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Bansko - Money
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posts : 13 (Beginner)Date : 02-05-08 15:14Bansko - Money
How much would people recommend to take to Bansko for 5 days of skiing, Including money for hire and ski pass.re: Bansko - Money
£300 would be plenty but you could survive on less!
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Take your ATM card and less cash safer for 1 and easy to get more if you really need it;Mind you IIRC Ski Pass is £70 guess ski hire £50 so then your spending what....£36per day for all your food & drink.... thats way too much allow £8-10 for an evening meal with as much beer as you could really handle . Lunch will be barely 2levs
Say at most £20 a day or £15 can be done, of course you could go to the supermarket and get things even cheaper if you wish.
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Bloody hell I wish I could survive in Bansko on £300 for the week. After lift pass and ski hire that does not leave you much 
Lift pass is not £70 unless you have booked a package holiday and even then it aint £70. In resort it is circa £105 And 2 Lev for lunch????!! Utter tosh that is not even 80pence. Lunch on the mountain will be closer to £10 with a drink.
Again dinner for £8-£10 with as much beer as you can.
handle?????? Blimey Welsh when did you last go in the 80s?
Sarah ...
Lift pass is not £70 unless you have booked a package holiday and even then it aint £70. In resort it is circa £105 And 2 Lev for lunch????!! Utter tosh that is not even 80pence. Lunch on the mountain will be closer to £10 with a drink.
Again dinner for £8-£10 with as much beer as you can.
handle?????? Blimey Welsh when did you last go in the 80s?
Sarah ...Bloody hell I wish I could survive in Bansko on £300 for the week. After lift pass and ski hire that does not leave you much
Lift pass is not £70 unless you have booked a package holiday and even then it aint £70. In resort it is circa £105 And 2 Lev for lunch????!! Utter tosh that is not even 80pence. Lunch on the mountain will be closer to £10 with a drink.
Again dinner for £8-£10 with as much beer as you can.
handle?????? Blimey Welsh when did you last go in the 80s? Sarah expect to pay around £10 a head for 2-3 courses with maybe a beer each and then you will be doing well.
£20 or even £15 a day??!!! The only way to achieve this is if you are staying half board and eat only in your hotel and live like a monk during the day.
Sarah last March I guess my partner and I went through £400 for 1 week spends on 3 meals a day and plenty of beer/ wine at night this is on top of lift pass and ski hire. And we ate and drank at some very cheep places. But at none did we ever pay 2lev for lunch.
Lift pass is not £70 unless you have booked a package holiday and even then it aint £70. In resort it is circa £105 And 2 Lev for lunch????!! Utter tosh that is not even 80pence. Lunch on the mountain will be closer to £10 with a drink.
Again dinner for £8-£10 with as much beer as you can.
handle?????? Blimey Welsh when did you last go in the 80s?
Sarah expect to pay around £10 a head for 2-3 courses with maybe a beer each and then you will be doing well.£20 or even £15 a day??!!! The only way to achieve this is if you are staying half board and eat only in your hotel and live like a monk during the day.
Sarah last March I guess my partner and I went through £400 for 1 week spends on 3 meals a day and plenty of beer/ wine at night this is on top of lift pass and ski hire. And we ate and drank at some very cheep places. But at none did we ever pay 2lev for lunch.
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Daniel - I went in Aug07.
Lunch is easily bought for 2levs - there are sdo many huge starters for that price, unless of course you need a 3 course meal for lunch as well as evening meal.
With the ski lift pass yes you are correct it is £105 before discount but that price includes the lift, ski boots, ski's, ski poles and 4 hrs a day ski school tuition. The £105 is for 6 days so given a time froma of only 5 days then its an option of 50levs a day or 280levs for 6 days they have a 3 day ...
Lunch is easily bought for 2levs - there are sdo many huge starters for that price, unless of course you need a 3 course meal for lunch as well as evening meal.
