 Poster: A snowHead
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Can someone please tell me if it is a good Idea to pre-book my ski hire for Val Thorens in January? I know the euro - Pound conversion is V.poor at mo but the prices I am seeing on hire websites seem to be higher than usuall, Quoting about £80-90 for Silver Ski package etc.. Can some one confirm on prices if I hire when I get there and if any one knows of a good company in Val Thorens that are cheap or have offers on for pre booking. All help and tips welcome.
Regards.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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jimmy38, My son has paid similar with an online firm for La Plagne. I told him I thought it seemed expensive.
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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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Ski Republic are doing a 2 for 1 offer in VT but I don't know if it is actually cheaper.
http://www.ski-republic.com/en/ski-hire-and-rental-prices
We're going to VT on the 10th and have been promised 15% off kit hire with our digs in their local shop, So we've decided that convience will be more important than possibly saving a tenner. Of course, this plan might backfire when we get there if the local shop doesn't have K2s or B3s.. 
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jimmy38, I would go and haggle in the shop while holding the folding - money talks, although if VT has a cartel going you could be royally shafted...
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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 prebooked ski hire and lift pass with the TO. At the time I did it for convenience sake, but now it appears I'm quids in as the pound has plummeted since then...
It's all a bit of a gamble at the moment...
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Rather oddly, I had an email from Neilsens today pointing out that if I book my lift pass etc with them I can do it at brochure prices. Since the Dolomiti Superski pass is €220, I might look into that. I can't see what they are getting out of it, unless they already have a deal with the local lift operators. If that is what the OP was suggesting, it might be worth it.
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In my experience over the last few years prebooking skis and boots online would only save me about a fiver over the shop prices, and this was a bit of a pain as i once prebooked from a shop at the other end of the resort (idiot idiot idiot)
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