Poster: A snowHead
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With the snow looking so good & the need to burn leave days before end of the year, I have been tempted into a pre Christmas 3 day skiing weekend with the youngest. Chuffed to find out that flights for both of us & a hire car only came to £250, then found out that I still had 136 euro on my lift pass loyalty account, so the snow gods a smiling on me today.
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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 - do you mind me asking more of the detail? Such as which resort you're going to etc. Always fancied doing something like this with my daughter, but whenever I've looked into it, always comes up ridiculously expensive
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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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@rutlandchris, it was just a routine easyjet flight to Geneva (£130 for both return) & the hire car via easyjet seemed good value (£120), I always find it frustrating that transfers cost the same as flights, sometimes more!
Granted I don't have accommodation costs but even looking at Airbnb you can get a studio for sub £40 per night.
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@Jonny996, result! How many spaces have you got for guests
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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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Cheers for the reply - have a great time
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@Jonny996, Dont forget UK airport parking.....
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@Jonny996, well done that man. Pre-Christmas skiiing is ace. Clear slopes and no queues. Meteo Alps mentioned big dumps at lower levels in our area on Monday and Tuesday.
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@Markymark29, I am a man with a plan, office is 2 tram stops from airport so guess where my car is getting left
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Jonny996 wrote: |
@Markymark29, I am a man with a plan, office is 2 tram stops from airport so guess where my car is getting left |
Glasgow?
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I was tracking this flight at £37 return a few weeks ago!
Liverpool to Geneva Wed, 18 Dec–Sun, 22 Dec
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Jonny996 wrote: |
With the snow looking so good & the need to burn leave days before end of the year, I have been tempted into a pre Christmas 3 day skiing weekend with the youngest. Chuffed to find out that flights for both of us & a hire car only came to £250, then found out that I still had 136 euro on my lift pass loyalty account, so the snow gods a smiling on me today. |
Is that flying from Edinburgh?
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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yes, early on 18th ski, 19, 20 & 21 & 21.00 flight back
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Jonny996 wrote: |
yes, early on 18th ski, 19, 20 & 21 & 21.00 flight back |
Thanks. Interested in doing something similar from Edinburgh with our twins but it can't be for too long as it's an exam year.
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You know it makes sense.
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@McKenzie, snap that’s why it’s just me and youngest, big one is studying
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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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Think you need to amortise the cost of the ski appt before you boast too much
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Poster: A snowHead
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@Dave of the Marmottes,
+1
Surely you need to add in annual charges of French taxes, insurance, Co-prop charges, utility bills & mortgage (assuming you have one) into this. Ok, there may be property value increases, however subject to exchange rates & CGT, things seem to level out (or even go negative) somewhat.
@Jonny996, I understand the the desire to own to own ski property for a mountain lifestyle ( I owned in St Gervais between 1995 & 2008) however your view of a £125 weekend is mis-calculated.
That said, have a great weekend,
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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On that basis my weekend will be free :- Live here, season pass, etc
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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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We've booked Easyjet EDI to GVA for 16th Dec for £78 pp return.
5.5 days skiing in the 3 Valleys seemed too good an opportunity to miss!
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edit: amortisation...
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Whilst this specific weekend has cost £125, for flights and car hire, there's also the yearly running costs of owning an apartment, plus the original purchase price, etc etc.
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Yes but they have to paid anyway. So the cost of going for the weekend is x+125 cost of not going is x so cost of weekend is (x+125-x)=125
However I think I beat it with my 12 day trip at just over £100 per person. Flights came in at £62 each, train from Geneva to Bourg st Maurice £53 giving a total cost of £115, funicular upto Les Arcs included on season pass. I could have got it for £20 less if I'd taken a later flight, but that would have got me stranded at Bourg at midnight.
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You'll be getting us Scots a reputation!
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McKenzie wrote: |
You'll be getting us Scots a reputation! |
I married a Scot. Best decision I ever made!
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If I could have lined mine up to miss the works Christmas party it would have been virtually free.
There has to be a channel 5 program in this "bargin loving scots in the snow"
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BobinCH wrote: |
McKenzie wrote: |
You'll be getting us Scots a reputation! |
I married a Scot. Best decision I ever made! |
Mrs Rabbie says the same .. alledgedly
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Jonny996 wrote: |
If I could have lined mine up to miss the works Christmas party it would have been virtually free.
There has to be a channel 5 program in this "bargin loving scots in the snow" |
I hitched most of the way to Tignes in the early 80's
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