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Most of the Austrian resorts ive been to seem to have a Cartel running the hire shops but we normal find at least one shop as theres 10 in our group that will do a deal.
Last year in St Anton it was Hervis
Are there any such places in Ischgl preferably near the Silvrettabahn lift
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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If you find any that do a deal Wasley please let me know - we have 20 in our group so would hope to get some discount.
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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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@wasley, St Anton (+Lech, Zurs etc) and Ischgl have the highest prices in terms of ski hire in the whole of Austria pretty much. My best piece of advice would be to rent them from nearby Kappl where hire is significantly cheaper - saving as much if not more than 50 euro per set of skis and boots hired.
Use alpinresorts.com - with the code SNOWBALL for the best deal - the cheapest in Ischgl itself for standard piste skis and boots was around 150 euros whilst in Kappl its 98 euro.
I would say an average price for standard piste skis and boots would be 65-90 euros for a week in most of Austria just shows how much they rip you off there. This is all based on 6 days hire - Sunday to Friday.
EDIT: What I will say the service and quality of equipment is very very high in Ischgl - and whilst it's great saving money on ski hire with Hervis for example, the service I've had from them in the past when having issues with mine and my OH's equipment was awful and left me cursing myself all for the sake of saving 30-40 euro on something that can make or break your holiday enjoyment.
I would get a series of quotes off the net and then call them directly or contact them via email seeing if they can beat your quotes if Kappl is not an option.
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I went to the InterSport (is it Brudhel??) just up from the Silvretta towards the tunnel at xmas and hired boots for my kids, the service was fantastic, really cheap as well, but that's for kids
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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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@wasley, Wasley did you find anywhere in Ischgl that offered you a deal?
We are 18 going out on Saturday so thinking we might go to Kappl for the saving.
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sorry im not going until next monday 29th feb
....If you find anything in town could you let me know
Im going to stick to renting in the town incase if anything breaks its not far to travel to replace
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@wasley, Will do
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I read somewhere on Snowheads that St Anton shops had paid a heavy fine for price fixing. has that not helped?
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Seems to be a bit more competition than there used to be. You could try Skiset who use Sport Zangerl - discount code CUK12SES. The shop is by the entrance to the Dorf tunnel.
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| wasley wrote: |
| sorry im not going until next monday 29th feb |
Where are you staying?
We're arriving on Saturday 27th Feb, drop me a pm if you fancy a beer!
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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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@wasley, We're going to rent in Kappl as it works out being almost half the price of Ischgl, where decent Ski, boots, and helmets will cost >€200 for the week.
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We've just been to Kappl and hired skis through alpinresorts - we weren't particularly impressed with the quality of the equipment. And they had very limited stock.
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You know it makes sense.
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We hired with Sport Adler could of got 18% off with alpinresorts but didn't pre book
There were 10 of us so was hopeing for a similar or better discount . No one would give us more than 10% , we managed to get 13% with Sports Adler
It nearly double to what I've paid in most other resorts including St Anton
Food , lift pass , drinks have all been reasonable priced thou
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