 Poster: A snowHead
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Overheard on a lift the end of last week in Val d'Isere.
Mother consoling her crying child:
"I'm sorry Lydia, but because of the storm that the weather man says is coming we won't be able to get the helicopter to Geneva airport and we'll just have to get a taxi there. Mummy and Daddy aren't happy too but we're not crying, are we ?"
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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CHILD SALE --------------------------------->
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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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€550 per person, 35min ride - not as much as I thought
found one for €410 per person if there are 5 of you
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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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With 5 in the chopper it costs about £300 per head each way. So, if they did it both ways, that family would add maybe £3k max to their already very pricey trip - it's a lot but not toooo terrible for some minted peeps. Hopefully they spend like that in the UK as well - we need people to splash some cash.
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holidayloverxx, Yep, but I bet Helicopter transfers cost more than a taxi to Geneva. 
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Bode Swiller, If it's Geneva, is it best to book on the French side or is it cheaper on the Swiss side
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Bode Swiller, I'm in ... except I'd have to go to Val d'Isere 
Boredsurfingtook me a while....
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| dsoutar wrote: |
| Mummy and Daddy aren't happy too but we're not crying, are we ?" |
I bet they did have a little cry
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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I'm sure we can all think of cheaper ways to get a helicopter ride in the Alps... how much is the carre neige again?
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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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| dsoutar wrote: |
Overheard on a lift the end of last week in Val d'Isere.
Mother consoling her crying child:
"I'm sorry Lydia, but because of the storm that the weather man says is coming we won't be able to get the helicopter to Geneva airport and we'll just have to get a taxi there. Mummy and Daddy aren't happy too but we're not crying, are we ?" |
I'm willing to bet that this woman facially resembled a horse.
And we've established this fact before 
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paulio, talk about my Mrs like that again and I'll do ya!! 
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You know it makes sense.
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miranda, 
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Buying a helicopter ride is small fry, how about his and hers personal helicopters, his and hers private jets and a 300 million Euro gigayacht, now that is a different world.
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Poster: A snowHead
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Val d'Isere, ooooh La-De-Dah!
dsoutar, I assume that when you say you overheard this, you actually mean that your butler told you about an amusing missive he'd overheard from some ghastly Nouveau Riche whilst serving you coffee and Battenberg?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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And if you had just won XXmillions on the lottery you wouldnt do it
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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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leedsunited, err...no!! Cos I'd have already moved there...
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Chasseur, Very good point but i would be flying in on my Gulfstream from my new home in Colarado so helicopter transport would be a definate from the airport 
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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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So what does the taxi (or other forms of transfer) cost?
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abc, You have to pay for a taxi any way, you cannot take you luggage on the helicopter, private transfer would be 500 Euro for a Merc.
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lightningdan, depends on the type. Some allow medium sized holdall and skis/boards go in the side baskets.
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lightningdan, surely you don't drag all your stuff back to the UK. Leave it at the chalet, darling.
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Does that include luggage (the one I didn't get didn't) or is it a Ryan-copter with hidden charges ?
[edit] doh! missed the posts above - yeah that's what I meant, luggage goes by other means.
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Anyone with real cash pj s into Sion surely. These were simply some wannabes.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Or just some "ordinary" folks trying to get a helicopter tour of the Alps as part of the ski trip
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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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abc, I suspect not when the child is called Lydia
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You know it makes sense.
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leedsunited,
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Personally I don't go skiing - I have the mountain brought to me!
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Poster: A snowHead
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Is it tax deductable? And why Geneva? Surely direct to Courchevel would be better? Or that little airfield just outside Albertville, but seriously, by air Turin is closer than Geneva and easy jet go there as well.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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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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It's bulls**t. She's on Easyjet the same as everyone else. Although I generally fly Swiss from City 
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