 Poster: A snowHead
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Who has booked up for next year and where are you off to?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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 booked for family trip to Kuhtai, Austria . Still working on logistics for 'boys' off-piste jolly to Val Thorens... 2 weeks would be an epic achievement for me!
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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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Got as far as flights to malpensa, short listed Livigno, Cervinia and Champoluc
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Yep. Les Arcs 1800 from 7th of January for 3 weeks. Will do a few day trips to La Rosiere/La Thuile, Sainte Foy, Val D’Isere etc.
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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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Have booked a pre Christmas week, Fri -Fri, Air BnB accommodation, flights with EasyJet, and flights for first week of Easter school holidays to Munich, thinking of Mayrhofen but accommodation not booked
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Already booked my flights for the 2 weeks of the preBBWUW and Birthday Bash!
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We have flights Manchester to Innsbruck 18th Dec and return from Venice on 26th - no hotel booked yet (our pick in Selva has not started taking bookings yet) but might be kaiboshed as daughters school trip is weirdly 16-23rd dec and we want her to go on that so she can be assessed for skiing for her GCSE PE..
EasyJet flights so might re jig to early dec and do our own little dolomites pre season bash in their opening week…(depends if we can justify taking her out of school for a week)
Also have Feb HT week booked (11th Feb for us). Innsbruck again and then Hotel Diamant in San Cassiano.
Snagged easyJet flights as soon as they were release and not too eye wateringly expensive.
Interesting that Inghams do a package to this hotel and we have saved about £1500 by DIYing it.
After doing a lot of browsing , I get the impression that Crystal and Inghams are taking the wee wee to presumably claw some losses back.
Easter week is another possible - might do third week of April to avoid the crowds but nothing booked yet….might wait until nearer the time to see what conditions are looking like.
Maybe a week in mid to late Jan (a friend is having a 60th birthday bash with family and friends)….maybe the gnarli but nice if I can justify it to my wife !
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Have booked a DIY trip to Alpe d'Huez for first week of Jan, keeping it as cheap as possible using Airbnb as I would love to bring the family on a bash later in the season.
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Booked Ischgl for 18th March.
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Yes. St Anton. Of course. At least 9 weeks (TBC), starting 2 Jan.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Back to Banff after a great trip there this year. 10 days including Feb half term for roughly the same price as h/t week in Europe.
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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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Three weeks in Austria in Jan. First week will do tech course in Kaprun if dates work out (or Mayrhofen if not). Second two weeks based in Zell am See. Not surprisingly I'm already counting the days!
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I have purchased flights from Melbourne to Zurich departing 4th Jan, a week in St Anton from 7 Jan then a week in Zermatt from 14 Jan. Hotels booked. Deposit paid in St Anton, no deposit required in Zermatt.
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You know it makes sense.
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Booked flights for the birthday bash. Not sure if I'm doing the double or not as thinking of the Gnarly, but should be able to change later.
BA flights very expensive as also Carnival week, but alternative of EJ from Manchester for £160. Cabin bag and Ski bag, but no hold luggage. Only drawback is early morning flight, so not able to get first train. will have to travel night before.
Must have been the first to book as I had a choice of any seat. 2C on both legs is about as good as it gets without paying for extra legroom 
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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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What do you mean ‘book’?
This month - remove the winter tyres and wheels, wash and store on the Tyre Tree. Check tread depth and pick out all the stones, rebalance the wheels if necessary.
Then…
Prepare carefully throughout the year all the new gear for growing Grom - this year a new powder board and possibly split board. Try to remember to bring back all the grown-out-of gear so people on here get a chance to nab it for their own groms…(John S you know who you are…Lozza too…)
Then…
Last minute panic ferry or tunnel booking anticipated around about 10 Dec.
Try to remember to put jackets in the car.
Try to remember all the new gear.
Always forget something important.
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Poster: A snowHead
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@brianatab, @Alastair Pink,
Yep I'm booking an AVIOS one way from VCE to gla. The vce flights to London are a little bit up but London to Glasgow are silly prices. One way in economy is £250.
Cheaper in Lufthansa return but need to use air miles and a voucher.
I'll work out later if doing the BB or preBB+BB double.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Avios flights to VCE booked. Going to give Alta Badia area a try I think. Will likely head to Les Arcs a bit later in the season, and look at PSB also.
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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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Further to above we have booked flights to Milan. Anyone got any advice/thoughts/experience of either Hotel Pontiglia in Livigno OR Hotel Monte Cervinio in Champoluc Interested in both thoughts on resort and the hotels if anyone has been. Aware they are at the budget end of the spectrum so not expecting luxury! If you have been to both resorts, which would you go back to again in February with teens?
Last edited by Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see? on Sun 17-04-22 14:10; edited 2 times in total
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Flights booked to Innsbruck and hotel booked in Corvara for next January. Still need to sort private transfer though.
