Australia and ski there, and
Europe
is a million times better than there.. its just I find Europe worse than
Canadian (and I suppose North American skiing) in almost every aspect..

and the sooner you take your ignorance back there the better.

Ignorance? Where is my ignorance? I have skiied a number of places in
Europe, and prefer my experience of Canadian skiing.. I don't see anything
ignorant about that..

You've admitted before that your experience of European resorts is
limited, so you're 'ignorant' about the rest of Europe. It can be a
little irritating, particularly given the newsgroup on which you're
posting, when you slag off resorts about which you know little or
nothing.

And he posts at the top - although that may be down to more than just
ignorance.

--
Colin Irvine

Colin Irvine wrote:

On Mon, 25 Aug 2003 08:54:20 +0200, Ace wrote:

On Sun, 24 Aug 2003 21:20:22 +0100, "InMyTree"
wrote:

"BrritSki" wrote in message
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InMyTree wrote:

Its certainly not below me.. I come from Australia and ski there, and
Europe
is a million times better than there.. its just I find Europe worse than
Canadian (and I suppose North American skiing) in almost every aspect..

and the sooner you take your ignorance back there the better.

Ignorance? Where is my ignorance? I have skiied a number of places in
Europe, and prefer my experience of Canadian skiing.. I don't see anything
ignorant about that..

You've admitted before that your experience of European resorts is
limited, so you're 'ignorant' about the rest of Europe. It can be a
little irritating, particularly given the newsgroup on which you're
posting, when you slag off resorts about which you know little or
nothing.

And he posts at the top - although that may be down to more than just
ignorance.

Yes, he's been told, but he knows it's better so screw the rest of us.

Try Snowstar Holidays in Tignes they will offer a discount for New Year if
you ask. See www.snowstarholidays.com for more details.


"Mark" wrote in message
m...
Has anybody any recent experience of booking a late deal at New Year?
(I have noted some Google posts from pre 2000 that suggest that good
offers are difficult to find, but cannot find anything of late).
Brochure prices are just so high (for one that is used to skiing
mid-January !)

I am particularly interested in the higher French resorts that offer
good childcare facilities, although other areas would be considered
depending on conditions at the time.

Thanks in advance for any helpful information.

Richard wrote:
Try Snowstar Holidays in Tignes they will offer a discount for New Year if
you ask. See www.snowstarholidays.com for more details.

They would need to. Those prices for catered chalets would be
average-to-cheap if they included flights, but for travel-free
accommodation, even with food, they look like a ripoff!

-Sarah

Mark,

I am not convinced that attempting the last minute deal on a New Year
ski booking is very safe, definitely if you have to go with children.

If you are looking for hotels, it may be fairly expensive, but if you
go for a good combination of appartment rental, station with good
animation and child-club, you may end up with reasonable (?) pricing
(knowing that the prices for equipment and the slopes won't go down at
the peak of the season...)

Good Luck,

Dominique Foucart
www.loc-alpes.com

(Mark) wrote in message om...
Has anybody any recent experience of booking a late deal at New Year?
(I have noted some Google posts from pre 2000 that suggest that good
offers are difficult to find, but cannot find anything of late).
Brochure prices are just so high (for one that is used to skiing
mid-January !)

I am particularly interested in the higher French resorts that offer
good childcare facilities, although other areas would be considered
depending on conditions at the time.

Thanks in advance for any helpful information.

Richard wrote:
Try Snowstar Holidays in Tignes they will offer a discount for New Year
if
you ask. See www.snowstarholidays.com for more details.

Sarah wrote:
They would need to. Those prices for catered chalets would be
average-to-cheap if they included flights, but for travel-free
accommodation, even with food, they look like a ripoff!


I think that "ripoff" is a bit strong as our prices were comparable with
other operators. However we have just reduced our prices to remain
competitive (and we still offer discounts to Ski Club members). The
reduction is to allow for the fact that flights bought separately are more
expensive than charter flights. We try to listen to the views expressed in
the newsgroup! Richard.