 Poster: A snowHead
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If you've got kids in school then the season for anything and everything is during the school holidays 
Thinking again about the cost of skiing - it is almost unbelievable that I can be transported to the top of a mountain, quickly and in comfort, as many times as I want in order to be able to slide back down on 100+km of tracks and all for 40 quid a day. That's once up Snowden on the mountain railway! Consider the the capital cost of the infrastructure, the energy maintenance and labour costs to run it, not to mention the army of gnomes who head up the mountain when it gets dark to freshly prepare the pistes for our enjoyment every single night. There is no way the lift pass cost covers all of that.
So, someone is paying or has paid at some point in the past to subsidise my holiday, and for that I am very grateful. Thank you, citizens of Austria! Zum Wohl!
Sailing is another holiday with a reputation for exclusivity and expense but which is actually outstanding value. This time it is the boatowner who is kindly taking the hit. He is probably losing as much in depreciation as you are paying per week to charter. It is also very cost effective in absolute terms - a Nielson sailing holiday is about half the cost of a Nielson beach holiday.
It is almost rude not too!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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| obmij wrote: |
Thinking again about the cost of skiing - it is almost unbelievable that I can be transported to the top of a mountain, quickly and in comfort, as many times as I want in order to be able to slide back down on 100+km of tracks and all for 40 quid a day. That's once up Snowden on the mountain railway! Consider the the capital cost of the infrastructure, the energy maintenance and labour costs to run it, not to mention the army of gnomes who head up the mountain when it gets dark to freshly prepare the pistes for our enjoyment every single night. There is no way the lift pass cost covers all of that.
So, someone is paying or has paid at some point in the past to subsidise my holiday, and for that I am very grateful. |
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I love this! Well said!
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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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There are wider programmes that benefit these communities, but the EU spends almost €300m per year on ski resorts, including ERDF (European Regional Development Fund): €204.30 million and Cohesion Fund: €87.56 million.
These communities aren't outlaying their own money.
Without external funding, these valleys would be farming ghost towns, and abandoned villages.
The "Vail model" doesn't fit at all.
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| munich_irish wrote: |
| @blahblahblah, For most people yes. Folk around here are committed to skiing and I suspect would pay whatever the resorts charge for a lift pass. The reality is that skiing is becoming a minority activity indulged in by wealthy people. |
Becoming?
It started out that way. If you want to do it more than a week a year, it's still out of reach of most people.
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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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| Pasigal wrote: |
| munich_irish wrote: |
| @blahblahblah, For most people yes. Folk around here are committed to skiing and I suspect would pay whatever the resorts charge for a lift pass. The reality is that skiing is becoming a minority activity indulged in by wealthy people. |
Becoming?
It started out that way. If you want to do it more than a week a year, it's still out of reach of most people. |
The OP is from Germany, quoting an article about Europe (Italy/Germany). He further clarified “most people” of his local are skiing on weekends instead of (or in addition to) the one week a year typical British holiday skiers do.
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Cost of electricity and food has doubled / tripled over last 5 years or so.
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Eat, Drink, Ski and be merry.......you know how it eventually ends.
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