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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Out of interest how were Esprit? looking to book next Easter hols......
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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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kitenski, Stayed with Esprit in Montchavin twice and Peisey. Food and generally how the places were run is much better than Crystal (though I caveat that by saying that last week was last week of the year for Crystal so we may have suffered slighlty from that). Where Esprit win hands down in child care, it is amazing. We aren't going with Esprit next year but friends are.
Esprit ain't cheap but if you want a skiing holiday where you have young kids and want them to be happy, can't fault them but given the choice of the hotel in Belle Plagne or Esprit in Peisey I would go Crystal as the location is extradionary?
Hope that helps.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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boredsurfin, Sorry no pictures as we had broken our camera. It's No.28. bottom right hand corner. Only as we stayed in Belle Plagne have we realised there are loads of ways to actually ski into the village and right ot the door of the Hotel 
http://www.la-plagne.com/en/belle-plagne.phtml
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Hey people, nearly ski time again.woohoo.. i actually worked in the Turquiose as a crystal nanny 2007/2008.. going to be an espirit nanny this year tho in Kaprun in Austria.. cant wait.... think im with the better company now... 
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Crystal staff appear to be asleep compared with Esprit. The food was ok, the room cleaning non existent, and generally most of the staff looked like they were asleep.
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Apparently they're getting paid £19.50 a week, so really you should be happy that they are actually alive and have the correct number of arms and legs. 
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Lizzard, rates of pay for chalet staff are shockingly bad. £19.50 a week to be in charge of kids all week is slave labour. Not as if you get much skiing done when you're a nanny either.
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Helen Beaumont, I'm assuming that wage was for hotel staff, who are always the lowest paid. Not that anyone else gets much more than about a tenner extra, mind.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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I recall a rep working for Ski Equity, telling us that she was paid £6 per day, plus her board and lodging, ski equipment, insurance etc., and lessons when she arrived, as she had never skied before taking on the job.....She was a pretty good rep IME, and did make a bit on tips, free drinks in some bars etc too, but £6 a day still equates to £42 pw - LOADS more than above and this is a few years ago.
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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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thefatcontroller, didn't see this when you originally posted. We stayed at the Turquoise in our first-ever ski holiday, and I thought the staff were pretty good! (February 2005.)
You're right about the location, can't be bettered!
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