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br4m

Post subject: 1st board holiday

Posted: Mar 30, 2008 - 12:47 PM

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hey

looking to go away boarding for a week in december/january need some advice on when is the best time to go, who to book with, and most importantly, where to go! dont have a clue about it lol

must be cheap tho as my bro is comin, a decent nightlife if possible, good snow and plenty of it, and some good intermediate runs

i no im askin alot lol

thanks alot

Markland

Post subject: RE: 1st board holiday

Posted: Mar 30, 2008 - 01:16 PM

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If you want cheap with good cheap nightlife then eastern european resorts such as Bansko in Bulgaria where i went in january is good but id only go for a week as its quite small it has lots of snow cannons so nearly always good snow. You may find some cheap holidays in western europe such as france in avoriaz, chamonix where nightlife is good but can be expensive. To book id go on www.thomascook.com or www.crystalski.co.uk, just put in google ski holidays and you will find loads.

Jeff-Pelling

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Posted: Mar 30, 2008 - 02:39 PM

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Don't go during school holidays if possible. You can go with a tour operator, sure, but there are lots of places listed here that give discounts to SCUK members (only 15 quid). Give dragonlodge.com in tignes a look.

Local knowledge is priceless and you don't always get that with an 18 year old crystal rep fresh out of Repton.

eldi

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Posted: Mar 30, 2008 - 04:25 PM

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lol snow cannons dont make good snow

PriceR

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Posted: Apr 13, 2008 - 03:30 PM

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Andorra, Pas del la Casa is also another cheap option. It's a tax free principality. Managed to save myself a ton of cash when I bought my board, boots and bindings. Booze is silly cheap. If I'm not mistaken I think it's cheaper than airport duty free. Night life is a blast. Shots are really cheap and they were giving them away. Hazy memories of some kinda promotional thing (probably to make sure you come back for another night).

The terrain will suit your needs. Enough to keep you occupied for your 1st week. Not as quaint or posh as some of the resorts in the Alps but you'll usually pay more over that way.

Keep your eyes open for last minute and cheap deals if you can. Went to La Clusaz with Skitopia -

Flights
Transfers
Catered full board chalet - 3 course dinner, breakfast and a buffet table for making sarnis for lunch
Rental gear
Lift pass
Unlimited local beer and wine!!!

All for 450 quid. With all of that I could gone easily the whole week without spending any money.

Plissken

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Posted: Apr 14, 2008 - 04:39 PM

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Christmas and New Year's weeks are pretty much the most expensive weeks of the season, bar feb half term, so look at departing between 3/4th Jan and 1st week of feb if you want cheap stuff.

There's always heaps of deals for most of Jan as everyone has just gone back to work/school/uni, so unless you want to go for New Year's, wait until at least december before booking.

Crystal had deals to Austria (mayrhofen, Zell, etc) for under £150 B+B this year.

JonnyGRanger

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Posted: Apr 28, 2008 - 06:32 PM

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Levi in Finland.
I'd say Yllas but the nightlife is non-existant. Going to Yllas with the girlfriend next year, it'll be very romantic and rather devoid of boarders as most people in Finland ski.

deafgeoff

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Posted: Apr 29, 2008 - 11:22 PM

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Bansko is a building site, and the lift passes are standard european prices but without the area. Good laugh, but not what I was expecting really. I've not done France, but Italy and especially Austria are excellent options with quaintness and rockin nightlife (Austria). Mayrhofen offers a massive area with the Hintertux glacier at one end of the valley and more varied terrain then you could wish for. Obertauern is a high and snowsure Austrian optin that is simply superb in all respects: long cruising reds; easy-to-access off piste and a great park. Not sure about the nightlife there tho, as we ended up staying in a hamlet on the bus route and there are no late night return buses; Zell am See has the Kitzsteinhorn glacier to hand, and is cute and rockin all in one - and VERY easy to get to if you're goin independent.

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Posted: Apr 30, 2008 - 10:14 AM

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A group of four of us (two boarders and two skiiers) went to Borovets in Bulgaria this January from the 12th to the 19th.

As a first holiday I'd certainly recomend it, we started off the first few days on the easier runs opposite the Hotel Rila, then by the end of the week we were up on the Gondolla every day.

Food was ok, rather basic but then you'd expect it from Bulgaria. It was cheap (£4 per person for a two course meal) and drinks were very reasonable (£1.50-£2.50) depending on where you were drinking.

All in all the Holiday was £389 (I think, the wife paid for it for me as a birthday present) and the resort was not that busy during the time we went. We queued for about 3 mins (at the longest) for the main lifts and for about 10-15mins for the Gondola in the morning, and at non peak times (9-11 and 3-4) you could literally walk straight on the the gondola.

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