 Poster: A snowHead
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Petrol Diesel increasing in price rapidly
Gas going up 35% in some cases
Electric going up 9%
Food inflation hitting 21%
Pay rises 3%
So, will you
A) Trade down to self catering?
B) Hotel/Catered as usual but picnic lunch?
C) Forget this year's winter hols?
D) Drive rather than fly?
E) Self cater but eat out each night
F) Self cater picnic lunch and cook dinner each night drink duty free and supermarket beer?
G) Ski Bulgaria or Andorra?
Last edited by Poster: A snowHead on Thu 31-07-08 21:33; edited 2 times in total
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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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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Hurtle,
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MY French apartment doesn't cost me anything to heat,as it uses the hot spring water, so I should save some money by turning off the heating at home, and going away for two weeks. Diesel is cheaper in France, so it makes sense to drive all the miles there instead. We will be driving instead of flying, but we will go for two weeks at a time, and take the dog to save the kennel fees. 50€ for the vet is far cheaper, and the crossing with Eurotunnel was paid in full with Tesco vouchers. We will not eat a picnic lunch, but may finish skiing early on a couple of days, so dog is not left alone too long. We will then have a late lunch in the apartment, otherwise it will still be lunch on the mountain. I like cooking in the evenings, but we will eat out on a few occasions too. After all it is a holiday.
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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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boredsurfin, I happened to spot it in The Times the other day, so thought I'd give myself a little change, which you seem to be the first to have noticed. All this is rather interesting. Fancy just taking it into one's head to coin a word like that, as Nicolson did, and rather wonderful for it then to be taken up by others (if not exactly commonly).
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Helen Beaumont,
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Diesel is cheaper in France
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Only by a few pennies now (last week) The French are really hurting on this one.
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Hurtle,
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Certainly not applicable to you, but I can think of a couple of others.......
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boredsurfin, oh I don't know, probably a fair description of me on a bad day. 
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a) Never
b) Never
c) Never
d) Do that anyway
e) Never
f) Never
g) Never, never, never
Not going to save much money are we?
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homphomp, 
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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homphomp, Not just me then
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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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boredsurfin, What are credit cards for after all?
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Z) Ski Bulgaria or Andorra
Think it's a last resort for everyone.
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You know it makes sense.
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| boredsurfin wrote: |
| Petrol Diesel increasing in price rapidly |
Petrol gone down 8p in the last week alone at my local Morrisons.
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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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homphomp, congratulations on your Courchevel post.
We have 1 trip booked and shall wait a few months before making any decisions.
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Poster: A snowHead
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(and technically D too, but in my case, that comes to about same price as flights+transfers anyway)
edit: H as per Hurtle's post that is (with the crisp profile, due to bust forum, it looked like OP)
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Frosty the Snowman, We've been to Courchevel once (well La Tania)! I don't go on holiday to cook for myself.....well not if I can help it! as I'm not a very good cook!
Currently we have 0 trips booked for next season, depressing init?
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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work harder and earn more, theres no other way.... 
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We are just trying to be more efficient to save costs. Two trips planned, but trying to ensure most cost effective numbers, ie: 4 in car rather than 2 on one trip, 7 in 2 cars and one big apartment for the second - it is cheaper per person. For New Year which is generally expensive we have already booked cheap hostel type accomodation, for the second more luxurious trip (MrsS is going) we are going last week in January which misses peak season.
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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) Book whatever skiing we want and then figure out what money we've got left to live on between now and then (a trick learned from my Dad from his younger days when he told my horrified Mum we were going on holiday anyway, we just had to live on £2.23 for 3 weeks - evidently I lived to tell the tale!).
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| arv wrote: |
Z) Ski Bulgaria or Andorra
Think it's a last resort for everyone. |
whats wrong with Andorra  ( i love the place)
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i'm using the book now worry about how to pay it later philosophy . . . plus the 2nd of the step kids has just come of age and is working . . . no more maintenance payments! That'll help!
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jase2472-soon, my son, you shall see the light. I have never been more unimpressed with a ski hill.
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I'm thinking of going to Slovenia 
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sorry should have specified (Soldeu/El Tarter/Pas)
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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boredsurfin, It would be interesting to see that as a poll with some 'refined' options. Elsewhere in the forum some folks have alluded to 'cutting back' or 'waiting to see'.
I'm in the 'Cant wait and get more of it' .... cant see it effecting the Europeans much .. they havent lost out to the ER in addition to other things.
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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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Only thing that is really affecting our trips is the fact that we won't have a teen at home to dog-sit, so long weekends and such are out. We've got two trips booked, both two weeks long, and both by car so we will take her with us.
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Agenterre, Yes it would. My real reason for asking came from chatting to the owner of a bar restaurant in Montalbert a couple of weeks ago. He was wondering how fuel food etc costs would affect the next ski season. If people trade down to self catering Montalbert should benefit if people only take a weekend to ski then it's bad news all round.
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You know it makes sense.
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Hmmm...better job, higher salary, paid in Euro, Diesel free for nearly half the trip - good.
New job hence probably more pressure and less time to ski - bad.
If I manage 3 weeks and 3 weekends like last year, I'll be happy!
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Poster: A snowHead
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My view is that this year may be hard but the one to worry about is the one after this coming one! I know that's way ahead, but down here (South West) business are saying it's slow now in the summer, but the real squeeze will come next summer. That may well be the same with skiing - it's almost one last hurrah. One person likened it to pre 1939, when everyone knew something bad was about to happen but they went on and had one hell of a a bash - after which . . .
Anyway, we'll no doubt spend a little less if we can, but more likely spend less in the weeks before and after to make up for a shortfall.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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If I get the pass out then I'll probably opt for hotel or catered chalet as usual.
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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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Get your priorities right. Make other sacrifices. What are you going to do with your money when your knees give out ot global warming ends skiing ? I'm not willing to downgrade ski holiday quality so A..C & E..G = No, D: would go by road or rail as air travel can be a pain. Costs are looking very much higher. I have always threstened not to take the kids again as they fight continually or want to stay in bed after paying for lift & kit - will save me a fortune as they always want new gear as well....umm could treat myself to a luxury week (Lorunser or Trofana Royal have always been a dream). Thinking about taking spme two week instead of one week trips. Some packages are only slightly more expensive for an extra week. Won't get to as many resorts but will gain on ski time. Might be missed if I sneak out for more than a week. It might be more difficult to persuade my tighter buddies to come out to play.
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J) A season 
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Swirly, that option has a lot going for it, it has to be said...
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| Lechbob wrote: |
| Thinking about taking spme two week instead of one week trips. Some packages are only slightly more expensive for an extra week. |
Going for 2,3,4 weeks is much cheaper than separate 1 week trips. I know many people in St Anton who spend 5-6 weeks each season.
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| boredsurfin wrote: |
Petrol Diesel increasing in price rapidly
Gas going up 35% in some cases
Electric going up 9%
Food inflation hitting 21%
Pay rises 3%
So, will you
A) Trade down to self catering?
B) Hotel/Catered as usual but picnic lunch?
C) Forget this year's winter hols?
D) Drive rather than fly?
E) Self cater but eat out each night
F) Self cater picnic lunch and cook dinner each night drink duty free and supermarket beer?
G) Ski Bulgaria or Andorra? |
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Z) Put off buying new ski's boots and kit until next season
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arv, Fuel in Andorra is much cheaper so I drive for 190km and fill up (90 ltr) which usually lasts me until the next visit, someone must have hidden all the good hills from you, or didn't you find the way off the nursery slopes?
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Frosty the Snowman, nice one!
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