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Thanks to the combined ‘difficulties’ of half term and Storm Eunice, we are in Saalbach but 2 of our bags aren’t. There is a long and complicated backstory as to why all my stuff was in hold baggage - no point in describing what I should have done to make sure I had my boots, knickers, etc.
Anyway, making the best of it, we need to buy or hire ourselves some stuff. The only thing I’m struggling to find is knickers and swimsuits (hotel has an amazing hot tub!) Could anyone local point me in the right direction for a shop locally I could buy pants and swimmies in please? I’ve tried Amazon but can’t find anywhere that would deliver to the hotel before Wednesday, and I’m hoping my bags would be here by then!
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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Hervis, next door to school. But probably not open on Sunday.
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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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Will have to keep rinsing our pants in the bathroom sink then!  Thanks for quick answer.
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Does the hotel have swimsuits you can borrow? They sometimes do.
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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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@pandora, many sports shops will be open on Sunday for ski equipment rental so purchasing swimwear should be possible. Supermarkets are likely to be open in the afternoon, so perhaps Hofer or Lidl will have some underwear?
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can you get amazon.de to deliver to the hotel?
I use my uk amazon account on .de .fr .es quite often
otherwise a bus ride into Zell?
Keep the receipts & bill the airline!
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@pandora, for the hot tub, the Austrians are quite used to the natural look 
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@pandora, I wouldn't rely on Amazon – speed of delivery is not what you get in the UK.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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I was quite impressed with Amazon de when I ordered a Pilates mat late on a Sunday evening and it was delivered to our accommodation in Hinterthal Tuesday morning.
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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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@pandora, When does the airline say it will deliver your bags? Most airlines deleiver the next day, but I did have a problem with Lufthansa to Venice who took 3 days to deliver our bags from Venice to Alleghe.
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If not Zell, try Saalfelden. Some pretty big supermarkets there.
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You know it makes sense.
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@pandora, you can get under wear in the sports shops but likely to be sports type, Hervis will open on Monday and at 08.30 and is a good bet, there is Hagleitner along from it and they open at 8am, Ski Pro by the Shattberg Stubbe is an Aladdin's cave of clothing opens at 8.30, there is Bründl Sports in the centre two shops furthest up the hill has a large clothing selection
@tatmanstours, any other suggestions 
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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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JohnE, the airline seems to be having a ‘bit of a situation’ re baggage, but I can’t say more than that - I only know this because I am staff and have spoken to colleagues. I’ve got an AirTag on one of the 2 lost bags, and it’s not done much except move from one holding bay to another today. So I have no idea when it’s going to turn up.
On the shopping front, I have discovered this:
Hervis don’t stock any underwear or socks, and didn’t seem to have many staff on the shop floor to help.
There is a shop with a nice old lady half way down the Main Street who sells swimwear and women’s underwear starting at €150. We didn’t spend long in there after looking at the first price tag!
Brundl’s get a big thumbs up from us - they supplied us with gloves, boxer shorts (but no knickers,) a bra, footbeds for my slightly uncomfortable hire boots, a buff and swimwear for the 3 of us without our own.
And ProSport had knickers (only in teenage girl size though so I am wearing mens’ boxer shorts) and equipped us all with goggles.
All receipts have been kept (and even being modest and only buying essentials at the lower end of the price ranges on offer) it still comes in at about €700. And that’s to dress us in stuff we wouldn’t really have chosen but for the fact there was no other choice, and all our lovely stuff is back at Heathrow.
We had an awesome day skiing though, and the smaller child (who has missed it so much) has clearly got stronger and more coordinated. We are sending him to poor unsuspecting sucker of an instructor who we hope has better child-wrangling skills than we have! 
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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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I just love this thread title - we should have a competition for the best opening post for a thread titled the same, about a snowhead who had perhaps overreached himself - or herself - but lived to tell the tale.
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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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| pam w wrote: |
| I just love this thread title - we should have a competition for the best opening post for a thread titled the same, about a snowhead who had perhaps overreached himself - or herself - but lived to tell the tale. |
I was thinking the same.
There is no question that is too small, too specific or too niche for the  collective.
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@pandora, First, I am full of sympathy for your situation as I have experienced similar myself, but I think that you are really missing a trick here but you should not be "modest and only buying essentials at the lower end of the price ranges on offer" but buy the designer stuff and then claim.
I misread "goggles "in your post "And ProSport had knickers (only in teenage girl size though so I am wearing mens’ boxer shorts) and equipped us all with goggles." as "giggles" and creased up with laughter.
Love your attitude towards the situation and happy that you had an awesome day skiing.
Have a great holiday and make sure that when you recount the story, in true Apres-ski style, you exaggerate every aspect of the problems you surmounted.
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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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| @pandora, for the hot tub, the Austrians are quite used to the natural look |
Anywhere in Saalbach sells a net & loom?
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@Timc, it would be unwise of me as an employee of the airline that lost my bag to perhaps overstate my need! (However, as the week goes on, should the bags not appear, I will have to obtain clean clothing form somewhere, and there are no cheap shops in a ski resort!) I’ll get what I need, when I need it, but it’s more than my job’s worth to go on a spree. Been in the hot tub without scaring other guests though tonight, and have clean pants for a full day’s skiing tomorrow, so all good!
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| pandora wrote: |
| @Timc, it would be unwise of me as an employee of the airline that lost my bag to perhaps overstate my need! (However, as the week goes on, should the bags not appear, I will have to obtain clean clothing form somewhere, and there are no cheap shops in a ski resort!) I’ll get what I need, when I need it, but it’s more than my job’s worth to go on a spree. Been in the hot tub without scaring other guests though tonight, and have clean pants for a full day’s skiing tomorrow, so all good! |
I didn't suggest overstating your need just that ski resorts are notoriously expensive and that I wouldn't waste valuable ski time by searching for the cheapest pants in the village but if I was Remi Lindholm I would look for the best thermal barrier pants no matter what they cost.
Anyway I 'm glad that you are able to follow every Mum's advice that "Make sure you put on clean underwear, just in case you got into an accident"
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