 Poster: A snowHead
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We don't have Austria bashing sessions. Why would we? I don't understand why we regularly have these defensive and pointless France bashing sessions.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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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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Yes. I honestly don't recall anyone seeking to "demean skiing in Austria". People might ask about specific resorts, as they do about low resorts in France.
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If you don't like the on-mountain inflation rates in Austria and France then come to Switzerland....prices have been about the same in chf terms for 10 years or so.
The FX rate hasn't been so kind, but a beer/coffee/pizza never changes, year after year, and is now cheaper than the big French places in my experience.
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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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@rungsp, Although tbf the last time I was in Wengen I got charged for tap water in Piz Gloria (3x hungry kids eating lunch in the revolving restaurant) on the Schilthorn . . .when questioned the waiter simply said - 've have to pay someone to deliver ze vater sir'. Obvs this would never happen in France however I'm confident the reply wouldn't have been so politely Swiss 
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| Origen wrote: |
| defensive and pointless France. |
seems to sum it up
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I rest my case.
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Its fortunate we don't all have the same views on what makes a good ski resort or which country is the best place for a skiing holiday otherwise it would be a very crowded resort if we were all looking for the same thing ! And very expensive too.
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I’ve very recently been skiing in large ski resorts in France and Italy and Switzerland and Austria. My small sample would suggest to me that food and drink prices are cheapest in Italy, a bit more expensive in France, a bit more expensive again in Austria and more expensive again in Switzerland. The Austrian resorts included Ischgl and St Anton though so this would no doubt have skewed the outcome.
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| Belch wrote: |
@rungsp, Although tbf the last time I was in Wengen I got charged for tap water in Piz Gloria (3x hungry kids eating lunch in the revolving restaurant) on the Schilthorn . . .when questioned the waiter simply said - 've have to pay someone to deliver ze vater sir'. Obvs this would never happen in France however I'm confident the reply wouldn't have been so politely Swiss :-
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Why am I not surprised? When we had a week in Wengen, we were charged for the tap water they put on the table each night at dinner, whether we'd asked for it or not, and Piz Gloria were going to charge us for the lunch we had ordered moments before they started to evacuate us off the mountain due to wind. We weren't going to get our lunch, but they brought us the bill and were insisting that we paid.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Just back from a week in Salzburgerland (Ski Amadé) and I was very happy with the prices, on the mountain and off. If they’ve gone up by such a huge percentage in the last few years then they must have been dirt cheap before!
A large beer (pint) was €5 in my 4* hotel and around €6-€7 on the mountain. Food prices on the mountain were similar in euros to what I would pay in pounds at home for soup, sandwiches, strudel etc.
The way I look at it is that usually you have to pay over the odds to eat/drink in a stinky, busy city with great transport infrastructure. So if you have to pay a similar amount to eat in a lovely location on a mountain with significant difficulties getting supplies then what is wrong with that? In reality most of the places I went to were a lot cheaper than big city prices.
I can’t comment on the France discussion, only been once and that was 30 years ago - I guess prices will have changed a bit! Italy or Austria are just fine for me.
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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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| japes1275 wrote: |
| The way I look at it is that usually you have to pay over the odds to eat/drink in a stinky, busy city with great transport infrastructure. |
+1
Anyone complaining about high prices in the mountains should come to London.
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And not really sensible to talk about prices in "Austria" or "France". Depends where you go - as it does in London!
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You know it makes sense.
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| holidayloverxx wrote: |
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| I've never understood why schiwasser seemed so expensive prior to any price rises. Isn't most of it tap water? |
Yep, although it can be fizzy sometimes. I agree |
My Wife bought two large 2 litre concentrated bottles of it in the Spar in Solden Dorf on Saturday morning....€4.
It's poxy stuff altogether...I presume the price hike is the cost of the squirrels, voles etc they boil to make it.
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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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| HilbertSpace wrote: |
| japes1275 wrote: |
| The way I look at it is that usually you have to pay over the odds to eat/drink in a stinky, busy city with great transport infrastructure. |
+1
Anyone complaining about high prices in the mountains should come to London. |
I'll see your London and raise you Dublin city center.
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Poster: A snowHead
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| HilbertSpace wrote: |
| japes1275 wrote: |
| The way I look at it is that usually you have to pay over the odds to eat/drink in a stinky, busy city with great transport infrastructure. |
+1
Anyone complaining about high prices in the mountains should come to London. |
Not without the location factor on my income! 
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