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Hi,
I'm slightly confused and I'm hoping you can help. I'm planning a long weekend to Ski-Welt/Kitzbuhel area 28th Feb-3rd March, this doesn't clash with UK holidays and I didn't think it clashed with Austrian or German ones either. I have read the following week is Fasching but I can't tell if German and Austrian schools are off for a week, which would impact on the Saturday night at the end of my planned dates. Does anyone on here know how it works?
Many thanks in advance
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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My understanding is that Fasching doesn't always clash with school holidays and I don't believe it does on this occasion. Anyroad up, it would only be a bit busier and shouldn't impact your trip.
But maybe ask on this thread.
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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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@grumpygargoyle, It'll be really packed, kids everywhere its a holiday. Best avoided in view of prices rise and also very busy. Go 2 weeks after is my advice but if its only one night its not a biggy is it?
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Anyroad up, it would only be a bit busier and shouldn't impact your trip.
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Very much not my experience of going to Zell am See during Fasching a few years ago. 2h queue just to get up the mountain. I'm sure it's very much dependent on combinations of factors and resort but I'd never again book to go to Austria during Fasching without first seeking local advice.
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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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@Gämsbock, +1.
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Thanks for the replies, they kind of embody the mixed messages, I might try dropping the tourist office a line. I'd planned to book accommodation fairly late, as I don't need a week, and my real concern is getting somewhere on the Saturday If fasching means 1000s of families descending on the resorts.
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@Gämsbock, but isn't @grumpygargoyle, talking about going the week BEFORE Fasching?
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@holidayloverxx, Yes that's how I read it
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@holidayloverxx, oh I see, missed that. TBH I'd still ask for local advice. So I'd ask specifically on the Ski Welt thread.
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Thanks all, as you suggest I'll seek advice on the specific threads.
@Steilhang, thanks, that seems to match what I'd seen elsewhere. Seems to confirm that schools don't have fasching off.
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@grumpygargoyle, Fasching 2019 is in the week of 04.03, not 28.02. So lots of states do have Faschingsferien, mainly the Catholic states that is.
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@Steilhang, thanks. I don't think I've been clear, sorry. Because I'm doing a long weekend I need to be able to book a few nights which includes the Saturday of fasching week, that is if they do indeed have a week off. I'm wondering would Fasching make it hard for me to get a hotel room on 3Rd March because hotels would more easily fill a week from the Saturday (I appreciate ski hotels generally want week long bookings but in non-holiday weeks it's easier)
Thanks again
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You know it makes sense.
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@grumpygargoyle, yes it will be harder to find accommodation for just the Saturday before Fasching. Fasching is a very popular week and most hotels aim to book Saturday to Saturday (as that is what most guests want). So not impossible, but likely to be harder and more expensive than usual.
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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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Thanks @nozawaonsen, that's what I'd feared.
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