Archive for September, 2009
Advice for beginner skiers available from Ski-Direct
Sep 28th
Ski-direct have a unique and personal service which gives customers peace of mind when booking their first ski trip. With the daunting prospect of choosing where to go, Ski-Direct.co.uk have the perfect solution, they‚ll sort everything out for skiers of all abilities.
All customers have to do is give the experienced operators a call to discuss when they want to go and how many are in the skiing party.
Jon Pearce of ski-direct.co.uk says, “Our travel advisers will endeavour to fulfil consumer needs and expectations by talking them through all the necessary information, plus we can give plenty of tips for skiing in Europe, America and Canada. We are here to help after all and make the experience as easy as possible!‚
Ski-Direct.co.uk is so committed in exceeding customer expectations that they have a dedicated page on their website for Beginners, enabling ski novices to read about where the best places are to learn to ski, what clothing and equipment to get, along with advice on where and when the best time is to go skiing.
Here is a comprehensive guide to the best beginner‚s lessons at European ski destinations from www.ski-direct.co.uk:
Andorra Arinsal
Austria Ellmau, Kitzbuhel
Bulgaria Borovets, Pamporovo
France Aple D‚Huez, La Plagne, Les Arcs, Risoul
Italy Passo Tonale, Cervinia, Selva
Switzerland Crans Montana, Grindelwald, Saas-Fee
Jon continues, “We have had great feedback from customers about how comprehensive our advice and service is, the effort we go to, to exceed customer expectations is second to none. We often have customers call us who are complete novices and it‚s so rewarding when they contact us to say they‚ve had the most fabulous time and enjoyed every second.
The www.ski-direct.co.uk travel experts are putting together special new deals for this winters ski season throughout Europe, America and Canada. Affordable prices for catered, bed and breakfast as well as self catered chalets gives optimal choice to make a great first ski holiday, one never to be forgotten.
Winter Ski Season 2009-10 gets underway
Sep 25th
Winter 2009-10 ski season is almost near and with Austria, France, Italy and Switzerland preparing to open in the first few weeks of October.
Many glaciers are opening earlier than planned as snowfall has unexpectedly fallen heavier than in previous years.
Tignes in France is due to open 26th September for this season and is expected to remain open until May 2010. Tignes has one of the longest ski and snowboarding seasons in Europe.
Cervinia is also due to open shortly just on weekends and will fully open a month later, this Italian ski resort is a great ski destination for beginners.
The majority of ski resorts are due to be fully open by the beginning of November.
Cruise holidays expected to remain popular in 2010
Sep 21st
The UK cruise market according to experts will be bigger than ever, with more choice of destination, larger ships to choose from, experts are predicting an ‚upswing‚ on this particular market in the travel industry.
This year alone the cruise industry has seen a boost in interest as well as sales and experts don‚t think this trend will go away soon, especially with more UK holidaymakers showing interest in cruise holidays.
According to eTurboNews, “The Passenger Shipping Association said that about 1.5 million people in Britain took to cruises in 2008. Despite the huge economic downturn, these same kind of figures were seen in 2009 and are expected again in 2010.
With travel agents and tour operators reducing prices for cruise holidays, the affordability of a cruise holiday has opened up the market to more UK holidaymakers than ever before.