Summer 2009

micric wrote:Mmmmm,did someone mention cuckoos and clouds earlier?

V fest ticket already bought and paid for, Chile has been on my mind for the last couple of years and this could be the year now my oh can ski. The mountain cafe is a bit of a dream but not out of the question now my kids are all grown up. Not sure I'll ever be brave enough to risk the security I have now...wish I could though.

snowb4ndit wrote:

micric wrote:Mmmmm,did someone mention cuckoos and clouds earlier?

V fest ticket already bought and paid for, Chile has been on my mind for the last couple of years and this could be the year now my oh can ski. The mountain cafe is a bit of a dream but not out of the question now my kids are all grown up. Not sure I'll ever be brave enough to risk the security I have now...wish I could though.

Chile has been on my mind too, and my flights are booked, working with a tour company for accommodation in Portillo and transfers, and looking on TripAdvisor right now for a hotel for 2 nights in Santiago.

Never been so excited for a holiday, July cant come quick enough!!

What are prices like for Chile?

tino_11 wrote:

snowb4ndit wrote:

micric wrote:Mmmmm,did someone mention cuckoos and clouds earlier?

V fest ticket already bought and paid for, Chile has been on my mind for the last couple of years and this could be the year now my oh can ski. The mountain cafe is a bit of a dream but not out of the question now my kids are all grown up. Not sure I'll ever be brave enough to risk the security I have now...wish I could though.

Chile has been on my mind too, and my flights are booked, working with a tour company for accommodation in Portillo and transfers, and looking on TripAdvisor right now for a hotel for 2 nights in Santiago.

Never been so excited for a holiday, July cant come quick enough!!

Please keep me posted on any bargains you find. A summer snow fix is would be so cool (pardon the pun)

Planning either S'France or Madeira in June. Long weekend in Amsterdam in couple of weeks. Couple of long weekends fossiling in Lyme Regis. A weeks camping and surfing in Newquay. Otherwise garden projects and do up Hubbys den. Thats about it really. Plus if finances are right looking to go to Hintertux in Oct. Oh and my customary few days at Wimbledon with my son.

Not cheap, especially as a single traveller. There are budget options however, but at 33 I am no longer prepared to spend 7 days in a box with 3 long haired fellas shouting "gnarly", "dude" or "rad" every 5 minutes.

In Portillo a week in main season is about:

$2700 for a double room, single occupancy in the 4/5 star hotel with access to the main dining room (7 course dinners!!!)

$650 will get you the afforementioned box in a seperate building, sharing with people called "Brick" or "Randy" and access to the cafeteria

Then there is a mid range option also.

It is also worth noting that it is significantly cheaper at the start or end of the season.


Obviously it is significantly cheaper to travel as a couple or group when booking the main hotel.

All packages include:

* Seven days unlimited access to ski lifts.

* Seven nights lodging

* Four meals per day in the best ski resort in Chile (breakfast, lunch, tea, and dinner).

* Complimentary use of pool, jacuzzi, fitness center, gymnasium, aerobics and yoga classes, cinema, game room, children’s activities, disco, piano bar, ski check, boot check and timed race courses.

*Arriving guests will receive their rooms by 2:00 pm. Check-out is before 11:00 am. If guests check out before 10:00 am, they will receive an 8th day of skiing FREE!

Flights are another thing altogether, I got business class return for 54 EUR with my airmiles, so it helped me for the accomodation.

End of the april holidays i'm going to london for a long weekend for my girlfriend's sisters 21st. Working on my dad to let me go (pay for me) to Les Deux Alpes in end of June and do a weeks clinic course with easiski on the glacier. Then July 15th i head off to China for 12 days 4 in Beijing and and the rest in the Shangdon province, a trip organised through the school and the british council in which we've been having mandarin lessons once a week.

Augaust i think im going to spain with the family + the girlfriend, and its also A level results day so will be sorting out uni's etc!

I expect there'll be another long weekend in london aswell!

Still in the planning stage but I think one week south of France second week back into the alps, possibly Italian and maybe Livigno 8) 8)