With the ski lift pass yes you are correct it is £105 before discount but that price includes the lift, ski boots, ski's, ski poles and 4 hrs a day ski school tuition. The £105 is for 6 days so given a time froma of only 5 days then its an option of 50levs a day or 280levs for 6 days they have a 3 day ...
Daniel - I went in Aug07.
Lunch is easily bought for 2levs - there are sdo many huge starters for that price, unless of course you need a 3 course meal for lunch as well as evening meal.
With the ski lift pass yes you are correct it is £105 before discount but that price includes the lift, ski boots, ski's, ski poles and 4 hrs a day ski school tuition. The £105 is for 6 days so given a time froma of only 5 days then its an option of 50levs a day or 280levs for 6 days they have a 3 day price too which I cannot recall.
10 = 26-29levs now in the summer we went out every night and I drink a lot 17stone+ weight we never spent more than 50 levs and that was with a 5-10lev tip. I'd say usually we'd have a minimum of 7-8 beers with the meal for me and a bottle of wine or two for the other half.
Beer at the hotels was 3 levs = roughly £1 beers in town is between 0.8 - 2.5levs. We didnt spend that much over 2 weeks there in the summer and that included a lot of trips to the Bears/Rila Monistry/Melinick & the steam baths & bbq's up the mountain.
Not been there in the winter season yet but am going 1st week in Apr so will be able to see if these prices are what I en up paying.
With regard the top of the ski lift most people I know who ski all take sandwiches with them as those places are highly pricy but certainly buy a guevine or two while up there.
Lunch is easily bought for 2levs - there are sdo many huge starters for that price, unless of course you need a 3 course meal for lunch as well as evening meal.
With the ski lift pass yes you are correct it is £105 before discount but that price includes the lift, ski boots, ski's, ski poles and 4 hrs a day ski school tuition. The £105 is for 6 days so given a time froma of only 5 days then its an option of 50levs a day or 280levs for 6 days they have a 3 day price too which I cannot recall.
10 = 26-29levs now in the summer we went out every night and I drink a lot 17stone+ weight we never spent more than 50 levs and that was with a 5-10lev tip. I'd say usually we'd have a minimum of 7-8 beers with the meal for me and a bottle of wine or two for the other half.
Beer at the hotels was 3 levs = roughly £1 beers in town is between 0.8 - 2.5levs. We didnt spend that much over 2 weeks there in the summer and that included a lot of trips to the Bears/Rila Monistry/Melinick & the steam baths & bbq's up the mountain.
Not been there in the winter season yet but am going 1st week in Apr so will be able to see if these prices are what I en up paying.
With regard the top of the ski lift most people I know who ski all take sandwiches with them as those places are highly pricy but certainly buy a guevine or two while up there.
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£105 is for the 6 day lift pass ONLY. Does NOT include ski's, boots and lessons etc. You MAY get nearer to that figure from a Tour Op, but if you are booking as a DIY, it is £105 for the pass alone.As you say, Welsh, you've not been in the winter. I think it will surprise you. Your about right on the beer prices though.
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Ok Welsh, a few points I'd like to make. Don't take these the wrong way.
Skidvd link - where does that say anything other that what I have already said - 6 day lift pass 280lev - around £105 (or more wih current rubbish £).
Your second link is interesting - €259 for a full ski pack in Bansko. At current rates (1.34191 on xe.com) that is over £190. Not quite the £105 you thought.
As I said, don't take it the wrong way. You've said yourself that you've never been in winter - ...
Skidvd link - where does that say anything other that what I have already said - 6 day lift pass 280lev - around £105 (or more wih current rubbish £).
Your second link is interesting - €259 for a full ski pack in Bansko. At current rates (1.34191 on xe.com) that is over £190. Not quite the £105 you thought.
As I said, don't take it the wrong way. You've said yourself that you've never been in winter - ...
Ok Welsh, a few points I'd like to make. Don't take these the wrong way.
Skidvd link - where does that say anything other that what I have already said - 6 day lift pass 280lev - around £105 (or more wih current rubbish £).
