 Poster: A snowHead
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What exactly to they include for example it says you can go to Tignes from Gatwick for 450ish?
What do you get for that? Flight, Apartement and Transfer?
I just tried to call but their office is closed.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Flight, transfer, whatever accommodation you have booked (hotel/chalet/apartment, self catering/half board/B&B). It doesn't include lift pass, equipment hire, lessons.
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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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Thabks for that, its really not too clear on their Website wasnt really sure if the transfer was included.
Cheers.
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dave_wick, Neilsens charge extra for transfer- a terrible racket. However, most packages include transfer.
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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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I've booked a package to Zermatt with Inghams for January. Included hotel B&B, flight & transfer. Only £15 extra to take skis too. With early web booking discount I couln't match the price DIY.
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dave_wick, check terms and conditions though...
I know that some TOs quote a certain price in the catalouge, and then specify in the T&Cs that in certain weeks (school holiday weeks usually) there is an extra price to be paid on top to fly from certain airports...
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If you go on Inghams website you can price everything up for you. Most of the TO sites do the same.
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dave_wick, access to a €6 beer 
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dave_wick,
The last package we went on included the joy of a 5.5 hour transfer (3 buses and a 1 hour wait in the cold at Moutier with children!!) from Geneva to Courchevel. NEVER AGAIN...
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Colin B, Depends which airline they are using. We are flying BA to Milan with Inghams and it is £40 for ski carriage which I thought was a bit steep.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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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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It is possible to find some decent bargains with tour op packages and there's a certain appeal in having one party to turn to regarding whatever aspect of your holiday neads attention.
But there are many standards of tour op out there and unfortunately that tends to mean that there's not a simple answer to how any particular, quoted price relates to what you get.
Some will quote a price that gets you from your departure airport to your destination, feed you, take care of you and deliver you home again without stress.
Others quote a price then charge extra for using any airport that they have flights available from, add 'security' surcharge & fuel surchage, charge extra for transfers, having a balcony, a view or an ensuite bathroom. Then the only time you see a rep is when they're trying to sell you something.
I don't know where Inghams in particular sit on this spectrum so I suppose this is more a response to the 'etc.' bit of the question.
Maybe we should have a prize for the person who spots the biggest difference between a quoted price and the real price of a ski package this coming season.
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See i/we have a problem! lol
Yesterday we had 3 people coming on this trip at new year now we have 13! lol Its really going to be a nightmare to sort everyone out, one things for sure, it aint going on my card!!!
Trip to the local Travel agents me thinks.
And yes i probably will be having a good few 6 euro beers as the prefered choice among the group is Tignes! Which is not a bad thing i suppose as i love the mountain so that will make up for the over inflated prices!
What will the snow be like there over new year?
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You know it makes sense.
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What will the snow be like there over new year?
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Assuming there is any, it will be white, and cold 
And at that time of year, it will be mostly hidden by the hordes of people attempting to ski on it.
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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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It is possible to find some decent bargains with tour op packages and there's a certain appeal in having one party to turn to regarding whatever aspect of your holiday neads attention.
But there are many standards of tour op out there and unfortunately that tends to mean that there's not a simple answer to how any particular, quoted price relates to what you get.
Some will quote a price that gets you from your departure airport to your destination, feed you, take care of you and deliver you home again without stress.
Others quote a price then charge extra for using any airport that they have flights available from, add 'security' surcharge & fuel surchage, charge extra for transfers, having a balcony, a view or an ensuite bathroom. Then the only time you see a rep is when they're trying to sell you something.
I don't know where Inghams in particular sit on this spectrum so I suppose this is more a response to the 'etc.' bit of the question.
Maybe we should have a prize for the person who spots the biggest difference between a quoted price and the real price of a ski package this coming season. |
I was very happy with our Inghams chalet holiday to St anton Excellent chalet host. Flights from Cardiff to Innsbruck. Short transfer no waiting; chalet as described; very good chalet host; food good. It wasn't a 5* package but we knew that when we booked. resort reps were helpful not too pushy on sales. That said trying to price up our holiday this year where self catering holidays are about £450 and I'mm going to try once again to persaude the others DIY is the way forward for self catering holiday as I don't want to pay to stay in rabbit hutch or under occupancy supplements because 2 people don't sleep in the living room etc.
