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Posts: 139 (10/24/09 07:07:03) powder hound |
Alex
Well well someone's finally come out from beneath their rock!!!! Hope he can help you, if he'd showed hisself earlier there may have been many more of us Europeans travelling with you:-( Good luck any how Mal |
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Posts: 306 (10/24/09 07:51:20) mogul masher |
well, this is pretty slow going - like treacle.....
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Posts: 63 (10/25/09 10:42:01) |
Mal, it's not even ski season yet for most folks and you are attacking people for not checking the board in order to reply to your every complaint. Relax a
bit.
I don't plan to look for lodging for at least a couple of months. Mono-P is 4 months away. I'm still playing golf and chatting about beer.
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powder hunter |
As the irish mono skier would say why do i need two skies, if i ride a mono | ||
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Posts: 59 (10/25/09 12:52:07) |
Turtle
you hit the spot Good posts only come when the Yanks { gentlemen and ladies from the us} get snow reports and powder alerts Powder hunter |
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Posts: 307 (10/25/09 13:17:23) mogul masher |
yeah, except those from the rest of this planet need to know whether to just go ahead and book something or not !
i've got a plane ticket, and i doubt i will be able to book anything in a couple of months, there won't be much left......... |
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Turtle |
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Posts: 64 (10/25/09 13:54:06) |
There will be places left. The economy still sucks. I have a place in the mountains (Frisco) that I can't find anyone to rent. Even less people will be
traveling to Aspen this year because of the economy, and the higher price places will be desperate for renters.
I understand the nerves of traveling overseas without lodging set, but I have travelled in Turkey without lodging or transportation for the last 5 days of a two week trip and it turned out great. I'm not suggesting that you do that, but 4 months is a bit early to get concerned that there won't be any room at the inn. If it comes to December and you still don't have a decent place, I'll help out when I start looking. t |
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Posts: 308 (10/25/09 22:15:21) mogul masher |
yeah, well i'd go to turkey anytime without lodging, because it's piss easy to find accomodation in a country which lives off tourists and has built
too many hotels over the years.
but i can tell you: if you book it early into turkey, you can get a flight with hotel for 2 (TWO) weeks for less than €700 (about $1000) in a 4 star hotel with breakfast and evening meal in the high season !!! i'm glad to hear your appraisal of aspen. it's just that there is little enough lodging to be had in the first place. the cheapest i found so far for 8 days was $2000 !!! no flight, no meals, no nothing included. and not even the high season ! sitting over here in europe it's not so easy to see how the economy is doing over in the states. well, i think i will just sit it out, and if bad comes to worse, i'll just chicken out of the flight and let my insurance cover it....... p.s.: no need for a translation of yanks, we all still remember "YANKEES GO HOME !!!" and before anyone gets uptight, IT'S A JOKE !!! 
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Posts: 140 (10/26/09 09:23:08) powder hound |
Turtle
I know it's OK for you to leave your booking till the last minute, you live locally [ if roles were reversed & you were coming to Europe you'd want to sort out the details early too] but it don't work that way for us, we have to decide now which events to do, all the French events are advertised with dates etc, booking them is easy we just stay in the Gite/Hotel organised by the French Monoski association [NO core group favouritsm here]. easy peasy - good accomodation standard, good food, & good value too when you consider the International standard of resorts on offer. If we don't book the French events now then closer to the event the Gite is normallly full. Your Aspen event if we are to believe you is the opposite - leave everything till the last minute and hope to snag a deal - duh - !! You'll have to forgive us for our lack of enthusiasm about that point. If I'm travelling ~30hours to get to Aspen I want to be sure I have my accomodation sorted, and that certainly doesn't include any thoughts of sleeping on the floor, at 100bucks/night however 'Up Market' the deep pile carpet or Air mattress maybe perceived as being :-( I'm on Vacation and need to feel that it's a Vacation standard of accomodation, not a very expensive survival exercise, which is the vivid picture I have in my mind at the moment of your described Aspen Accomodation expectations. 20-25 Years ago I was a ski-bum, now thankfully I just Mono for the enjoyment - where Enjoyment is
the Operative word, I've never been or wanted to be a survivalist, especially when I'm paying for the privelidge.
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Posts: 309 (10/26/09 12:03:48) mogul masher |
SECOND THAT !!!
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Posts: 191 (10/27/09 05:42:47) |
Funny again,
I've been consulting Jason since the summer, he's been looking into hotels etc during all this posting. He hasn't been hiding under a rock, I've been updating as he tells me how the valley works. The deal rate he just found requires 2 units be booked... they really want Sat - Sat but since he's cool they'll let him book whenever... but still $200 a night... the same rate I'm seeing on hotels.com. I'm seeing cheaper in Snowmass village... which is closer to the house. When I've gone to Europe, I've looked for friendly accommodations first and I've booked hotels on the spot. I've only booked a hotel once way before the trip and when I got there, found better deals and other places to stay. I think it's just a comfort level thing. The one event listed is the Colorado Freeride Championships in Snowmass, I doubt a massive crowd at all... and extreme skiers are cheap and so are their friends. Jason said a ski team booked most of the Saint Moritz while we were talking about booking it (The cheapest lodging in Aspen) I bet there are still openings there too. They had condos, and hostel style accommodations. If eager to book now, book in Snowmass. If you're willing to book a condo that can sleep others, I'd bet you'd fill it no problem. Just post in the thread under lodging say what's available and book it. Turtle and his wife need a place, Monogirl needs a place, Nick and Rochelle need a place... and at least 30 or more others need a place and they'll be on this board posting just like every year about a month and a half before Monopalooza and not sooner. Now hotels are different from condos, the condos, people must be more organized and the openings last longer. A lot of people that wait 'til last minute will either get a great deal... or will be staying down valley or in more expensive lodging but those that need lodging that don't work together will be stuck in a hotel which there aren't many of and hotels are how most couples book, because they aren't traveling with a group so they will book out faster. The trip comes down to what you want. Aspen night life??? Bite the bullet and stay downtown.... Monopalooza ski days together??? Book wherever... Days INN and Comfort INN are 30 minutes (other than getting caught in work traffic or if there's a major winter storm) from Aspen in Carbondale and under $100 a night Hang out with everybody days and eves and drink??? Get someplace closer to the house. Book a hotel room??? Expensive... Book a condo and fill it as Monopalooza gets closer??? Cheaper and you can be in charge of the rate you need from others to join you. Just come out??? Find a couch or floor space somewhere (airbeds are damn comfortable, I sleep on them every year.) I've never heard of anyone ever being stranded since 1998 |
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