ski rental arinsal

of to arinsal 28th feb sold skis and decided to hire as cost of taking your own skis and then wax and edges was getting to much ,so i need to have some help on where to hire and is it better to order online to get 20% off or is it cheaper to hire when you get there,

Not sure about arinsal specifically, but I used online ordering recently and got a much better deal than those who booked on arrival or through the TO.

much better to order on line ...all the rental places have shops at the top of the gondola...and storage there

I ski in Arinsal regularly. You will have plenty of choice for ski hire. I use Pic-Negre and the top of the gondola for myself and the wife and kids. Look up the prices on the internet for them http://www.picnegre.com/en/ They will give you a 20% discount if you ask. At the shop ask for Serge, he is very helpful. They will keep your skis and poles overnight, but they don't mention this when you hire the skis. Next to the ski-pass booth at the top of the gondola you can also hire a locker for about 50 euros for the week, if you prefer . Also get yourself a VallNord card which will save you 5% to 10% on most places in Arinsal (http://www.vallnord.com/)

Enjoy.

tomski wrote:of to arinsal 28th feb sold skis and decided to hire as cost of taking your own skis and then wax and edges was getting to much ,so i need to have some help on where to hire and is it better to order online to get 20% off or is it cheaper to hire when you get there,

I looked at the price of hire skis and boots and could not believe the price, it worked out cheaper to take your own gear, the hire shops are really missing a trick here.

they give a fantastic price for beginner though £200 for lift pass lessons and hire ..I'm off there on the 27th ..staying at the St Gothard ..but its only about £30 to take my skis.

give me a shout ..I'm big and bald and have long skis

hi snowedunder thanks for the info,i applied for the vallnord card online got to collect in resort ,looked at pic negre and 2 adults and 1child ski &poles only 218 euro,alpine resorts .com 180 euro ,ski extras can do the same for 130 euro quite a difference and i picked the average skis each time , i think i will go for the middle quote 130 seems to cheap unless someone knows how good ski extras are ,thanks for your help everyone ,and daved im big with hair no skis at the mo staying at hotel poblado might bump into you cheers everone, and lastly i still think j2ski weather reports are unrealistic i think you would get it wrong twice with a 50/50 option ,i have given up looking what will be will be at least i will still have my sanity good skiing everyone and i will let you know what andorra was like

daved wrote:they give a fantastic price for beginner though £200 for lift pass lessons and hire ..I'm off there on the 27th ..staying at the St Gothard ..but its only about £30 to take my skis.

give me a shout ..I'm big and bald and have long skis

I guess the point I was trying to make was if ski shops dropped the price of their ski rental to below what Easy and the irish lot charge they would make a killing.