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Poster: A snowHead
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i have been with inghams as well the last couple of years and not had any problems at all!
Dan where are you from?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Been with Inghams once (Whistler) and they were pretty good - fab chalet. 
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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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If there's 13 of you, get the flights booked, and get shopping around on ChaletsDirect for accommodation, lots of them will include or arrange transfers.
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Enjoyed going with Crystal first time round, albeit on a bargain basement last-minute £150 holiday. Great for taking away the stress when you know nothing about what to expect.
Love DIY holidays though. Plan whatever you want to do, sort out whatever you want, go shopping on the way... and take the flak yourself when it goes wrong!!
Horses for courses and all that.....
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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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I have never been charged for a transfer by either Inghams or Neilsen. (In my view the best of the TOs). The Neilsen's brochure makes it clear that transfers are included.
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Chris Bish, Neilsen charged me for transfers on a late booking to Saalbach/Hinterglemm a couple of years ago.
The paperwork supplied indicated that they did this on the basis that some people prefer to make their own way from the airport to the resort and vice versa.
A cynic may say it was a way of keeping the headline price down.
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Latchigo, Your post is inaccurate. I read the old thread. It seems to me as if it is possible your extra charges for transfer were levied by the internet travel agent.
I have always found Neilsens to give an excellent service in all circumstances. They do not charge for transfers.
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I do recall one of the operators introducing charges for transfers, but only for those last minute deals, not as standard. I know that this has happened with some summer destinations too.
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I do recall one of the operators introducing charges for transfers, but only for those last minute deals, not as standard. I know that this has happened with some summer destinations too.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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When I looked at last minute deals a couple of seasons back it seemed to be the norm that transfers were not included for 'late' bookings but were for normal ones.
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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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Chris Bish, I know what I paid- whatever 'it seems' to you.
I do not make stuff up about Neilsens for the fun of it.
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We have booked for new year with Inghams to Tignes as well. We couldnt get cheaper doing it DIY from Belfast. Went a few years ago with them and they were fine - delivered what they said they would. Also doing DIY to Morzine at half term but much cheaper than tour operator. So it just depends on time and place I think. Transfers were always included.
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You know it makes sense.
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Latchigo, You said
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Neilsens charge extra for transfer- a terrible racket
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This is not true.
There is no "seeming" about what you said.
I am told that for last-minute deals they do some "unpackaging" as the client might want, but this is in no way a "terrible racket".
Neilsens is a company for which I have great respect and your inaccurate statements do them a disservice.
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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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Most UK Winter tour operators are generally fine.
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Poster: A snowHead
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Or speak to Ski Independence and they'll arrange a DIY holiday for you 
Went with Inghams, and Ski-I, both very good and organised (Ski-I certainly more tailor made for me thats for sure)
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Chris Bish If Neilsens is the same Tour Operator as Neilson, then I avoid using them after a very bad experience with their handling of a portion of my booking one winter, which resulted in them giving me compensation. Of course each person's experience has equal relevance.
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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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Chris Bish, It is a terrible racket ..........
..............whether they do it directly themselves - or chose to hide behind an agent.
Nobody on here gives a flying fek about 'unpackaging' as you call it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Latchigo, This part of the board is meant to be a source of accurate information. Maybe you would like to correct your post.
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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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Chris Bish, There is nothing to correct in my post, clever dick.
Do you work for Neilson ?
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Latchigo, why are you insulting Chris Bish, ?
Is it cos 'e is black?
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Frosty the Snowman, What he is black AND a liar ?
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Latchigo, yep, and he is claiming benefits whilst his asylum application is processed
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He is worse than I thought then.
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Frosty the Snowman, you are confusing me with my cousin of the same name. I am white.
I do not work for Neilsens. I am, as many know, a teacher.
I have a considerable regard for Neilsens following events a few years ago when they gave me assistance above and beyond what could have been expected of any company, certainly not the bunch of cheats and fraudsters some people seem to think them to be.
As an English teacher I am always careful to be as accurate as possible in my factual staements. Of course ignorant prejudice is not subject to any rules.
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