 Poster: A snowHead
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Hi all,
Im looking for some advice on wheres good to spend some ski holidays.
I'm looking at the week beginning 26th / 27th December 2010 and the week of the 19th Feb 2011 (Im a PE teacher and my dates arent flexible unfortunately).
All of the cheap deals I seem to find are in bulgaria - i might just be looking in the wrong places!!
Im the last couple of years I've skiied germany, austria (mayrhofen), zermatt and andorra and managed to get them all relatively cheap (around the £400 - £450 mark).
Any suggestions would be welcomed.
Many thanks
Stuart
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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All of the cheap deals I seem to find are in bulgaria - i might just be looking in the wrong places!!
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No, you're looking at the wrong times.  Basically, there aren't any cheap deals in those peak weeks. However, have a look at the thread about UCPA - they don't seem to load their prices for the school holidays too much.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Stuie79,
Here is a link (assuming you work in England) that will give you the holiday dates
of all schools in England - some up to 2015, some up to 2008 ??? (hmmm, aint that why we pay our taxes  )
http://local.direct.gov.uk/LDGRedirect/MapLocationSearch.do?map=1&LGSL=36&LGIL=8
Use this to book your next trip as soon as it comes out - you'll get it "much" cheaper.
Sorry we can't offer you anything as fully booked for half term next year, but if you shop around (try ThomasCook.com) you'll find something.
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I had a good cheap weeks skiing in Madessimo, Itlay, one Christmass week about 5 years ago. I paid £500 for a week in a single room... sharing a double would have been much cheaper. Its a smaller resort, fairly quiet, and about 60Km of piste I think... would suit most juniors and intermediates... I don't remember any seriously difficult runs, I dont remember there being many blacks at all, most blues and a few reds.
In my experience, Italy is always cheaper... I also had a week at Passo Tonale about 4 years ago, it cost me £350 for a single room with First Choice, and that was over the New Year week. That was a bad year for snow in Passo, as it was in many places... and there was alot of green fields with white stipes of man-made snow when I arrived in resort. It did get better shortly after though with about 300mm falling during the week. Last year I think Passo had one of the best snow records ever... like 2.5m on the mountains and 1m at resort.
My advice for late December is to try and go for a high resort, about 1400m or so... I always ski around Christmas to mid Jan, and I always look for high up snow sure resorts.. it is worth maybe paying a bit extra for peace of mind that the skiing will be guaranteed. At that time of year I would certainly avoid the lower Austrian resorts below 1000m... they tend to be be very cheap.. like Mayerhoffen, Niederau, etc... but not so snow sure... there are some higher and snowsure resorts in Austria such as Obergurgl, Obertauern, St Anton and maybe Solden... but they tend to be quite a bit more expensive.
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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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Wayne, he's a teacher....
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