 Poster: A snowHead
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Someone at the Guardian has noticed how much the brochure prices have climbed this year and offers ten tips for keeping the costs down. Of course, this is all old hat to us Snowheads but there are a few useful links and phone numbers.
1. Cheap dates
2. Head west
3. Added extras
4. Avoid France
5. Lesser known resorts
6. Back-door retreats
7. Beyond the Eurozone
8. Self-cater and self-drive
9. Book direct
10. Fly wise
http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2009/oct/04/cheaper-skiing-holidays
They forgot: 11, Visit Snowheads!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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| altis wrote: |
1. Cheap dates |
I don't know, I'd say the best date is the one who pays for her own ski trip! 
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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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love this line
"The cheapest week in the brochures is the second week in January [9/10 January 2010]," says Nick Morgan, managing director of Le Ski (01484 548996; leski.com). "It's always a great time to ski as all the festivities are over, the crowds go back to work and leave you the empty pistes to cruise."
what no russians...
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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 was wondering how all the operators in French resorts mentioned in this blatant advertorial, felt about the recommendation to avoid France!
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It was there idea they dont want the stupid foreign typs who are not as cultured and sophisticated as them cloggin up their slopes 
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| bertie bassett wrote: |
what no russians... |
Apparently a lot of the Russians did not appear last year They were also feeling the effects of the recession
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| Hurtle wrote: |
bertie bassett,
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what no russians...
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Probably not, they are likely to be leaving that weekend - see here. I was interested, as I'm going to the 3V that weekend. : |
Yep - thanks for the correction, re-reading last seasons TR it looks I got the wrong russian weekend..
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Interesting that they recommend s/c and drive when scgb is recommending the opposite - all inclusive package. I suppose you can get good deals on both really.
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firebug, i guess if you're s/c and eating out in the evenings, it'll be stupidly expensive.
if you're shopping in the local village supermarket, it'll be cheaper, but still likely to be more expensive than shopping at home.
if you're driving out, taking all your food for the week (like a lot of euros do?) instead of shopping along the way or in the local village supermarket, it'll be as expensive as it is to eat at home.
so i guess going s/c can also be expensive as well as cheap 
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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| Garfield wrote: |
| bertie bassett wrote: |
what no russians... |
Apparently a lot of the Russians did not appear last year They were also feeling the effects of the recession |
They were significantly fewer in Austria last season 
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