Your second link is interesting - €259 for a full ski pack in Bansko. At current rates (1.34191 on xe.com) that is over £190. Not quite the £105 you thought.
As I said, don't take it the wrong way. You've said yourself that you've never been in winter - take this info from someone who has (2005, 2006 and 2007)
Skidvd link - where does that say anything other that what I have already said - 6 day lift pass 280lev - around £105 (or more wih current rubbish £).
Your second link is interesting - €259 for a full ski pack in Bansko. At current rates (1.34191 on xe.com) that is over £190. Not quite the £105 you thought.
As I said, don't take it the wrong way. You've said yourself that you've never been in winter - take this info from someone who has (2005, 2006 and 2007)
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Welsh the prices in the summer are different you cannot get lunch for 80p in Bansko unless you count a Mars bar as lunch. Boy are you in for a shock in the winter mate.re: Bansko - Money
Dan, he's disappeared! Probably gone to try save some more money - his 80p a day won't get him far for lunch!Only joking Welshy! Have this on me
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Good point, I dont think ski school is needed EVERY day and given the lift pass for 6 days is only 20levs more than buying daily or if you buy two 3 day passes its ten levs given the weather may be poor on some days it might make sense to opt out some days.
When I say lunch for £0.80 I mean for Lunch even being a big boy I'd opt for a nice Shopska Salad - now summer prices for those ranged from 1.50levs now the exchange rate is around £1:2.50-2.70? even taking the lower amount that is a ...
When I say lunch for £0.80 I mean for Lunch even being a big boy I'd opt for a nice Shopska Salad - now summer prices for those ranged from 1.50levs now the exchange rate is around £1:2.50-2.70? even taking the lower amount that is a ...
Good point, I dont think ski school is needed EVERY day and given the lift pass for 6 days is only 20levs more than buying daily or if you buy two 3 day passes its ten levs given the weather may be poor on some days it might make sense to opt out some days.
When I say lunch for £0.80 I mean for Lunch even being a big boy I'd opt for a nice Shopska Salad - now summer prices for those ranged from 1.50levs now the exchange rate is around £1:2.50-2.70? even taking the lower amount that is a mere £0.60 of course you need a drink too but thats all I'd have for lunch and if I wanted more have two starters. I would have thought the places to eat on the slopes have a premium as they have no competition up there.
Evening meals I usually have just a starter and a main too stuffed to eat a desert so starter again usually no more than 2-3levs (evening) and main well sometimes I share a seche and thats only 18levs for 2 people so easily 10 levs per person add in say 8 beers @2.5levs so the total for me would be 30levs at the MAX for the evening then a few other beers maybe somewhere else but you dont need any more beers but even at that amount your spending (at the worst exchange rate) £12 evening and therefore maybe a total of £15 a day and not everyone will want big beer session EVERY night but even if they do assume a total of £105 for the week. With £30 for the taxi tfr dso £135 + ski lift
When I say lunch for £0.80 I mean for Lunch even being a big boy I'd opt for a nice Shopska Salad - now summer prices for those ranged from 1.50levs now the exchange rate is around £1:2.50-2.70? even taking the lower amount that is a mere £0.60 of course you need a drink too but thats all I'd have for lunch and if I wanted more have two starters. I would have thought the places to eat on the slopes have a premium as they have no competition up there.
Evening meals I usually have just a starter and a main too stuffed to eat a desert so starter again usually no more than 2-3levs (evening) and main well sometimes I share a seche and thats only 18levs for 2 people so easily 10 levs per person add in say 8 beers @2.5levs so the total for me would be 30levs at the MAX for the evening then a few other beers maybe somewhere else but you dont need any more beers but even at that amount your spending (at the worst exchange rate) £12 evening and therefore maybe a total of £15 a day and not everyone will want big beer session EVERY night but even if they do assume a total of £105 for the week. With £30 for the taxi tfr dso £135 + ski lift
