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Deposits required £200 by end of July please.
Cheques made payable either to 'Southern Area 18 Plus'
or 'Thatcham 18 Plus Group'.
Address to send bookings to:
Adrian Barnard,
21 White Leys Close,
Didcot,
Oxon. OX11 7LP.
Please include your name as it appears on your passport - ensure
your passport has at least six months to run from end date of holiday,
Your membership number and group.
Total cost of holiday; The brochure says £650, like last year, so
be prepared to pay that much. (Last year the holiday cost £587.03 for
those booked on ahead of deposit cut off date).
Non skiing price, the brochure says £510.
Price includes hotel 1/2 board, skis, boots, pass, insurance, flights,
holiday side transfers.
Last
year a surprise skidoo safari was sprung on us included in price. We
didn't book airline meals,... but still got them - (this is unfortunate
if you're vegetarian however). Excursions to the ice hotel (passport
required), Santa and husky farm can be booked as well as skidoos,
lessons etc.
The
hire gear last year was pristine, the slopes last year were pristine,
the snow was the best I've come across in 20 years, queues don't exist
and there are rarely other skiers outside of your party in sight!
If
you like fish, you'll like the menus, if you like meat, you'll like the
menus (though 'meat' will be reindeer, so I suggest taking the beef,
pork, chicken etc.) If you're vegetarian you're also catered for. Drink?
Last year the beer with the meal was free and there was a whole keg of
it. The drinks are about London prices due in part to 22.5% VAT, and
also the hike the Finnish Gov. has on alcohol.
The
temperatures - while anyone was out there to look at the thermometers
was between -8°C
and -27°C,
the rooms,... sometimes we opened a window to let some heat out! The
hotel also has a hot Jacuzzi and the rooms booked last year also had a
sauna. Free WiFi is also on tap.
So
if you're in for skiing at the best price the organisers can get please
have your deposits of £200 in by end of July, thank you.
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