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Similarly to the Goggles thread - I have found a nice little chalet in Verbier from the 27th Dec that sleeps enough for the whole group (18 in total) - looks really nice but they want c £5,500 per head not including flights, transfers, lift pass or kit rental. Still it sounds nice...
"Stunning mountain retreat, perched high in the Swiss Alps in Verbier, is a perfect year-round escape. The 13 friendly and experienced staff include a General Manager, an activities co-ordinator, spa therapist, Raymond Blanc trained chef and Bam Bam - the chalet dog. Each one is dedicated to tailor-making each guest experience.... People may arrive as guests but often leave as friends. "
Is this the finest example of the Ernest Hemingway school of bull? Anyhow, £5,500 per head -I ask you..........
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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No 
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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bertie bassett, I'd pay £6,000 if they get rid of the dog  (to anyone from the googles thread I'M JOKING about how much I'd pay)
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| bertie bassett wrote: |
"People may arrive as guests but often leave as friends. "
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I've found I'm able to make friends without paying them £5,500 
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Dunno but a chalet staff to occupants ratio of 0.78 is pretty exceptional. I'd expect they also throw in the vino too at that price?
Let's be honest there's probably a nominal difference in service between a package holiday that costs 2 to 3 grand for a week & one that costs 5 grand for a week. Though i'm sure the difference in clientel is massive. I'm sure for some really rich people the additional cost is the reason to book one chalet over an other.
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| bertie bassett wrote: |
| ... and Bam Bam - the chalet dog. Each one is dedicated to tailor-making each guest experience... |
If Bam Bam can suck a golf ball through 10ft of hosepipe I'm in.
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It can probably be justified if you usually earn that much in a couple of days and are used to being waited on hand and foot.
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Considering that you will be skiing on the same snow as others who have paid £700 for the week, probably not!!
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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If you are going to spend that much do the heli-ski boat
http://www.eaheliskiing.com/heli-ski-canada/heli-skiing-absinthe-yacht
$48,000 per day max of 12 skiers
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* Unlimited helicopter use
* Private mountain guide
* Private massage therapist
* Service from 20 crew members
* Pre heli skiing night at five star hotel
* 7 nights accommodation on board
* Return limousine and/or helicopter and/or airplane transfers to the ship
* All meals, snacks and beverages (please ask for a wine list prior to departure)
* Avalanche transceiver
* Use of all equipment on board
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You are looking at £100.00 per ski hour. You can get a top class escort for that kind of dosh. I wouldn't pay it because I know I can pay less (for skiing - not sure about the escort though), but if this was the one chance I had to go skiing for the next 10 years, I would probably be one the phone to the bank manager right now.
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You know it makes sense.
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I would prefer to spend that much on a week of heli in Alaska. I prefer to save the finer things in life for my summer holiday.
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Poster: A snowHead
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if you have the money and want to spend it on top class food and wine in a top class chalet with everything done for you, with 'free' ski guiding every day to find the best powder and everything sorted out for you from pick-up at the train station, ski hire etc etc then go for it.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Hmm 18 people paying £5.5k per year, sounds like one of the suggestions for the snowHeads ownd and 'staffed' chalet that was suggested a couple of seasons ago 
Last edited by Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person on Tue 22-12-09 9:10; edited 1 time in total
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Apropos of nothing, I had once had a Chinchilla called Bam Bam. Any chalet which includes resident pets deserves a premium price tag IMO 
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My ski trips cost me about one third of my monthly take home pay, so if I took home c£15k a month why not?
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All is relative..... as said If you earn enough then yes...... as an analogy why doesn't everyone drive a Skoda Favia after all all cars are driven on the same roads?
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as its been said i guess its relative to your income
to me it seems excessive - but for me im just there to 'eat ski eat read a book then sleep' x 6 so all the extras wouldnt be necessary
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If someone is selling something for a price and someone else wants to buy it then the price is completely justifiable 
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Yep. As long as there are stupid people, there'll be wealthy people.
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| thefatcontroller wrote: |
| If someone is selling something for a price and someone else wants to buy it then the price is completely justifiable |
Totally correct. Any material thing/product is worth what someone is willing to pay for it, therefore asking that price is justified. Paying a price for something is justified by what you will get from it less what other thing you will have to go without by paying the price (if your wealthy enough effectively nothing).
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I'm sure it is just a bunch of stuff you can get cheaper banged into a rip off package.
Reminds me of he time I was in a cool club with a friend. He was chatting up this girl and telling her he was a personal travel executive. "Ohhh, whats that" she said?
"Well I organise the personal travel of people who want to go from A to B at their convenience, not dictated by time-schedules. For that they pay me a PREMIUM."
He was not amused when I said "don't listen to him, he's a taxi driver.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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I guarantee that everyone, no exceptions - everyone - who has ever stayed in the aforementioned chalet is a godawful smug, bragging, preening, arsehole. Like those tossarses who won the most recent series of The Restaurant. People like that.
Last edited by So if you're just off somewhere snowy come back and post a snow report of your own and we'll all love you very much  on Tue 22-12-09 10:21; edited 1 time in total
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You know it makes sense.
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13 'staff' to 18 guests is 1.38:1
Last catered chalet I went to was with Crystal in La Tania with 2 'staff'. Ratio 8:1. Paid £350 HB, F & T
So, take off the flight cost and I reckon, given the service, level of food and drink, plus the experience and the location, I'd struggle to justify it. And given the percentage that the Crystal holiday cost as a percentage of my net monthly income, and applying the same calculation, I'd be working in the City for an investment bank tipping my glass of Bolly to the generous tax payer....what!
Joking aside, thefatcontroller nailed it as far as I'm concerned.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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sounds like richard bransons Virgin Lodge?
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Poster: A snowHead
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If that was what I was prepared to spend and I had the money, yeah why not. You earn it, you spend it how you chose to.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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| paulio wrote: |
| I guarantee that everyone, no exceptions - everyone - who has ever stayed in the aforementioned chalet is a godawful smug, bragging, preening, arsehole. Like those tossarses who won the most recent series of The Restaurant. People like that. |
So if you're a winner in my raffle, you'll give it away?
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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No, I'll just become one of the aforementioned pillocks, temporarily.
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bertie bassett, That's not the Swingers chalet is it?! Apparently there used to be (maybe there still is) a 'Swinger's Chalet' in Verbier, still nearly £6k is a bit steep, I'd be expecting Angelina Jolie for my swap and for them to keep my missus at that price....gumph!
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paulio, incorrect.
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The chalet sounds over-managed (is that possible?), too professionally organised and no fun at all. Expectations will be astronomical, relationships with staff almost inhuman, the 'mucking in' and fun culture non-existent and the behaviour of the 'clients' preening, self conscious and indulgent.
This is the sort of trip I'd want to avoid at all costs!!!!
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