 Poster: A snowHead
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A survey of the ten most up-market ski resorts in Europe has revealed that Courchevel 1850 tops the lot. Prices of top property, per square metre, are more than double those of Meribel, St Moritz and Val d'Isere ... and nearly three times those of Zermatt or Verbier.
This report from Wealth Bulletin.
Courchevel 1850:
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| Rub shoulders with: Roman Abramovich, Flavio Briatore, Naomi Campbell, Victoria Beckham and George Clooney. |
Zermatt:
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| Rub shoulders with: Robbie Williams |
Kitzbuhel:
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| Rub shoulders with: Eric Clapton |
Chamonix:
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| Rub shoulders with: Tiger Woods |
Really?
La Rosiere:
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Best response wins a sachet of Head & Shoulders
Last edited by Poster: A snowHead on Tue 19-01-10 13:24; edited 1 time in total
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Amazing Powder 
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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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I see Megeve comes in at number 8.
The prominent location of McDonalds in such an 'upmarket' French resort always makes me smile.
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You need to Login to know who's really who.
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Courchevel 1850:
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Rub shoulders with: Roman Abramovich, Flavio Briatore, Naomi Campbell, Victoria Beckham and George Clooney.
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Damn, I want my money back. I've never seen him there. 
There are some bizarre statements in that article, such as Zermatt being unknown in comparison with St Moritz, and all accommodation in Verbier being ski-in/ski-out. Makes you wonder about the rest of the so-called facts.
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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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| The prominent location of McDonalds in such an 'upmarket' French resort always makes me smile. |
That's until you see their prices. Have you seen the cost of a McFondue in there?
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Ernst Goldsmith, is there such a thing?
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Not quite sure how to repond to that question without an apology. I was thinking along the lines of "No, they've discontinued it, because the burners were setting fire to the foam plastic fondue pots."
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Boredsurfing,
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Ernst Goldsmith, is there such a thing?
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Is that easier to answer?
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I think if you walked into Megeve McDonalds and handed the manager €37,000 he could probably come up with something, and quite possibly offer you the choice of cheese or meat. This could legitimately be described as a McFondue but, no, it doesn't exist as yet.
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La Rosiere:
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Jodie Marsh
A St. Bernard
Sunshine
A view of a better resort across the valley...
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Friendly Frenchmen.
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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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It is more like 12-18KE/m2 in Courchevel 1850 although there may be properties that have sold for 37KE/m2. The bigger chalets sell for more than appts because they are rarer so there may be a micromarket within the micromarket. It is a bit like Dubai.
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Courchevel 1850 is like Mayfair; it's a ghetto where the very rich want to be because of the cachet the name brings, the size/quality/cost of the accommodation and hanging out with "people like them", the town itself hold very little of any interest to normal people i.e 95% of punters. It's only saving grace in, of course, the local ski area. The hilarious thing is the heavenly pistes are accessed quicker by the rowdy scum from the Meribel side, which is where you'll find me mid-March.
I asume that everyone knows that the proces are kept artificially high in 1850l (and Mayfair), not so much to keep out the riff raff, but because the rich live in such a bubble they think they are automatically associate cost with quality, regardless of the reality. A friend of mine used to run a pub in Mayfair, when he took it over he dropped the outrageous prices and trade dropped correspondingly. He raised them again and the trade returned. Same goes for 1850. Go figure.
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