In the beginning there was only me and cammy but since I started taking my boy skiing abroad ( we will not include Scottish ski hols on here ) he has missed two years with the group and we have skied in the Balkans the Pyrenees and the alps together , we have been in Andorra , Italy, France, Austria &Switzerland skiing together , So far Ali has joined us for Borovets ,soll , Mayerhofen ,Chamonix ,sauze deux ,val thoren and les deux alpes , I've been to Chamonix twice once with cammy and once without cammy but with Ali both times , Me and ali had a week at morzine with bob cammy didn't join us on that trip or our first trip to cahamonaix , so this is me and ali`s 10th annual trip to the alps together , bob joined us in chamonaix first time then morzine chamonaix again and then last year he brought joyce aunt Allison calum and logan to les deux alpes , its great to see our group expanding long may it continue
Ali keeps an eye on when the easy jet flights to the alps come up for sale and lets me and bob know,Then we make the decisions even though its around June ! we open it up to see who is coming and where we fly to ! we got a great deal on flights to Grenoble and me and ali have had an eye on val deser for years , we all had such a good trip together previously that we decided all to go together again this year , but this time with bob and the family traveling with me cammy and Ali , so the flights were booked by Ali.,Then the apartment was booked by bob,He also booked the bus transfers bens bus again for us all no hire car this year for bob , All that remained was for me to book the ski hire and lift passes , I booked them through ski 2000 who I had used before in val thoren , once booked I sent the group email out , Immediate emails came flying back from bob and Ali oops ! I booked the skis for transfer day when we couldn't ski and had an extra set of skis for bob , I got a lot of emails about that mistake which was easily and quickly fixed ! here's hoping no mistakes with the lift passes ,As they were all booked and paid for at the same time but a quick check and the details were ok even though I had to guess bob and Ali`s birth dates for the pass names here's hoping that wont cause a hick up at the pick up !
all in we have spent at least £1000 each to go ski`ing not including the little ones , so around 6grand as a group before we leave the house and buy a beer at the airport , I've suggested that if the numbers stay the same for next year then we should get a credit card specifically to book everything one that gives some kind of reward that the whole group could benefit from this year we have all used our different credit cards and none of them gave any of us any benefit for using them,
If you’re going to use a credit card to pay for your holiday, and then clear the balance before you’re charged interest, you may as well try and get something back in return while you’re at it – so a cashback or rewards credit card could be the way to go , for example The American Express Platinum Cashback offers up to 5% cashback on up to £2,500 during the first three months – meaning we could bag ourself`s as much as £250 if we timed it right but more realistically £125 just for using the card that's only one example of 100s of bank card deals
Basically you never stop learning and 10years of going on an annual ski holiday ,you would think we would have it all sussed but we are still debating whats the best way book for the km of piste ?book for the best apres ski ? book for the cheapest deals ?book for the best off piste ? just keep trying something new ? regardless of any of these choices we are always going to have a great time
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