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Author : philipf (---.belf.cable.ntl.com)
posts : 340
Date : 10-09-08 22:25
would love to no how many people r holding back from booking this seasons ski holidays. i have a feeling that holiday bookings r drasticaly down ???
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Author : snow plough (---.dynamic.dsl.as9105.com)
posts : 491
Date : 10-09-08 22:41
not me 
booked for Borovets and Canada 4 months ago. And spending money ready.
Igor and Boris (behind the black cat) will give a good rate of exchange on the lev. 
S.P.
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Author : Daniel Snell (---.147.125.91.rb6.adsl.brightview.com)
posts : 5067
Date : 10-09-08 22:55
Not me off to Florida in a couple of weeks and got next years Bansko trip sorted.
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Author : Cobra.. (---.dynamic.dsl.as9105.com)
posts : 154
Date : 10-10-08 00:11
Not us, decided to take our first trip to Canada in December
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Author : lizaloveit (---.range86-149.btcentralplus.com)
posts : 418
Date : 10-10-08 00:15
not me booked our next 2 holidays xx
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Author : arron (---.lei3.cable.ntl.com)
posts : 2511
Date : 10-10-08 00:29
Booked xmas for 10 days and half term in feb 
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Author : cresswell80 (---.ask4internet.com)
posts : 13
Date : 10-10-08 00:31
not us either! just got back from st tropez, off to jamaica in 5 weeks and then Bansko for New Year week
crikey i sound like a smug b****** there don't i
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Author : Bibblyb0bs (78.150.27.---)
posts : 795
Date : 10-10-08 00:40
crunch smunch. The week we got back from Egypt last month we booked boro in jan and then a week later booked bansko march - roll on winter 
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Author : Roger B (---.dslaccess.co.uk)
posts : 13
Date : 10-10-08 11:20
I think the majority will be cautious and hold back a bit, atleast until after Xmas. There will be the exceptions as above, but the good times are certainly over 
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Author : Daniel Innes (---.spitfireuk.net)
posts : 19
Date : 10-10-08 11:49
Not a chance... Egypt for 9 days scuba this Sunday. Chamonix over christmas. Chamonix in January, South Tyrol in Feb. Boys snowbaoard weekend in March and TBA early April. It's what I save all (well half of) the year for!. Helps having a mate with a place in the french alps and an Austrian godmother though... Roll on the winter (of discontent?!?).....
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Author : jocrad (---.range81-154.btcentralplus.com)
posts : 36
Date : 10-10-08 11:58
Borovets booked for Feb, weighing up summer hols in Italy - think the people who are being most hit are those that were possible living more beyond their means than others? And if you are stretching yourself to pay a huge mortgage, higher than you really feel comfortable with, the chances are you wouldn't be on hols anyway - that's my view anyway, beat me up if you like!!
Although I wish petrol would come down just a few pence at least.....
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Author : Andy (---.btc-net.bg)
posts : 922
Date : 10-10-08 12:15
Jo,
We just done a summer hol in northern Italy......absolutely awsome!!!.
A must see and do area if you can.
Andy
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Author : Welshy (---.scansafe.net)
posts : 248
Date : 10-10-08 12:27
In some ways the credit crunch might boost tourism in Bulgaira.
Clearly it is a much cheaper holiday all round and even if it honly has 65km in Bansko you can still have lots of skiing fun.
I'd imagine the bigger resorts/more expensive will suffer.
Just like in Tesco rather than buying tesco finest you buy tesco std or tesco basic. (equating the quality difference to the number of runs).
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Author : Tufty-Duck (---.adsl.newnet.co.uk)
posts : 933
Date : 10-10-08 14:36
What Bibbly didn't say is that we are living on beans on toast for the next two months!!!
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Author : pauline (---.dynamic.dsl.as9105.com)
posts : 18
Date : 10-10-08 15:31
booked months ago for summer 2009
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Author : jocrad (---.range81-154.btcentralplus.com)
posts : 36
Date : 10-10-08 18:09
Hi Andy
Anywhere you can recommend in Italy? We've been weighing up around the Amalfi area near Naples but would be interested to hear if you know of anywhere in the North.
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Author : Andy (---.btc-net.bg)
posts : 922
Date : 10-10-08 18:22
Can I recommend???....yea....Heaps of places .also done Amalfi coast .
