 Poster: A snowHead
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Hey guys,
bored at work so thought I would have a look to see what deals Crystal were throwing out for the xmas week we are going to VT. They are doing the exact same chalet and travel for £300 PP less than what we paid!
I know booking early is not always the best but I am surprised Xmas week is still available.
DOH! 
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Poor early season snow reports = fire sale now. TO pricing is always a gamble whenever you roll the dice.
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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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TBH I was expecting maybe £100 PP less but not £300. Maybe we will be the only ones in the Chalet LOL
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that is a bit of an unfortunate, with the slow start youll probably not be the only ones out there that have found this.
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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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@chrisrawles, I am only surprised in that VT is one of the few areas that currently have anything like decent snow.
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Once you've booked never, EVER check the prices again. You'll only upset yourself.
There's always late deals for x-mass week. Some years (like this year) they're better than others. It depends on the snow and where x-mass falls within the week. So if x-mass is late in the week like this year, there's usually more deals. SkiWorld have catered chalets under £400... only the lack of a dog sitter is preventing me snapping their hand off.
New-Year isn't usually the same.
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I did a little exercise and looked for the following week which would be NYE week and there is nothing to be had.
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@chrisrawles, New Year week is always sold out at this point.
Strangely enough, I just checked the Chalet in La Tania I'm booked into. It is all booked up for when I go on the 10th January, but there are still 4 rooms left on Christmas week.
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I think Xmas next year will be different due to the way it falls.
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Once you've booked never, EVER check the prices again. You'll only upset yourself.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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I just checked mine. and the TO £150 PP discount still makes it more expensive than my DIY price 
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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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| chrisrawles wrote: |
| I think Xmas next year will be different due to the way it falls. |
I think it'll be the same. X-mass week will be 19th-26th so still effectivly early. If its early it doesn't include a lot of peoples holiday. For instance we close from Chrismas Eve untill New Year so I'd have to take extra time off.
2016 will be "late" as it'll run 24th-31st and a) more snow sure and b) within most/more peoples x-mass holidays.
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Generally pays to book late for Christmas, both to know where the snow is, and for last minute bargains - provided you're flexible. If you have your heart set on a particular spot it obviously make sense to book but then NOT to look either at the last minute bargains or the snow depths. 
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You know it makes sense.
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Christmas before last we waited to book last min for VT. Ended up with nasty self catering appt for £499 each.  Had to be VT as elder daughter was working there.
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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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| adithorp wrote: |
| Once you've booked never, EVER check the prices again. You'll only upset yourself. |
Absolutely this. Also, never ask anyone in your hotel what they paid for the week. Guarantee it will be less than you.
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Poster: A snowHead
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| HoneyBunny wrote: |
| adithorp wrote: |
| Once you've booked never, EVER check the prices again. You'll only upset yourself. |
Absolutely this. Also, never ask anyone in your hotel what they paid for the week. Guarantee it will be less than you. |
Couldn't agree more, and even more important in a chalet, we once had a couple of guys ask us as they realised that we had booked late, one of them proceeded to sulk for the next couple days because we had spent about £250 less!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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It's so hard not to check though!
We booked DIY this year as Crystal's prices were too high. Their current deal means we would have paid the same to go with them, but we have 8 nights, 8 days skiing, no early start on the day to we head home and have a car so we can stock up with the lower valley prices. So all in all still a win in my book! (We are off 16th Jan though no Christmas)
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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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I definitely wont be looking. At All. Ever. We booked with quite specific requirements to cater for a mix of skiiers and total non-skiiers in a chalet for the 8 of us during christmas week. My Husband and I def paid more that we normally do so that we could obviously guarantee the holiday for the family as a group but I know if it was just the 2 of us, we'd have found something much cheaper last minute. Bah! ahh well, just pretend we didn't use the credit card a lot and all will be ok... 
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I try my best not to check but a couple of seasons ago Iglu Ski emailed me details of my holiday 2 days after booking £1000 cheaper (3 people)
I now refuse to use them!
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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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Maybe as a full price punter you will get the best room/s
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It seems, well, not well thought out to me.
So you buy something at what you feel is a fair price. But then you continue to monitor the price, and if it goes down you feel bad. Presumably you are hoping to feel even better if it goes up. If so, that's a game you choose to play. The only reason I could imagine to to continue to look at the price of anything would be to learn how buy better next time... but it makes more sense to put that work in before you spend, no?
Broadly you either take the risk that it won't snow or that someone else will pay less than you, and trade it against the risk of not being able to pick and choose precisely where you go. You can't have both. You can have your favourite hotel, but it may not snow there. You can pay for a room to be sure you'll get one, but you'll risk someone else getting a similar room for less than the rack rate.
It's a personal choice. Me, I don't want to spend time and money in a ski resort with no snow under any circumstances: that's a risk I can't take. So I won't book far in advance. The fear of not being able to get anywhere? I have a car, the mountains are 13 hours drive away... and then there are scheduled airlines and a whole world...
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You can't have both. You can have your favourite hotel, but it may not snow there. You can pay for a room to be sure you'll get one, but you'll risk someone else getting a similar room for less than the rack rate.
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this. Plus you risk someone else getting a room for less AND having poor snow conditions.
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So far the rules to avoid disapointment are...
1) Once you've booked, never, EVER look at th prices again
2) When youget there, don't ask what others have paid.
Seeing as I can't go this x-mas should there be a rule 3... "If you can't go, don't look what deals you're missing"?
As I'm already pissed off anyway, am I making it worse?
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