Poster: A snowHead
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@bambionskiis, not what you want to hear, but I’d suggest buying a place in a ski resort, for great winter and summer experiences, and getting long term rental properties close to the sea in the spring and autumn. That way you wouldn’t be fixed to the same coastal area each time and could explore no end of different countries. Living a distance away from ski areas would, for me, take away much of the enjoyment.
As an example, from Austria we’ve driven just a few hours to spend lengthy holidays in Cannes, Croatia and Italy, staying in out of summer season rental properties.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Just one word of caution: cheap flights are not a Law of Nature. 25 or so years ago, the idea of a £45 flight to Geneva or further afield to more 'secondary' airports like Montpellier would have been improbable. I only ever flew to places like Nice on business and it was hundreds of £s for a return. If you're planning to 'shuttle' between the UK and any destination then you have to ask yourself whether (a) non-hub routes like Montpellier might disappear and (b) prices might not return to 1990's levels? Now, governments will be under pressure to subsidise uneconomic airlines but I wonder how much they'll be prepared to do that just for the convenience of tourists, versus spending the same money on (re)building jobs in manufacturing and business of more direct, local benefit?
I remember back in the 2002 when we were considering buying abroad, it was Florida and Morocco that were all the rage (yes, Morocco). In my small town, there was even an estate agent specialising exclusively in Florida and a few Spanish places. Property forums I was on had people telling me to forget The Alps - Bulgaria was the place to buy. But we decided that we'd only buy somewhere we could drive to conveniently, so had an alternative if a route was dropped, or a hub became expensive to fly to: but there were plenty of people who told me that this was too limiting.
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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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