 Poster: A snowHead
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I am considering taking a 2 hour private lesson when I go to Bardonecchia at the beginning of February.
Should I book this just now via e-mail or wait until I get there to book it?
What have others done with regards to booking before getting to resort or doing it when they get there?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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jb1970, I would firstly enquire on a ski forum if any of the posters have any personal recommendations in Bardonecchia 
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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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jb1970, Once you decide who you will book with, I'd certainly book before you go. I've been to resorts and decided to take pvt lessons and then been unable to fit them in. Hopefully someone will come along soon with a recommendation.
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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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jb1970, I've booked private lessons well in advance of going so would recommend you do that, instructors get booked up quite early in my experience.
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I've e-mailed the Bardonecchia Ski School 3 times and no-one has got back to me yet; not unless they just take the details and booking date/time and have it on their system without getting back to me.
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I thought about phoning them but I thought it may be best to e-mail them, then I have something on paper if they make an ar$e of it.
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In my experience, if you are just booking one private lesson, you will get allocated whoever is available probably the evening before you wish to have the lesson. A 'good' instructor may not be able to fit in one 2 hour slot and a ski school may not wish to commit your booking to the one instructor and he/she then potentially lose out on a longer booking. If you're staying at a hotel, ask them for their recommendation when you get there - I've also found that some ski schools have an agreement with hotels with certain instructors being available for that hotel's clients' bookings.
Unless you have an actual name of an instructor you wish to book, I'd wait until you get there, especially going at a non-half term period.
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listen.....I'm italian and for what I can remember about bardonecchia is that there is one main ski school.....you can also find few private instructor.....if you want I can give you some details of someone of them.......but aniway try to book with an young instructor....and so it is better you personally go in the ski school and choose......because the ski scùhools normally they give work before to the hold.....and too many time they are tired to teach and they don't work always well....so I suggest you max 35.....eheheh
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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My partner seems to think that 2 hours of lessons would be a waste of time and that, if I were to take lessons, I would be better to take at least a whole day or 2 days.
I thought that, if I take 2 hours, that would be enough just to "polish" up a bit, find out where I am going wrong and build on it in my own non-lesson time.
I hope that makes sense!
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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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jb1970, a whole day of private lessons is pretty knackering, with one-one attention! I found 2 hours just the right amount of time (3 hours a bit long!) but I would say maybe 2 or 3 days throughout the week with a 2 hour session on each. If you do just have the one session it certainly wouldn't be a waste of time though!
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I've e-mailed all of them for prices and availability - no-one got back to me. Then two got back to me - I now have a booking for Sunday for 2 hours and Monday for 2 hours; I will need to decided which one to go with and on what day!! I arrive on Saturday, so maybe Sunday is best to start a 2 hour lesson rather than Monday.
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You know it makes sense.
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jb1970, As Sunday is your first day skiing i would use that a getting back on skis day and have you 2 hr lesson on the Monday when you have your ski legs back again
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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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jb1970, Also monday should be less busy than sunday on the pistes
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Poster: A snowHead
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2 hours are not a vaste of money if the instructor teach you something......in all day I cannot teach you so much .....so a lot of things in a full day become repetitive.......full day only for freeride .......and never more than 2 hours......that anyway you loose the concentration......and the result are not the best....
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Agree with riverman that giving it a day to get your ski legs back first is a good idea.
We found that doing two hours every second day was the way to go. That way you've got time to put your learning into practice before your next coaching session. As mentioned two hours seems to be the optimum length for a lesson: one isn't enough what with negotiating lifts and so on, while more than two and you're into diminishing returns.
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