J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by bandit

ise, they are taking on TUI, one of the biggest travel companies around :shock:

Tony_H wrote:

tino_11 wrote:Autrian twins FGS :roll:

I dont mind any nationality when it comes to twins, but Swedes would generally get my vote.

You read posts in a whole different way to me :lol:

This action by Ryanair will cause plenty of confusion for travellers. I'm not sure who will give out the refund?

Ryanair rarely give out refunds, and are famous for leaving travellers stranded, if they want a spat with travel agencies, perhaps they should consider who the customers are :roll:

Here is an article in the Telegraph on the problem....

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/travelnews/2524912/Ryanair-threatens-to-cancel-passenger-tickets.html

Pavel, they wear goggles when the sun is shining )

ise wrote:

bandit wrote:Ah yes, the ultimate cop out clause "reasonable precautions". I know that some insurers are now routinely asking about helmet wearing in claim situations.

Good example, I'd heard that as well. I'd like to see the "it's better than nothing" claim for cycle helmets given a try there :lol:

I'd not just heard about it, I've experienced it.

There are still some comprehension problems for travel insurers dealing with skiers. For example, Upon making a claim, I was asked "what colour of run were you on when you were injured?" I queried the value of the question, and received in response "So that we can tell what level of skier you are for our statistics".

Which would give that company a really skewed set of stats.

In case you were wondering, I answered the question, and it was a green run :lol:

Canny wrote:Hello

I'm new to this and new to skiing. Not sure if it's considered poor etiquette to hijack someone else's query?

I'm also on my first skiing holiday and I'm looking to go to Bulgaria with my girlfriend. We'd have to hire everything and I was wondering if anyone had any recommendations on places to stay or packages that include accommodation and ski/snowboard hire?

Cheers
Canny

Hi Canny, welcome to the forum. For your very first trip, I would suggest that you let a tour Operator sort out your Flight/Hotel/Transfer for you. As it's your 1st trip, you are a bit short on knowledge right now, plus as you are going to Bulgaria, you'll be outside the Euro zone, so paying for taxis etc is a bit harder.

Have you had a look at the big Tour Ops brochures yet?

It's worth looking in the Accommodation Offered section on J2ski. There are some Bulgarian advertisers.

For Ski hire, http://www.skiset.co.uk/j2ski/ offers Pamporovo, which will save money on walk in prices.

Ah yes, the ultimate cop out clause "reasonable precautions". I know that some insurers are now routinely asking about helmet wearing in claim situations.
It's all down to us as individuals to prove that we read the weather forecast, called in at the pisteurs hut, wore a helmet/back protector, skied sober etc.

Perhaps the insurance companies could produce a Darwinism test as part of the application, to weed out the folks likely to be putting up the premiums for the rest of us because they are stupid.

Portishead-Third :D