 Poster: A snowHead
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Single room supplements are the bane of my life so it's always nice to find another company targetting the solo snowsporter and not levying silly supplements. Anyone any experience of Friendship Travel who are offering limited dates to Courmayer and Alp d'Huez ? Prices look reasonable when you consider they are half board, cooked brekkies and include afternoon tea and wine with dinner and also include ski hosting (for Intermediates and Advanced skiers.) Some of the other companies offering singles deals use obscure low resorts and only very early or late season dates. Good to see someone offering better options.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Of course, u can always seek a ski buddy at snowHeads Ian... or do you snore badly? "Snoring skier seeks deaf room-mate"? 
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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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Ian, you've never been on a Tracks Vacations holiday; we don't charge single supplements unless it's high season, offer ski hosting, cooked breakfast and afternoon teas as well as dinner with unlimited wine. La Rosiere is definitely not an obsure resort and at 1850 metres there aren't that many higher resorts. Just to conclude the comparison our I'd say our prices offer much better value.
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I'm a bit of an old hand at this now. I find, as long as I book reasonably early or at the last minute, i'm okay. I've looked at your link and the Cristallo in Courmayeur is one of the places I've considered in the past as they do a certain number of single rooms through, I think, Mark Warner or TOPs - one of the all-inclusive people. These are also quite good as you don't have to go out on your own every night to eat (I'm female, and it's not always comfortable). However, I've booked this year to go to Bad Gastein (which I'd never heard of, but looks to have good ski-ing) through Ski Miguel and, because I'm going in January and it's quiet then, they've given me a double room for the price of a single with no supplement - and I booked some months ago. However, last year I went to a hotel in Cervinia through Crystal/Thompson (can't remember which but spot the difference), also with no single supp., and previously to Wengen. And last year, when I couldn't bear not to cram in a final week at the end of the season, I went to a "VIP" chalet in Val d'Isere - again with no single supp. for a double room, and wall-to-wall luxury - I had to arrange my own transport though. If you get the brochures early and plough through looking for the "no single Supp" offers, or ring Iglu, they can usually come up with something. Have you looked at Saas Fee? It's usually the older, more established resorts with hotels that were built some time ago that provided singles, and some of these are in the "better" resorts - the purpose built ones usually cater for couples. But you probably know all this already! You probably also know that single rooms tend to be "compact" or worse, but who cares if you're out ski-ing all day, and there's no-one to complain about your mess!
But I fully agree with your comments if you want to go in high season - and who can blame them for wanting to get two paying people in a room rather than one. I get round this problem by allowing my husband to come when I go later in the season.
When I was young, carefree and a bit nuts I got on a train and turned up in a ski resort, banking on the fact that anyone with a spare room would be pleased to fill it for a knock-down price. I remember a week in Sauze d'Oulx (well, you can't have everything!) when I had a 2-bedroom apartment to myself for a week for peanuts. I think those days are gone, sadly.
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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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David@traxvax, I've never heard of you before, but sounds interesting and La Rosiere is somewhere I definitely like the look of. I shall consider you next year.
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kuwait_ian, Just booked a week with http://www.cheapwintersports.com/ in Vallandry(opposite La Plagne) at the Mt Blanc (great grub reputation & cheap beer) H/B inc. pass, inc. travel for 399squid and I'm getting a room to myself for no xtra. Got to go cheap 'cos spawn of Masque wants a £130 hifi helmet for his birthday . . !
. . . if you want a room on you own . . . you could just sent them a picture? 
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.... the one where you're holding a chainsaw.
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Masque, skiied over to Les Arcs from La Plagne last week, and ate in the Mt Blanc. You should be well looked after. They did a cracking English Brekkie for 7Euro and had a great English menu as well. Getting sick of all Pasta, Steaks, Omelettes etc, we were overjoyed to see Sausage, Mash and Onion Gravy on their menu The Mt Blanc is run by 100% British people too!
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You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
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As a single traveller, I tend to leave it to the last minute to book, and that way you usually get a discount, and avoid paying a single supplement.
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Great . . . I don’t normally do brecky on t’snow on the grounds that I’d have to wait longer for decent pain relief and anesthesia. But, since I’m determined to stay fit enough to ski with the Ice Queen and her mates in Feb. (if only to demonstrate that a snowboard has the ‘edge’ – on piste and off), a decent breakfast might just be the ballast I need to slow down and work on my abysmal technique on two sticks.
Just about to bid on a pair of Rossignol Power Pulsion 9S’ on eBay to play on the tight turns, I’ve the Intuitiv74s for the soft stuff.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Of course I don't get to go on many holidays these days, but single supplements are really outrageous. How dare they insist that you either have to share with a stranger or pay a huge supplement. Good on you David@traxvax, and all others who don't.
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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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I think that must be one of the main differences between hotels (etc) in Europe and those in the USA - out here you pay for the room, not for how many people use it, although you sometimes pay a supplement for an extra person - one bed usually indicates that the room is for a maximum of two people, and two beds indicate a maximum of four (I did say usually), and quite often there is a sleep sofa which will take two, too!
easiski, I agree with you - I'd be outraged if I was asked to share with a stranger - unless I was staying a youth hostel (which I really think I've grown out of now, since I can afford to stay in hotels).
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Thanks for the comments guys. I put more over a hotel bar than many couples, eat only one meal so if the room is available why the hell should there be a supplement for a late availability booking ?? But it's locked into many T.O. web sites and dynamite won't shift it. O800 numbers don't work from overseas so it's not so easy to pick up a late availability deal.
I'm off to Les Arcs in January - H/B for 58 Euros and 20 Euros per night single supp which I find bearable. (It's the price of a few beers). First time doing it independent. Flying Squirrel helped with the hotel. David, will bear La Ros in mind if I get a chance to go again late season. You're on my list.
Oh and I'm told I snore like a bullfrog and can blanket ruffle like a Force 9 so you don't want to be a snowHead sharing with me. 
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You know it makes sense.
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kuwait_ian, In the old days when most of my friends were not introduced to sliding, I would get one of those late availability holidays. You chose the resort, but if you went to France the chances were you would be in an apartment with three or four like minded people. Great fun, just like a chalet holiday, you could get decent people on the other hand you could get the dregs of society. I was lucky enough.
A modern day possibility would be to contact David@traxvax,
Have fun and happly skiing.
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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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kuwait_ian, I also snore like a foghorn, but I sleep like the dead, so I would be happy to share with you.
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Poster: A snowHead
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FAQ
) is that if all the single rooms have gone, then you can share (sorry - same sex only 
) at the same price.
