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Is there a Family Bash next Feb. half term??? OK its far away. Have recently discovered the delights of not skiing in a contained family group for entire holiday, and the kids (12 & 10) prefer mucking about with other kids, the missus likes to ski with the fairer sex, ski 10 turns then chat for 5 mins (probably in middle of piste or on a bend).
Problem is have to make a decision re. Feb half term by next week. If there is a high probability of one happening I would gamble and not book anything else. Can anyone in authority help me with my gambling?
Thanks.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Jonat3000m, Welcome to 
I'd suggest you send Admin a pm and ask - he'll be organising it if there is. To send one, click on the send/read message box in the top right hand corner.
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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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Cheers
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Hi Jonat3000m, I would be up for some of the same. We've skied as a family for some years, but different strokes mean that some mixed skiing outside the family would be excellent. My kids are 12,14,16 yrs
I understood Admin wasn't right chuffed with uptake on the family event this year..so we may have to DIY a Snowheads gig? If thats not in breach of Admin protocols?
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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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Strax. I could probably come up with 4 or 5 interested families, dont know if any are snowheads but would be easy to enlist them and sure they would be willing to become super snowheads or whatever if something comes of it. Would be handy to have Admins knowledge/contacts involved.
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If there is any plans for this, a small plea that we have the details as early as possible.
Many of us will be booking trips from August onwards and once one booked in not possible to justify another trip
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I think this is almost certainly what limited the interested for 2013. It is definitely true for us we booked our family holiday in May last year. In fact this year I booked for Easter 2014 in January 2013. I did PM admin to ask if one was on the cards before I booked but he hadn't read it after a week or so and so I decided to go ahead and book as I was sure if I waited too long the price would rise (it did).
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We could go with group of families from kids school Easter 2014, but Easter is late next year, holidays kicking off on 5th April. Concerned about the white stuff, having problems parting with a load of money at that time of year. Ok snow good this year, but next??? Half term more reassuring.
Anyone have any idea how many families would make Admin happy.
Agree with most people booking 2014 in next couple of months, the reason I raised the initial question, so if there's is interest out there, lets show it!
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For us the cost of the Feb 2013 was ruled it out as we already had a better deal booked.
I know this may not calm the worries about Feb 2014 half term against a late April Easter, but the last time Easter fell so late there was a SFAB called for the Easter period (it was then the week before the EoSB, same as next year will be) but the conditions were great in Val Thorens.
Maybe next year there will be another SFAB? Just think of it, Oxalys and their excellent facilities?
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I would be up for a SFaB in the Oxalys under the same sort of arrangement as the first one at the Oxalys was run, i.e. the week prior to the EoSB which coincided with the second week of the kids Easter holidays that year. For Half Term Feb next year I am already booked up as I was this year and a Half Term bash of the type offered this year wasn't going to work for me in terms of holiday type/cost and timing. However, a second week of the Easter hols bash in the Oxalys at VT as per the first SFaB would be on the cards for us next year if it were to be offered.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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This is the trouble when you have kids...especially when you have several. You have to book your holidays ages in advance to ensure getting suitable accommodation etc. (and to have time to save up for it!!). If we are going to organize family bashes there needs to be plenty of notice, especially due to the limited opportunities in the year to take them, and all those Frenchies wanting to go at the same time.
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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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all those Frenchies wanting to go at the same time.
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which is why Megamum's suggestion of going to a high resort in the first week of the Easter holidays is a good one. The Frenchies won't be bothering - and it's low season for accommodation. Easter next year is too late for the common run of resorts, but should be fine in somewhere like Tignes or Val Thorens.
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Richard_Sideways, and I could well be interested in a family pre-EoSB week as we've booked for a week in January and this season taught us 1 week away is just not enough but we'd need to share childcare costs with others (ours would be 2 & 4 and 4 year old would be doing half day lessons).
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