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We are a group of nine doctors from Edinburgh that have an annual 4 night ski trip each January
We prefer to stay in a hotel on a HB basis and each of us likes our own room
In 2013, we hope to go to Austria ideally less than 2.5 hours drive from Munich
Can anyone recommend anywhere that will be willing to accommodate us please?
Talat
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Plenty of choices.
The road between Munich and Innsbruck is about 102 miles needing 1:40h according to Google map. You will find on this road (in order the way you passing from the main road)
Ski Welt (8 resorts liked up together like Soll, Westendorf, Ellmau... good, nice, big, intermediate resort), Kitzbuhel (famous for skiing competition)
Zillertal Valley (6 to 7 unlinked resorts like Mayrhofen, Hintertux, Zillertal Arena...) which is full of variety.
Stubai Glacier and resorts around Innsbruck
Beyond Innsbruck Solden/Obergurgl is about 154 miles or 2:35h in the car.
St Anton/Lech/Zurs, Iscghl/Samnaun etc will be over 3 hours drive probably good for next time.
However instead of Innsbruck you can go to Zell Am See/ Kaprun & Saalbach/Hinterglemm is in the Salzburg direction at 112 miles away requiring 2:18h. These resorts require some minor roads.
Or you can stick to the motorway all the time to Flachau, 125 miles but 2:01h, which the about the mid point of Ski Amade with eye watering 870km piste, 275 lifts spread in 25 resorts (like Schladming, Bas Gastein Valley, Wagrain, Dachstein glacier..... a major skiing domain with huge variety of terrain)!
I suggest you have a look at the skiing resorts first, decide which one to stay, look at Google at the place, type "hotels" and select one to book. Austria is very affordable and has one of the highest standard. You will find the Austrian take pride in serving their clients so services and cleanliness are top notch. Austria is also the only skiing country made for skiers with cars as you will find the resort owners bending backward to make sure you can park as close to the lift station as possible and never charge parking fee. You will find they don't mind how many days you stay too as most locals do not stay for a full week.
Personally you can't go wrong with any of them.
If your group is mainly recreational skiers then Ski Welt, Saalbach/Hinterglemm/Leogang, Zillertal Valley or Zauchensee/Flachauwinkl of Ski Amade should be very enjoyable for everyone.
Last edited by Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person on Fri 18-05-12 21:06; edited 1 time in total
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thank you
that's very kind and helpful
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Welcome to snowheads!
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I myself normally book from hotels showed up in Google map or Expedia or Hotel.com or Bergfex.com. Since there are 9 of you so you could be in two cars and if needed stay in two adjacent hotels but 9 rooms in one place should not be a problem if you book early. Many hotels do HB and can offer ski pass within a package.
I mention ski Amade as this is one of the few ski pass that allow you ski any of the 25 resorts in the same region with just one pass that you can get from the hotel.
By law Austria require snow tyres on vehicles so all hired cars should have them. You are therefore reasonably well equipped to go to any of the resorts I mentioned. There are others smaller resorts too and you can check out their distances and position with Bergfex.com
For Munich I would advise you give plenty of time when catching a plane. The road from Munich Airport to Austrian border is very busy during certain hours in the winter. My brother in Norway used to fly to Munich when I went to pick them up and returned them back to the airport. He eventually found it safer to ski the last day and drove in the evening to stay near a Munich airport when the flight was early.
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You're doctors, so presumably money isn't too much of a problem. Thus St Anton if you are good skiers/like offpiste, otherwise Ischgl.
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If you're anything like the doctors I have skied with then book tour liver transplants now!
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talataziz, What's the budget and age range? Is après big on your agenda?
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musher, 
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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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Take a first aid kit...Doctors score even higher than Policemen for being animals at parties....!! 
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About £1000 each all in
Van plus diesel usually works £100 each, same with ski pass and flights leaving about 700 for food and accommodation
Happy to spend more for right place
Easy access to slopes essential
Apres skiing very important too...
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You know it makes sense.
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Age group?
Over 40 would be politest way to answer that
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Does being doctors present any particular problems?
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Poster: A snowHead
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| Frosty the Snowman wrote: |
| Does being doctors present any particular problems? |
Quite the opposite I would have thought - can't they prescribe themselves all Ski Mojos (on the NHS)? 
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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I used to play squash regularly with a group of dentists and medical doctors.
