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I remember when I ran Chalets...bit of cooking, cleaning and socialising...stuff that I did everyday at home anyway...then skied everyday for a season... I couldn't believe I got paid to do it and I got tipped very well.
Can't see anyone not being able to do a bit of work on the side either, to help with income.
Great if you have an online based business.
I'm all for thinking outside the box. 
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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| Ricklovesthepowder wrote: |
| dode, a few years back a friend took this offer up, he said that most weekends the owners were present, and they were also there for a week at Christmas, a week at Easter, and there was a random week when a party of males turned up which was quite rowdy, but the alcohol, and girls they brought back each night more than made up for it! My friend said it was the best season of his life. |
I think that's the closest  s has come to feedback from previous sitters.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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| spud wrote: |
I remember when I ran Chalets...bit of cooking, cleaning and socialising...stuff that I did everyday at home anyway...then skied everyday for a season... I couldn't believe I got paid to do it and I got tipped very well.
Can't see anyone not being able to do a bit of work on the side either, to help with income.
Great if you have an online based business.
I'm all for thinking outside the box. |
Yes if you've a internet based business it would be great, but the problem with doing a bit of work in resort (for a resort business) is that normally requires commitment to set hours or days of the week, and you can't just book a week off work during the busiest part of the season to look after your chalet owners (because unlike in the UK resort operations don't have armies of staff who can just fill in).
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How has it turned out for you and your family Nixmap? has it always gone well, I guess it's been ok so for or you wouldn't keep doing it.
Unlike many people here I doubt you do this to save a few quid, given where you have your 2 chalets 
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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geeo, how do you think the wealthy stay wealthy?? I have clients who will put 200k in a villa rental, spend 10k on lunch, come to see me in a 150k car and then kick up a fuss about our 5€ fee increase on last year...
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I think they stay wealthy by buying 2 chalets in a couple of the most expensive ski resorts on earth... everyone needs 2 chalets also to fully exploit the free labour 
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| geeo wrote: |
Unlike many people here I doubt you do this to save a few quid |
I think he does it for someone to ski a season for next to nothing, its a fair offer, which I would take up if I was between jobs.
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Lot of "he's" here, I thought the OP was (is) female for some reason.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Yes beacause only men make money 
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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I thought some seasons ago that he must be male because he was so incredulous at my suggestion that it could actually take some hours to do a decent job of cleaning a sizeable chalet. 
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| tarrantd wrote: |
| So what period is involved i.e. season start and end? Are language skills required? |
Christmas to easter very roughly more if you want.
Language skills are unimportant we are all multi Lingual although English is a good start.[/spoiler]
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You know it makes sense.
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| Cacciatore wrote: |
What is the approx cost of half a litre of beer and a bottle of reasonable plonk? 
How are the shopping and fuel costs managed?
Are there airport ferrying duties? |
1) leshop.ch
2) anything done to help us ours, anything done to help yourself yours
3) not so far
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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| dode wrote: |
| nixmap, when you or your guests arrive at weekends/holidays, are there set hours of work or are the (can't say employees... Dunno what to call them...) 'chalet sitters' expected to be at your beck and call 24hrs/day? What percentage of the ski season, in days, will you/your guests be present? |
mostly weekends
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Poster: A snowHead
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| Ricklovesthepowder wrote: |
| dode, a few years back a friend took this offer up, he said that most weekends the owners were present, and they were also there for a week at Christmas, a week at Easter, and there was a random week when a party of males turned up which was quite rowdy, but the alcohol, and girls they brought back each night more than made up for it! My friend said it was the best season of his life. |
Ouch!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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| nixmap wrote: |
| Ricklovesthepowder wrote: |
| dode, a few years back a friend took this offer up, he said that most weekends the owners were present, and they were also there for a week at Christmas, a week at Easter, and there was a random week when a party of males turned up which was quite rowdy, but the alcohol, and girls they brought back each night more than made up for it! My friend said it was the best season of his life. |
Ouch! |
I'm guessing from that response...the male party all had GF's or Wives back home? Doh!!!
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Looks like nixmap may be spending more time on his own at the chalet this year...
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| nixmap wrote: |
| Cacciatore wrote: |
What is the approx cost of half a litre of beer and a bottle of reasonable plonk?
How are the shopping and fuel costs managed?
Are there airport ferrying duties? |
1) leshop.ch
2) anything done to help us ours, anything done to help yourself yours
3) not so far |
1) leshop.ch - not incredibly helpful, but seems about CH14 for a 6-pack and CH12 for an OK bottle from the supermarket. Bars?
2) anything done to help us ours, anything done to help yourself yours - OK, that is the what, but the how? i.e. are you expecting your "helpers" to buy food/provisions/beer or wine or whatever for your consumption that you reimburse? If not, how? If travelling, and hence driving between resorts, does the same apply? i.e. reimbursing
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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| Cacciatore wrote: |
i.e. are you expecting your "helpers" to buy food/provisions/beer or wine or whatever for your consumption that you reimburse? If not, how? If travelling, and hence driving between resorts, does the same apply? i.e. reimbursing |
Yes, Yes of course.
