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October 10th, 2007 ,
Jean . Filed under
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While you’re thumbing through the brochures and planning your skiing and boarding for the upcoming season, don’t forget to get your winter sports travel insurance sorted out. For an easy quote, click on: www.travel-insurance.net/ski-insurance.
The resorts in Australia and New Zealand have wrapped up their ski seasons, and the Chilean resorts are in their final stages. Some [...]
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October 5th, 2007 ,
Jean . Filed under
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If your ski tips are aiming for the pistes of North America this season you might be wondering about the luggage requirements. We would definitely recommend that you do your homework and make sure you know the current rules before leaving home. For a quote for your skiing or snowboarding cover click on www.travel-insurance.net. [...]
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October 4th, 2007 ,
Jean . Filed under
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What great news for workers that the minimum hourly wage has been increased as of October 1st. Even better news is that the annual paid holiday entitlement has risen from 20 to 24 days for full time workers, with a further increase to 28 days due by 2009! Yippee!
A lot of you are [...]
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October 1st, 2007 ,
Richard . Filed under
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Not many would think about skiing this early in the season but if you want to potentially catch a bargain and some empty slopes, here are some ideas for you:
In Europe, Switzerland, Italy and Austria all have pistes open.
Zermatt in Switzerland when we last checked had 90cm of snow and had six runs open to [...]
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September 26th, 2007 ,
Richard . Filed under
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It’s that time of year again - the time for getting out on the piste (I said piste) and hitting the white stuff. Quite literally if it is me! If you’re wondering on where to go, we’ve put together a few ideas for you including some resorts you might not have considered. Do you [...]
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September 20th, 2007 ,
Jean . Filed under
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Do you have any tips or experiences to share about your encounters with U.S immigration authorities? Avid skiers will be busy planning their ski trips to the snowy slopes of North American resorts for the upcoming season. We understand that the authorities need to take precautions to keep terrorists out and keep us all safe, [...]
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September 19th, 2007 ,
Richard . Filed under
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One thing we noticed last year was the number of people who were not covered if they we snowboarding in Snow Parks. Fantastically good fun and not really much more of a risk as we could see. And low and behold, the underwriters agreed - Hurrah! Now, with a Travel Insurance Direct Ski or Discovery [...]
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September 19th, 2007 ,
Jean . Filed under
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As mentioned in yesterday’s blog, Ryanair has an offer to carry ski equipment for free - if you book before 30th September. The offer includes one set of skis/boots/poles or snowboard/boots – subject to space availability. They normally charge £15.50 each way to carry sports equipment so this deal means a considerable saving if [...]
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September 18th, 2007 ,
Richard . Filed under
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On a more positive note, Ryan Air recently announced it had expanded its winter ski offering with two more routes from UK regional airports. Liverpool to Friedrichshafen in Germany and Bournemouth to Milan Bergamo in Italy have been added to the schedule. The no-frills carrier [...]
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July 18th, 2007 ,
Jean . Filed under
Ski Holidays, Travel News ,
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Yes, I know. We are still waiting for summer to begin here in the U.K. Sad but true. However, now is the time to start thinking about your winter sports holiday if you plan to travel to the Alps on the Eurostar Ski Train. Tickets officially go on sale on July 24th but they began registering names [...]
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