Without any snow Christmas or no Christmas, it is bald men fighting over a comb at the moment. Even Val Thorens would probably have put back its opening 19 November opening if there were no covid restrictions.
LOL!
Puts things into perspective.
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ma94jcg wrote:
Crystal have just cancelled our holiday to Les Arcs on the 19th December. Was expecting it, but now it is official.
They are offering up to 20% additional credit if we want to amend to another booking (maybe Easter...?)
Try a week later. Then if it gets cancelled another 20%? wash & repeat.
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Nelbert75 wrote:
T Bar wrote:
Nelbert75 wrote:
R number is positive at 0.64
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Is there a different calculation for R number , its always positive surely and 0.64 implies falling numbers fairly rapidly.
I meant the news on that is more positive than the current situ with the hospitals
Without any snow, Christmas or no Christmas, it is bald men fighting over a comb at the moment. Even Val Thorens would probably have put back its 19 November opening if there were no covid restrictions.
love that!!!
yep, I was looking at the VT webcams and it's looking very sparse at resort level for this time for year.
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Prices for condos, hotels, and vacations in Feb to Apr will rocket.
Everyone in Europe will try and squeeze 4-6 months of skiing into just a few weeks.
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I have to admit I also find it strange that it was announced they would let the ski resorts know within 10 days and then suddenly Macron said what he did The day after! Why not just put them all out of their misery now if that’s what is going to happen. Maybe that was his way of voicing his opinion. Also wonder how much influence Italy and Germany have...
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davidof wrote:
Claude B wrote:
Yes french visitors tend not to spend as much during the holidays, or at other times come to that.
because the salaries are lower than the UK with more tax, and less easy credit available, so there is less money to spend.
Aren't they simply a bit tight?
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Possibly - but no one knows that for sure. But if so, plenty will pay it after going stir crazy for 12 months...
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The feeling I got from Macron’s chat last night was that he didn’t want to open before New Year but might have to depending on what happened in other European countries.
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davidof wrote:
Without any snow, Christmas or no Christmas, it is bald men fighting over a comb at the moment. Even Val Thorens would probably have put back its 19 November opening if there were no covid restrictions.
Very true
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davidof wrote:
Without any snow, Christmas or no Christmas, it is bald men fighting over a comb at the moment. Even Val Thorens would probably have put back its 19 November opening if there were no covid restrictions.
Very true
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@Claude B, I'm sure you're seeing posts on FB extolling the virtues of how even without skiing spending your Christmas in a ski resort can still be full of wondrous things to do
And that's without them even mentioning the fact that there's still no snow!
Macron could do a U-Turn (save face etc) and announce that resorts will open and they will have a reprieve, but how many people will actually book with the current lack of white stuff and no restos and bars open etc and that's before they even really put their thinking caps on and deduce that queues will be horrific if only chairs and drags are open?
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Nice to see many resorts in the US opening and as usual considerable amounts of snow.
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@Weathercam, yep, no skiing, no snow, no bars, no restaurants .......
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James77 wrote:
Nice to see many resorts in the US opening and as usual considerable amounts of snow.
Ski resorts and bars open, schools closed. Very different set of priorities in the US...
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Looks like the EU is trying to close down all resorts in Europe until mid Jan
Looks like the EU is trying to close down all resorts in Europe until mid Jan
That's what you take from that article? That the wicked EU is trying to force all ski resorts to close?
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Looks like the EU is trying to close down all resorts in Europe until mid Jan
That's what you take from that article? That the wicked EU is trying to force all ski resorts to close?
Rob, who mentioned anything about a wicked EU? The headline reads 'Germany seeks EU deal to close ski resorts'. Seeing as Germany run things I believe my original statement to be correct.
In fairness it seems a sensible thing to do, what's the point of France being closed if Italy is open?
Seeing as Germany run things I believe my original statement to be correct.
