 Poster: A snowHead
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Apologies if this has already been posted but i just came across this article comparing various different costs between different ski resorts:-
http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/holidays/article-2820242/The-cheapest-ski-resorts-revealed-Bulgaria-tops-list-bargain-breaks-Italy-s-best-cut-price-luxury.html
There are so many holes in that matrix i don't know where to start - but who is going to spend £600+ on 5 days private tuition but then only drink 1 glass of wine and 1 beer over the course of the week - it just makes in-resort costs for a week unrealistic whether you're minted or not.
The frustrating thing with these kind of random surveys is that anyone stumbling on that article who has never skied before but was considering it could be put right off or they could be in for a right shock too by looking at some of the on mountain lunch prices.
I can't believe someone's being paid to put such a load of tosh together - rant over now i'm out of Daily Mail owned site reader mode. 
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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TripAdvisor spokesman James Kay said:
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| 'This year, Eastern European destinations and Andorra are where families will find the best value for money.' |
Well, what a shocker that is. Buy that man a beer.
On second thoughts doesn't he just mean "it's cheap". Value for money is an elusive and subjective thing to identify. If I am hiring poor quality kit, spending longer on an antiquated lift system and skiing down brown patch pistes am I going to be happy it cost me £500 less 
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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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WOW Klosters has cheaper coke than the vending machine in my office! SWISS HAVE CHEAPEST COKE IN EUROPE!
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Hmm wonder what pass you get for £100 in Megeve!
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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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| Richard_Sideways wrote: |
| WOW Klosters has cheaper coke than the vending machine in my office! SWISS HAVE CHEAPEST COKE IN EUROPE! |
That why it's a favourite with the royal family 
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Hmm wonder what pass you get for £100 in Megeve!
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Funnily enough, the Evasion Mont Blanc ski pass (that Megeve is a part of) IS one of the cheaper ones. Mountain restaurants on the Megeve side though... ouch> Best going over St Gervais side for lunch
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@Layne, whilst i agree with you entirely - for a complete beginner or a 2nd/3rd week skier some of those things you mention aren't quite so important - i went to borovets back in 1998 on my 2nd ski holiday and had a fantastic time for a bargain price - would i go back now as an experienced skier i very much doubt it for the reasons you put together with limited area size but i'd reccomend it to someone on a budget that's never skied before.
@Richard_Sideways, seeing as the usual price for a snickers bar in most french mountain restaurants/snack bars is 3 euros you can safely say that some of those costs haven't been very well researched or explained.
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@Atomic_Mick, I think you can safely say that each line item was simply the first one that came to hand after a quick and rough googling.
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What's a cheap ski resort, can't say I have ever been to one dahhhlings.
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| Richard_Sideways wrote: |
| WOW Klosters has cheaper coke than the vending machine in my office! SWISS HAVE CHEAPEST COKE IN EUROPE! |
You clearly have a very progressive office. Mirrored countertops?
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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What a complete load of chod! At least try to make things realistic - who has 5 or 6 days of private lessons? And the price of the boot hire? They gold lined or something? And one glass of vino? Erm, that's me. I'm off to Norway and can't afford more than a glass.
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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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The lift prices are surely wrong? Lech and Zurrs are on the same ski pass and a beer for under 5 euros? Most of the prices seem to be way off.
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And the price of the boot hire?
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skis and boots, dobby (Megeve is the cheapest of the lot for that) but I do agree, complete tosh.
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You know it makes sense.
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WOW Klosters has cheaper coke than the vending machine in my office! SWISS HAVE CHEAPEST COKE IN EUROPE!
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OMG coke from a vending machine - don't tell the Wolf of Wall Street
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