Travel Insurance

bandit wrote:
So, how is the paying client supposed to ensure that leaders are insured...and with someone who their Insurer would consider "acceptable" in the event of a prang?
We put a lot of trust in the skill of Instructors/Guides. We take a lot on trust, I have never asked to see an Instructor's Insurance if they were taking me off piste.

That's a fair question, you should ask any leader/instructor what their qualification is and check it with the governing body if you're concerned. Members of various bodies will tend to challenge anyone they are aware of that's operating out of their remit but it's a touchy thing and what insiders know about various operations and the more common scams isn't shared widely with Joe Public.

ise wrote:

bandit wrote:
So, how is the paying client supposed to ensure that leaders are insured...and with someone who their Insurer would consider "acceptable" in the event of a prang?
We put a lot of trust in the skill of Instructors/Guides. We take a lot on trust, I have never asked to see an Instructor's Insurance if they were taking me off piste.

That's a fair question, you should ask any leader/instructor what their qualification is and check it with the governing body if you're concerned. Members of various bodies will tend to challenge anyone they are aware of that's operating out of their remit but it's a touchy thing and what insiders know about various operations and the more common scams isn't shared widely with Joe Public.

I know of someone who does a bit of "guiding." He is without a single qualification, nor does he have the correct type of cover. yet he blithely invites other skiers on his "tours."

I wonder where he stands in the event of a mishap??

skidaddle wrote:

I know of someone who does a bit of "guiding." He is without a single qualification, nor does he have the correct type of cover. yet he blithely invites other skiers on his "tours."

I wonder where he stands in the event of a mishap??

depends on the circumstances, if the rep' from Chavski invites you on a lager fuelled tour of somewhere naff and sets off in his racing snow plough it's wrong but most people know well enough not to follow him, if it's just a chav on skis I can't see why you'd follow him but there's no harm in it.

He's a seasonnaire, know-it-all, pain in the ass who latches on to people.

I had the misfortune of having him invite himself over to my table once for a "chat." I actually had to be quite off-hand to get rid of him, he really was that bad.

Oh yeah. He smells.

skidaddle = meal ticket/free drinks vouchers :mrgreen:

Not in this life-time.

Bandit,

I'm with Direct Travel. Two reasons:

Multiple 17 day cover, and when I go over this, I phone them from the resort and extend it, usually + £15.

Reasonably sensible off piste cover and definitions.

I don't bother insuring my skis. I have only ever permanently broken one pair of skis, Fisher Superglas with a 90 degree bend ~ result of skiing under a fence wire, hidden under the snow. One of the few perfect heel releases I've had.

So I think we can agree that the moral of the story is drag yourself back on piste this year and go with direct travel next year!