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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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Yep. Ortisei booked (DIY) via Innsbruck in March. Counting the sleeps...
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Yeah 2 weeks Whistler including a night in Vancouver 4th to 18th February. Price up about 10% from pre covid trip. Fingers crossed no covid BS to scupper the holiday.
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Just flights at this stage though already getting twitchy for a hotel booking.....few nights in Dec to GVA which will hopefully straddle the PSB and also to VCE in January. Getting tempted by cheap half term flights at the mo but will try to resist...
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Flights booked for Feb half term - started looking at resorts/chalets - will probably look to book that in the next couple of months
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Westendorf at the Jakobwirt with a group of friends Feb 2023 all sorted. Love Austria.
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Season opener: Christmas in Stubaital en famille, followed by west coast Canada (Whistler, Big White and Revy) in January, trips with the euphemistic boys pencilled in February and March in Austria. Can't wait. Season finished for me on Friday 
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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@Snowsartre, ..the Euphemistic Boys…good first album….dodgy studio followup….
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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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@valais2, I will be sure to feed that back 
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all hotels booked just waiting on tunnel crossings to become available.
kitzbuhel, hochzillertal, ischgl, the Hoff sölden
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You know it makes sense.
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| brianatab wrote: |
Booked flights for the birthday bash. Not sure if I'm doing the double or not as thinking of the Gnarly, but should be able to change later.
BA flights very expensive as also Carnival week, but alternative of EJ from Manchester for £160. Cabin bag and Ski bag, but no hold luggage. Only drawback is early morning flight, so not able to get first train. will have to travel night before.
Must have been the first to book as I had a choice of any seat. 2C on both legs is about as good as it gets without paying for extra legroom |
I thought carnival week normally aligned with pancake day (so Tuesday 21 Feb in 2023 ?)
Birthday bash 4th-11th ?
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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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Everything all booked (apart from Eurotunnel, as not on sale yet) for DIY trip to les menuires for Christmas 22/23 and Val Thorens in Easter 2023, with my two daughters. we all have our own kit, so no need for rental equipment. unfortunately there are never any early bird discounts for 3v lift passes, so will just pick them up near to arrival in resort. Though my eldest is booked on a separate trip to Val Thorens with some friends in January, so it may make sense to buy a season pass for her, and she just contributes towards her 3v pass for her trip.
only change that may need to make, which affects the Eurotunnel, is that we may go on to Paris for a few days after the trip to les menuires. we have just returned from a 7day city break taking in Paris/Disney and Bruges, and could have done with a couple more days in Paris to do it any justice.
we were talking about a trip to Paris in October half term, but then thought that we will be in France for the ski trip so might as well divert to Paris on the way home instead of going straight to the tunnel from Les Menuires, saving on duplicate channel crossing fares
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Poster: A snowHead
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Not booking myself (Obvs) but we're already booked out for Christmas, New Year, Fasching (18-25 Feb 23) and 1st Easter week (1-8 Apr 23). So best get skates on if you want the peak weeks.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Serre Chevalier for a week at the end of January and VT for a week back end of March. Both self drive.
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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 BA flights to Innsbruck for Feb half term. Managed to use the Amex 2-4-1 voucher with avios so that should mitigate the eye watering transfer to the resort. Looking at staying in Corvara again or maybe San Cassiano. Might get an Easter trip booked nearer the time depending on where the snow is
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My husband and I are booked for Mid December flying into Geneva. We will stay in Val Thorens we think!
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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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Waiting to see when Japan will open it's borders, and the geopolitical situation of course.
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Another one booked for a DIY trip to Alpe d'Huez.
Going with daughter, son-in-law and the grand-daughter who will be nearly two, so booked early for cheap Grenoble easyjet flights and the apartment we wanted. Just transfers still to book, and maybe some nannying and passes
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Austria as ever. Probably one week in ZamS and one in Obergurgl. Still got some hesitation having seen the Spaniard bring back the face nappies but going to DIY directly with hotels whilst purchasing their cancellation insurance that includes Covid reasons. Likely to use Jet2 flights as they seem to have come out of Covid with most credibility for flexibility when postponement/cancellation has been necessary.
As it stands wont even consider the TO's unless they change their terms on cash refunds instead of alternatives if the chosen holiday is unavailable.
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Flights booked for late Nov weekend (no lifts but maybe some mild touring), 10 December (hopefully lifts open), 5 Jan (uni hols trip with kids) and 27 Jan for 10 day trip with friends. Will book for first weekend in March once EJ release flights and have a think about an end of season weekend maybe early April.
PdS season pass bought (€530 - bargain).
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| robboj wrote: |
| Still got some hesitation having seen the Spaniard bring back the face nappies . |
?? Spain just dropped mask requirements ??
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