baillie353 wrote:Austria.. For 5 months..
Got myself a wee job as a ski representative :)
Never mind........someone has got to do it :lol: :lol:
2010-11 Winter Plans
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Never mind........someone has got to do it :lol: :lol:
Driving unless you are sharing the costs is more expensive than flying
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Started by Andyhull in Ski Chatter 21-Jul-2010 - 61 Replies
Ian Wickham
reply to '2010-11 Winter Plans' posted Jul-2010
Never mind........someone has got to do it :lol: :lol:
NellyPS
reply to '2010-11 Winter Plans' posted Jul-2010
Yippeeeeee everyones back! Well, I went away for a while and sulked once the snow melted, and now the summers here I'm thinking about winter again so maybe its just me thats back.
Not booked anything yet, might get something last minute this winter and with my new job being more generous with their holibobs we might squeeze in a weekend somewhere too.
:D
Not booked anything yet, might get something last minute this winter and with my new job being more generous with their holibobs we might squeeze in a weekend somewhere too.
:D
Kateshaw
reply to '2010-11 Winter Plans' posted Aug-2010
We're booked for February half term (the horror, the horror....) in Les Gets. Can't bloody wait!! We're driving down this year, got a great deal for a ski in ski out apartment for £750 for the 3 of us.....
Baillie353
reply to '2010-11 Winter Plans' posted Aug-2010
Kate, do you (or anybody else) drive to ski resorts regularly or have done before?
How do you find it? Is it worth the cost of fuel and time compared to flights and resort transfers?
I've considered maybe driving to a ski resort in Europe from here (Sunny Scotland) one year - mainly because it does sound interesting, driving through the countries and all the mountains - would be great experience and all of that scenery.. yes please!
Just wondering how the cost works out in comparison to flying + buses? :)
As for the apartment - well found. Nice price for the 3 of you!
How do you find it? Is it worth the cost of fuel and time compared to flights and resort transfers?
I've considered maybe driving to a ski resort in Europe from here (Sunny Scotland) one year - mainly because it does sound interesting, driving through the countries and all the mountains - would be great experience and all of that scenery.. yes please!
Just wondering how the cost works out in comparison to flying + buses? :)
As for the apartment - well found. Nice price for the 3 of you!
Skiing: the art of catching cold and going broke while rapidly heading nowhere at great personal risk.
Ian Wickham
reply to '2010-11 Winter Plans' posted Aug-2010
baillie353 wrote:Kate, do you (or anybody else) drive to ski resorts regularly or have done before?
How do you find it? Is it worth the cost of fuel and time compared to flights and resort transfers?
I've considered maybe driving to a ski resort in Europe from here (Sunny Scotland) one year - mainly because it does sound interesting, driving through the countries and all the mountains - would be great experience and all of that scenery.. yes please!
Just wondering how the cost works out in comparison to flying + buses? :)
As for the apartment - well found. Nice price for the 3 of you!
Driving unless you are sharing the costs is more expensive than flying
Dave Mac
reply to '2010-11 Winter Plans' posted Aug-2010
I agree with Ian. Motoring costs should include the little things like ~ extra for insuring additional drivers ~extra for Euroopean insurance cover, Typically +£110 ~ extra to obtain European breakdown recovery ~ a set of chains.
Some years I do travel from Scotland. If I am planning to stay for say 3 weeks. This year, I am considering the Rosyth/Zeebrugge ferry, then a 9 hour drive to Tirol.
Some years I do travel from Scotland. If I am planning to stay for say 3 weeks. This year, I am considering the Rosyth/Zeebrugge ferry, then a 9 hour drive to Tirol.
AllyG
reply to '2010-11 Winter Plans' posted Aug-2010
How about the extra cost of staying overnight in a hotel en route somewhere? I should think it would be pretty difficult to drive all in one go from Scotland to a ski resort.
Ally
Ally
Kateshaw
reply to '2010-11 Winter Plans' posted Aug-2010
It's working out significantly cheaper for us this time because it's half term. We got European breakdown cover for £68 when we drove to France last month, we've booked hotels en route for 35 euros per night (yes very cheap and cheerful but we'll be there for 7 hours max each way!) and the tunnel is £138. It'll be half the price of the cheapest flights and transfers I could find.
Normally I would fly but we had no choice on dates this time. Bloody kids.
Normally I would fly but we had no choice on dates this time. Bloody kids.
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