They are hard pressed to get a long holiday. Short breaks are easy and so they always try to get activities organised as a mean to escape the working pressure. Money is not normally a problem but time is precious for them. Normally these are not hard nuts on skiing or going for challenge or risk all the time. The OP started the thread staying it is only for 4 nights. Most of us would do one week or 6 nights. That is the difference.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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| Frosty the Snowman wrote: |
| Does being doctors present any particular problems? |
I once had the "pleasure" of looking after a bunch of 'em in Chamonix. Individually they are incredibly bright but collectively they operate at an amoebic level of common sense. The surgeon in the group sometimes decided that "right" meant "left" and that has put me off operations ever since. Generally, I found that they ski at speeds way beyond their ability and it led to more than one major scare. Avoid.
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Doctors might be a bit thick but I think most manage to get their holidays.
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No stereotyping here at all. 
Talat, did you ever work at Sheffield?
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| We are a group of nine doctors from Edinburgh |
So now that we all need to start listing occupations and where we live.....My group will comprise plumbers, pornstars and politicians next season, all from North East England, though we may also be joined by a lion tamer from Merseyside and a panel beater from East London.
Can anyone suggest a suitable resort  .......
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| mountainaddict wrote: |
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| We are a group of nine doctors from Edinburgh |
So now that we all need to start listing occupations and where we live.....My group will comprise plumbers, pornstars and politicians next season, all from North East England, though we may also be joined by a lion tamer from Merseyside and a panel beater from East London.
Can anyone suggest a suitable resort ....... |
Nope but I bet the dinner table chat is good
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mountainaddict,
Think you might need to state if there is any Sunderland supporter as well as they tend to clash with the toon supporter no matter want.
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talataziz, St Anton or ischgl
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talataziz, Ischgl, no question. Single rooms (actually twins at a nominal single occupancy supplement) are available in Hotel Alpenrose which is comfortable, clean and well situated a short walk from the main ski out. Stayed there with 3 mates in 2010 and had a great time.
If budget is tight don't drink in the hotel opposite (Madlein). If apres is high priority DO visit Nikki's Stadl down by the bridge. Dj Otzi is popular!.
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£700 form food and accommodation? I wouldn't class that as a tight budget, when we go it's £400 all in, THAT'S a tight budget 
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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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Dear All
I have followed this thread with great interest
I agree we ski too fast for our ability - we have had to leave members of our party in intensiv care units around europe - and nine alpha males trying to outdo each other is a certain recipe for disaster
After much debate, ease of access from Munich clinched it for Kitzbuhel
We have booked double rooms with single occupancy at the Schwartzer Adler in Kitzbuhel
Its a massive hike up from what we are used to and hope that there is some apres ski there as well as good snow
I hope at least someone can reassure us that it is an ok place to visit and would appreciate any thoughts of how we can make this trip the best ever
Talat
I never worked in Sheffield having spent much of my working life in Scotland
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I agree we ski too fast for our ability - we have had to leave members of our party in intensiv care units around europe - and nine alpha males trying to outdo each other is a certain recipe for disaster
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talataziz, what are the exact dates I should diarise to avoid?
That's a nice traditional hotel, tons of nightlife in the vicinity and the walk up to the Hahnemkann Gondola will get you warmed up a bit
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You know it makes sense.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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talataziz, you mean 12-16 Jan right?
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Poster: A snowHead
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We are a bunch of lawyers and others from Edinburgh who ski Austria for 4 nights every January. Never has a van cost us £100 a head. Who on earth are you renting from in Munich?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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| talataziz wrote: |
| We are a group of nine doctors from Edinburgh.......... |
I met a group of 'Doctors' from Wales on a ski trip once. They seemed very keen on indicating their profession to the Ladeez. Not one of them knew what a Sphygmomanometer was. I think 'Trust me I'm a Doctor' was heard quite a bit in their apartment block.
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talataziz, Sad that the La Clusaz thrashes no longer happen.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Ghost Dog - used by avis discount and got a merc vito (9 seater) for £405 for 4 days - is that better?
Update - we got a great offer from Best Western Kitzbuhel and am now trying to convince our group to forego some of the luxury and go for the ski in ski out option that that hotel offers
it has a good tripadvisor rating
anyone got any experience of that hotel?
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Don't think there are many bad Best Western hotel around. In any case Austria accommodation is among the best the Alps.
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Unbelievable - sending the schwartzer adler the email from Best Western got us an even better offer BUT we do now have to lay down a 50% non-refundable deposit
that is a 20% reduction from the original price we were quoted
The job's a good un
all we need now is a party of nurses staying at our hotel at same time
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talataziz,
Male nurses or hen party goers? Make up your mind.
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