If Germany did in fact "run things", then there would be no need for a meeting with other EU states to agree a deal, or what that deal would involve.
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French PM will confirm no skiing at Christmas.
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I wonder if the Swiss will tow the line with the EU plan or whether they will just chase the money.
At least the Scottish resorts will be able to open on Jan 1st
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russ_e wrote:
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russ_e wrote:
Looks like the EU is trying to close down all resorts in Europe until mid Jan
That's what you take from that article? That the wicked EU is trying to force all ski resorts to close?
Rob, who mentioned anything about a wicked EU? The headline reads 'Germany seeks EU deal to close ski resorts'. Seeing as Germany run things I believe my original statement to be correct.
In fairness it seems a sensible thing to do, what's the point of France being closed if Italy is open?
So the main Alpine countries are having a discussion about whether it's a good idea to agree to delay opening the resorts? Will Sweden and Finland be involved? Croatia, Spain? Czech Republic, Greece?
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One would hope so as they are in the EU
You would imagine that a French business owner will be pretty upset if the rest of the EU is open but they are closed. Germany, France and Italy are behind the policy I'm not sure how much of a say the rest actually get.
I wonder if the SNP will follow suit in solidarity with our EU friends? If they don't the wind probably will!
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@chocksaway, what "EU plan"? There is no steenkin' "EU plan".
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I wonder if the Swiss will tow the line with the EU plan or whether they will just chase the money.
Everything here says we'll be opening first week in December (assuming it snows, which looks unlikely).
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davidof wrote:
French PM will confirm no skiing at Christmas.
Which he now has done.
You know it makes sense.
You know it makes sense.
Yep, no lifts to run before January but ski resorts will be accessible, presumably for touring, cross country, snow shoeing etc.
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@zzz, well, that'll bring the hordes won't it? Can hardly beat the show-shoers off with a merdey stick usually.
So we are invited to go to ski resorts over Christmas for shopping, restaurants, bars and cinema. But no (alpine) skiing.
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Ski resorts: the ski lifts will remain closed at Christmas
If the ski resorts will be able to accommodate holidaymakers during the end-of-year holidays, the practice of alpine skiing on the slopes will not be authorized, however, confirmed the Prime Minister.
"We felt that the epidemic situation and that the situation of hospitals in the regions concerned, in particular in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, do not allow us to consider an opening for the Christmas holidays", a- he stressed, believing that "it would not be prudent to allow very large flows of populations to come together with activities likely to require hospital services".
Jean Castex said that the ski resorts would be easily accessible during the holidays. Only the ski lifts and public facilities will remain closed to the public
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So we are invited to go to ski resorts over Christmas for shopping, restaurants, bars and cinema. But no (alpine) skiing.
Except no bars, restaurants or cinema either
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davidof wrote:
Even Val Thorens would probably have put back its 19 November opening if there were no covid restrictions.
They have plenty of artificial snow ready to be spread around. Pretty sure they would have opened just fine if it wasn't for this nonsense.
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Ski resorts: the ski lifts will remain closed at Christmas
If the ski resorts will be able to accommodate holidaymakers during the end-of-year holidays, the practice of alpine skiing on the slopes will not be authorized, however, confirmed the Prime Minister.
How does this make any bloody sense? They will open the virus spread hotspots but not the actual skiing where everyone stays apart and wears ski masks?
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Verbier's open. Just saying.
Switzerland's at the epicenter of the epidemic but hey, there's no such thing as dirty money.
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Alpinebear wrote:
Ski resorts: the ski lifts will remain closed at Christmas
If the ski resorts will be able to accommodate holidaymakers during the end-of-year holidays, the practice of alpine skiing on the slopes will not be authorized, however, confirmed the Prime Minister.
How does this make any bloody sense? They will open the virus spread hotspots but not the actual skiing where everyone stays apart and wears ski masks?
I think it may be due to the extra burden on the hospitals through ski injuries.
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