 Poster: A snowHead
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Frankly, it'll make little difference to me if holidays do go up, I invested a decent chunk into cryptocurrency which has more than tripled in the last couple of months with profits to pay for several weeks skiing. I see a trip to the states on the horizon next year.....quite happy not to spend in Europe unless they show fairness during the coming negotiations.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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I am in fact Claude Juncker, and now that you put it like that I'll make sure that I'm fair to you in the foth coming negatiations.
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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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p.s sorry about my spelling, but when you are Belgian and using an iPad it can at times be a little challenging.
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That's OK Claude, don't worry about your grasp of English, ultimately it'll be the money that'll do the talking anyway, as in most negotiations.
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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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Quite probably a result of how I do my shopping but if anything the basic cost of hitting the hills, apart from NA, has come down. Fair to say though I'm not automatically tied in the the French 'top brands'.
Slightly different case when you get there, but a small price to pay, in the grand scheme of things.
king key, quite.
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Wahoo another link 
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If you reduce a negotiation to its common denominator, then often when you look at some so called negotiations it is clear that there is no negotiation. It becomes a parade, a facade, a confusion, which serves to hide the fact that there is no negotiation.
If you consider the UK's exit from EU, you have to reduce it to its common denominator. Then you build up from there.
The EU wish to link free movement of people with free trade as an initial negotiation stance, but that is not the common denominator.
You start from nothing, no movement, no trade, and you negotiate from there. No deal is no deal, a better deal for both sides can definately be achieved from this common denominator. (although some in the EU might prefer no deal)
The exchange rate will return to 1.5, to 1.6 to US $ in 5 years, and within the same timescale we will see 1.3 Euros to £1. Whether there is a deal or not!
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| Bigtipper wrote: |
| The EU wish to link free movement of people with free trade as an initial negotiation stance, but that is not the common denominator. |
Technically access to free trade in the EU is linked to free movement of people (a core part of the Treaty of Rome and the reason we joined (what has become) the EU) and it's the UK that want to unlink them as a negotiation stance.
| Bigtipper wrote: |
| The exchange rate will return to 1.5, to 1.6 to US $ in 5 years, and within the same timescale we will see 1.3 Euros to £1. Whether there is a deal or not! |
Shame the (Euro) balance for my summer holiday's going to fall due next week, not in 5 years  Currently at 1:1.129, a 6-month low.
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| Mjit wrote: |
| Bigtipper wrote: |
| The EU wish to link free movement of people with free trade as an initial negotiation stance, but that is not the common denominator. |
Technically access to free trade in the EU is linked to free movement of people (a core part of the Treaty of Rome and the reason we joined (what has become) . |
Freedom of movement of workers.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Pound now dropped below 1.13. Not good.
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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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| Old Fartbag wrote: |
| Pound now dropped below 1.13. Not good. |
I believe that the levers of power britannic will shortly be passed to some of your fellow islanders - might they perhaps provide a remedy for the decline of sterling? Thoughts, oh wise one?
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It is good if you have Euros and you want to move back to the UK. If you have pounds and you want to leave the UK, it is not so good. It depends on your point of view. My guess is that more pounds want to leave the UK than Euros want to come to the UK at the moment. However, when the bulk of those pounds leave, there will be less pounds wanting to leave and a Euro crisis will see Euros wanting to move to the UK.
The tide comes in and the tide goes out!
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You know it makes sense.
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The tide comes in and the tide goes out! |
Yup...it's starting to strengthen....maybe because of the murmurings of a cross-party Brexit team and the disintegration of Hard Brexit.
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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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Poster: A snowHead
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Not sure which false news site you got your picture from, Money Corps are offering €1.115 for £100 at the tourist rate as I type.
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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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Only Stanton would buy currency at the airport though ! Hardly representative.
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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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@Old Fartbag, @legue, A fool and his money are easily parted!
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@martinm, 100000's buy at airports otherwise these pla es would not exist.
I do not need to exchange. I have Swiss/Euro/Dollar accounts.
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Wot no £.
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| stanton wrote: |
I do not need to exchange. I have Swiss/Euro/Dollar accounts. |
Handy for the tourists you pick up in your taxi who haven't got any Euros I guess 
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Hi @stanton, Unless you earn money, paid in Swiss Francs, Euro's and US Dollars then I suggest you either have zero balances on your foreign currency accounts or you are indeed exchanging money (unless you have a labour party style money tree!)
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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@Charliee, No advice needed. Im Swiss resident.
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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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evidently no funny fellows, smug or otherwise, on this thread
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evidently no fumble*rs, smug or otherwise, on this thread
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You know it makes sense.
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Oh ffs print what I said.
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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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@janny, we all know he is a Count so don't worry.
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Poster: A snowHead
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Excellent news, I've just picked up a Campag chainset from the UK at bargain basement prices!
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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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@davidof, should be good for shopping tourism as well as online buying from overseas.
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Not good news for British Tour Companies negotiating next seasons (Winter & Summer) Hotels & Accommodation Leases.
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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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Not good news for British Tour Companies negotiating next seasons (Winter & Summer) Hotels & Accommodation Leases.
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Usual cup half empty from @Stanton,
Calculate 5% of £1000, then calculate 5% of £1100.
Tell me again, why is it not good news?
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@Strax,
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Calculate 5% of £1000, then calculate 5% of £1100.
Tell me again, why is it not good news?
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I can do the sums...but afraid you've lost me on this one. How is lower value of £ good news if I want to ski in Europe?
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@intermediate, he said it wasn't good news for uk tour operators. I am suggesting it has just increased their turnover in GBP.
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@Strax, only if the increased prices don't mean a lot fewer people go skiing
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@Strax, he does not understand
Strong Euro weak Pound
Higher operating costs
Tour/Chalet companys pay their bills in Euros.
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@stanton, if 1000's of people don't care enough to buy currency online and get it at airports with a 15-20% hit, then a drop from 113 to 110 is not going to make a difference at all.
As for buying packages. If I was a tour operator I'd be trading all these European hotels against each other.
You see, if so few people are going to go abroad due to your Armageddon hypothesis then these hotels will be 5h1tting themselves and will do anything to get the business and will drop their pants in prices.
Off course....... none of this will happen.
Cheers
GC
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