 Poster: A snowHead
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On about Canada Ive just got a quote for next year. Two of us in Banff staying at the "Red Carpet Inn" B&B with the tour operator Inghams. This is for 10 days going on Feb 20th from Manchester.
Price list
flights, accomadation (B&B), suppliments £1268.00
Lift Passes £ 498.00
ski & boot hire £ 112. 00
Tuition 3 days £ 246.00
Ski & boot hire extra days £ 48.00
lift passes extra days £ 222.00
Total bloody hell
Is that a price anyone on here would pay or is it steep?
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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 think you're coming up against half term pricing. try going direct for hotel. flights will be pricey for same half term reasons. do you have to go then?
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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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MFC, I went to Banff last year but with Nielson. Try pricing it up with them too (they price based on 2 per room, not 4). Lift passes seem very pricey (may be cheaper to get elsewhere) I think I paid £250 for a 9 day pass. Guess the tuition is Club Ski, I paid £100 last year. I did price up for Banff next year and noticed how much prices have gone up.
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You beauty i forgot about half term, no I dont have to go then so will look a little earlier. Still I take it, its still pricey??
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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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Just looked in the brochure and were going at as near as dam it the cheapest time.
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The flights & accommodation seem reasonable. I'd try booking the rest myself in advance.
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I've just done a price comparison on my New Year trip last year. Same hotel, etc it would cost £700 more next year and that's just for 2 people (1 adult, 1 child). Taking into account that I got a huge 17.5% discount last year and I'd be lucky to get 10% off now that brings it to to nearer £1000 more.  Inghams did have some good late season late booking deals a few weeks ago though.
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MFC, mid-Feb is an Alberta holiday too, as I know from our own trip to Banff. My kids are certainly on holiday those dates in Feb.
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lift passes extra days £ 222.00
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Is that a typo? £ 222.00 for an extra day???
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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And President's weekend in the US.
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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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lift passes extra days £ 222.00
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Is that a typo? £ 222.00 for an extra day??? |
I think he meant that as the total requred to extend both of their passes from the "standard" 6 days to 9 or 10. So a total of 6 or 8 "extra" days for that money.
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| alex_heney wrote: |
| abc wrote: |
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lift passes extra days £ 222.00
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Is that a typo? £ 222.00 for an extra day??? |
I think he meant that as the total requred to extend both of their passes from the "standard" 6 days to 9 or 10. So a total of 6 or 8 "extra" days for that money. |
In that case, I would question the quote of
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| Lift Passes £ 498.00 |
That seems very high for a "standard" 6 day pass (works out to be CAN$100/day-pp?!).
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You know it makes sense.
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How many hours of tuition are you getting for that?
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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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| abc wrote: |
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| Lift Passes £ 498.00 |
That seems very high for a "standard" 6 day pass (works out to be CAN$100/day-pp?!). |
They're expensive in Canada - I think mainly due to they don't discount for extra days. You pay about $80+tax/day iirc (so £40ish, 40*6 = 240/ea *2 = 480~)
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Poster: A snowHead
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i travelled with a package operator this year. i got my boardhire on the bus later to find that the price for the shop was some €30 less than i was charged by the operator. i queried it with the rep on site and got a refund. whilst i was chatting witht eh ski hire fella he said that teh tour operator took some 55% of what i paid them in commision. he said the best way to do it is to roll up at the shop and negotiate, maybe you'll get 10% off the price quoted, but most importantly you are then a customer of the hire shop, so the level of service/attention to detail goes up......... just what the fella said.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Some huge prices here, but ski and boot hire for 2 people for £112 for 6 days seems extraordinarily cheap. Is this really the correct price? Decent gear? Pointless to pay all that good money and then hire rubbish skis.
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