mkivsupra.net snowboard & ski trip 2008/9

[juanchan]

Right, so do people want to go ahead with the 6 of us with a 6/8 person apartment, and any late comers wiull have to accept sofa beds, or do we go for an 8/10 person apratment and actively recruit a couple more people?

[Ian W]

That'd be fine by me.

 

Less of us to split the travelling costs between but we could get away with booking two estate cars instead of two mini mpvs so wouldn't be as much to hire them.

[2JG]

the 6/8 apartment would be fine with me and the estate cars.

 

my thinking is that we have been talking about this trip for a few months now on the forum so most members would have seen it.

 

if we get a late addition.... sofa bed it is.

 

or is that a little off?

[Ian W]

the 6/8 apartment would be fine with me and the estate cars.

 

my thinking is that we have been talking about this trip for a few months now on the forum so most members would have seen it.

 

if we get a late addition.... sofa bed it is.

 

or is that a little off?

 

I think that's fair.

 

If they didn't fancy the sofa bed they could just try and book other accommodation elsewhere depending how many there were wanted to go.

 

[2JG]

sorted, let me know when you want the deposit money

[Ian W]

sorted, let me know when you want the deposit money

 

Will do mate.

 

Just waiting for Brian to re-confirm and IanR to get back to me.

[juanchan]

the 6/8 apartment would be fine with me and the estate cars.

 

my thinking is that we have been talking about this trip for a few months now on the forum so most members would have seen it.

 

if we get a late addition.... sofa bed it is.

 

or is that a little off?

 

Seems fair enough to me!

[tDR]

Yep sounds fine guys - let's go with that

[Ian W]

Right gents (and lady )

 

That's the Chalet booked for 17th January 2009 to 24th January 2009.

 

The deposit paid was £51 per person, if you could get it to me asap as it's all currently on my credit card

 

The balance to be paid is £152 per person with a further 20Euros to be paid on arrival

 

Any questions, just give me a shout (pay pal and bank transfer is acceptable btw)

 

Cheers

 

Ian

[Ian R]

Looking forward to this

[Ian W]

ditto

 

I'm not taking anything to do with the next one though!!

 

ps

 

You'll need to bring a mkivsupra.net banner with you Ian...show the French how we do

[juanchan]

I'm not taking anything to do with the next one though!!

 

Eh?

 

As in you dont want to pay the deposit for us?

 

Getting excited about this despite it being way too far in the future!

[2JG]

Paid by transfer Ian, should clear into your account in a few days

[Ian W]

Right chaps.

 

Now that's the accommodation sorted out, stage II beckons.....the travelling arrangements!!

[2JG]

i haven't had a chance to look at any options available yet

[Ian W]

i haven't had a chance to look at any options available yet

 

That's it...you're buying the first round

[2JG]

That's it...you're buying the first round

 

 

fair enough

 

[2JG]

well one option that has presented itself is my folks have offered me the use of their honda cr-v for that week.

 

the only downside is getting 4 of you from way up there down to myself and Rich

[juanchan]

well one option that has presented itself is my folks have offered me the use of their honda cr-v for that week.

 

the only downside is getting 4 of you from way up there down to myself and Rich

 

That's cool. We're sorted! See you out there guys

[tDR]

I'm likely to have a BFO off roader within the next few months that could be used for some of us

[juanchan]

Ooh, 2 potential vehicles.... Looking promising!

[Ian W]

I'm likely to have a BFO off roader within the next few months that could be used for some of us

 

Wow....so in essence we may not need car hire at all?

 

Was also thinking in terms of chunnel times.

 

Trains leave at the latest midnight and the earliest is 6am.

 

We can't check into the chalet until 5pm, so assuming it'll take approx. ten hours (according to googlemaps) to get to Val Thorens from Calais...which train do we want to get?

[juanchan]

I'm ok with whenever's better for other people. I'm sure Jeff and I can get to an arranged meeting point at the right time, so it's up to you guys who'll have been on the road for a few hours already.

[tDR]

Looking that way - other half finally landed a nursing job following finishing her training a few months ago and so we're gonna replace her Almera with said BFO off roader. 7-seat Chevrolet Captiva looks good value / practical etc.

 

OK we're gonna have a lot of crap with us between equipment and luggage but 4 of us should be fine until we rendezevous with the CRV and offload one of you

 

We can always get to the resort early, leave our crap in the cars and explore a bit 'til we can check in - 5PM is pretty late so hopefully they'll let us check in sooner if we're there and they are ready.

 

It's nice to drive big distances under the cover of darkness so to me the 6am chunnel on the day of check-in is the best bet as we can get to dover nice and fast from Scotland late night / early morning and will be early enough in France to cover a good distance before eventually stopping for breakfast

[juanchan]

It's nice to drive big distances under the cover of darkness so to me the 6am chunnel on the day of check-in is the best bet as we can get to dover nice and fast from Scotland late night / early morning and will be early enough in France to cover a good distance before eventually stopping for breakfast

 

Sounds good to me So long as French services do full fry-ups