Other than that if you consune a full tank of gas because you feel the Need to blast the a Range Rover to Cham or Verbier for a days skking in the week I cant stop you, but dont expect me to pay for what you consume when we are not there.
The main thing is to use common sense, if you "borrow" stuff from a friend then leave it as you left it , otherwise you wont be friends for long.
If you have to ask in any more detail than that or cannot grasp that concept then sorry you just dont make the grade on simple integrity.
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| albinomountainbadger wrote: |
| Lot of "he's" here, I thought the OP was (is) female for some reason. |
Both of us post on this thread.
I am still considering RickLovesThePowders post
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| nixmap wrote: |
| ..I am still considering RickLovesThePowders post |
Definitely in she-mode
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| nixmap wrote: |
| Cacciatore wrote: |
i.e. are you expecting your "helpers" to buy food/provisions/beer or wine or whatever for your consumption that you reimburse? If not, how? If travelling, and hence driving between resorts, does the same apply? i.e. reimbursing |
Yes, Yes of course.
Other than that if you consune a full tank of gas because you feel the Need to blast the a Range Rover to Cham or Verbier for a days skking in the week I cant stop you, but dont expect me to pay for what you consume when we are not there.
The main thing is to use common sense, if you "borrow" stuff from a friend then leave it as you left it , otherwise you wont be friends for long.
If you have to ask in any more detail than that or cannot grasp that concept then sorry you just dont make the grade on simple integrity. |
No-one was talking about common sense nixmap, merely clarifying a fairly essential part of the arrangement. I would have thought that was fairly obviously a reasonable request for clarification.
Your ever so slightly condescending replies ought to be a warning for anyone who may be seriously considering the "offer" and who may have legitimate questions.
For the first time, I am in the Marseque camp and rather suspect that if any awkward situations cropped up with authorities etc, you'd be light on support/cooperation. You certainly seem to like evading answering even fairly straightforward questions without resorting to rubbing people up the wrong way.
Good luck.
I'm out.
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^^that pretty much.
Still never seen a single report back from anyone that took up the offer. So either (1) nobody, at least a sH, ever did, or (2) they did are are in a Swiss slammer, or (3) are all in the basement, or (4) have signed an NDA.
I just see the threads as a "we are loaded" intentional provocation. The threads have gone the same way every year before. Unsurprising that this year's thread goes exactly the same way and reported on the suspected spam thread.
So... has any sH taken this up or has anyone taken up this offer, and if they did, could they give a genuine summary?
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Marseque. Oh excellent.
Hope that is a new rangerover Nix.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Does anyone know of any illegal workers in CH going to jail?
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Given the recent changes in Swiss minimum wage law coupled with the political atmosphere turning against foreigners, it does make 'unofficially not working just helping your mates' a more risky proposition for everyone. There was a case in France not too long ago of a regular client/friend carrying some glasses back to the bar as we would in the UK just to be nice/lend a hand (it was a British client and British run bar), but on witnessing it the French inspectors decided that it was undeclared labour. Perhaps the Swiss German inspectors would even have a different outlook to the Franco-Swiss ones... 
Doesn't astonish me at all there's very little feedback though; in it's prime natives.co.uk was probably getting tens of thousands of visits a day but of the hundreds of season staff, there were very few 'reviews' of previous employers (probably for fear of litigation).
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| albinomountainbadger wrote: |
Doesn't astonish me at all there's very little feedback though; in it's prime natives.co.uk was probably getting tens of thousands of visits a day but of the hundreds of season staff, there were very few 'reviews' of previous employers (probably for fear of litigation). |
Although this isn't an employer/employee relationship - merely friends looking out for each other and behaving in such a way as to keep it ever thus
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You know it makes sense.
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maybe if (s)he has "employees" for their 9-5 job then they get free money every month for helping out?
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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You have to fund your own travel to the first resort, if you choose to drive your own car is there somewhere safe to park it? Will the arrangement finish at the initial location or will getting back to the start be your problem?
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Poster: A snowHead
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| tarrantd wrote: |
| You have to fund your own travel to the first resort, if you choose to drive your own car is there somewhere safe to park it? Will the arrangement finish at the initial location or will getting back to the start be your problem? |
Your own transport is your own concern. There is parking but many times we use all the spaces. havent really thought it through more than that.
why would you need your own car?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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| albinomountainbadger wrote: |
| there were very few 'reviews' of previous employers (probably for fear of litigation). |
What about a mutual resect for each others privacy..
Fear of getting mobbed by certain other snowheads
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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tarrantd, Sensible questions on a postcard.....
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| nixmap wrote: |
| why would you need your own car? |
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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secrecy.
Shame my Grandfather is no longer with us. As her Maj's consul for several cantons in Switzerland, his services may have come in handy, if or when the employee is apprehended without residence permit etc.
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I thought they were sensible too, just havent thought. doesnt mean there isn¨'t an easy Solution.
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why would you need your own car?
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No baggage allowance, flexible out and return journeys etc........
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| tarrantd wrote: |
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why would you need your own car?
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No baggage allowance, flexible out and return journeys etc........ |
ok--
sure if you want.
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nixmap, This had all made us curious now, must know more
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