Perhaps I'd better send u an email rather than going off topic
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Author : lizaloveit (---.range86-149.btcentralplus.com)
posts : 418
Date : 10-10-08 21:59
jo crad
i skied the dolimits in italy last year it was fantastic
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Author : jocrad (---.range81-154.btcentralplus.com)
posts : 36
Date : 10-10-08 22:14
Hi Andy
Brill, email is joanne.craddock@skandia.co.uk
Liza - friend of mine has also done dolomites, tough choice but we went for bulgaria again this year!
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Author : philipf (---.belf.cable.ntl.com)
posts : 340
Date : 10-10-08 22:20
very interesting that loads seem to very postitive and have booked so much.
i thought pamps was going to be very quiet at xmas and the 7th feb wen i am going
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Author : missizippi (---.nrth.adsl.virgin.net)
posts : 40
Date : 10-11-08 02:21
Ok, so I kind of regret moving my ISA to ICEsave but I have booked the next 5 holidays.Oct half term, Tenerife, New year Pamps, May half term, Coniston, July, Spain and August Coniston. crunch crunch crunch.
There\\\'s nothing worth investing in at the mo - may as well spend it and enjoy it! Better than keeping it under the mattress!
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Author : Marky J (195.242.198.---)
posts : 144
Date : 10-11-08 08:00
What credit crunch ???
Ive never been so well of
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Author : Roger B (---.dslaccess.co.uk)
posts : 13
Date : 10-11-08 11:57
your pension fund probably has been
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Author : ? (---.dynamic.dsl.as9105.com)
posts : 7
Date : 10-11-08 16:22
mine too bit sod it cant take it with me
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Author : LizziSnow (---.bb.sky.com)
posts : 753
Date : 10-11-08 23:18
Life's too short ... Tunnisia in 2 weeks, Deux Alps for New Year, Pamps - Feb half term, Egypt - Easter and again October half term 2009.
Hanging on for August as might have new grandchild due round about then, and if so will need to be home... but if not ... possibly Mexico?
You can't take it with you and we spent a lot of years scrimping and getting by on next to nothing. It's payback time ...
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Author : Powderdog (---.dsl.renocs.sbcglobal.net)
posts : 10
Date : 10-12-08 20:27
I'm "wait and see"; I don't want to get stuck in Bulgaria if, all of a sudden, crazy things happen with airlines or something. I do, however, think things will get a lot more sane in a month or so. I'm still looking to go in late Feb.
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Author : Bibblyb0bs (78.145.195.---)
posts : 795
Date : 10-12-08 20:29
PD I can think of worse placed to get 'stuck' 
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Author : Marky J (195.242.198.---)
posts : 144
Date : 10-13-08 10:31
PD .. Just book it and dont worry about crazy things happening to airlines.... If you get stuck in Bulgaria then just have another beer and forget about it...
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Author : fraser and sarah (---.dynamic.dsl.as9105.com)
posts : 914
Date : 10-13-08 16:13
yeah could be worse, you could be with Maky, stuck in Jeddah and NO BEER 
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Author : Marky J (195.242.198.---)
posts : 144
Date : 10-13-08 16:34
You could even be stuck with Marky as well Fraser
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Author : damo (---.range86-134.btcentralplus.com)
posts : 173
Date : 10-13-08 17:52
If your that worried fly Easy Jet. Their passanger numbers are up 20% on last year and are doing well financially. In other words there's no chance of them going under.
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Author : Hilly (---.range86-157.btcentralplus.com)
posts : 17
Date : 10-13-08 18:24
Seems to me skiing is a bug.......once you're in to it people will do anything they can to get their fix, recession or no recession!
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Author : fraser and sarah (---.dynamic.dsl.as9105.com)
posts : 914
Date : 10-13-08 19:07
im always missing my 'r's dont you know
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Author : waterskipete (---.bb.sky.com)
posts : 131
Date : 10-13-08 22:02
Na, Ela here we come Jan 08
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Author : sam (---.nott.cable.ntl.com)
posts : 3738
Date : 10-13-08 23:26
holding out there could be some bargins to be had.
Marky whats Jeddah like?
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Author : amr (---.cos2.cable.ntl.com)
posts : 8
Date : 10-13-08 23:37
went to book my holiday today and the agent said there really quiet - prices have gone up for most countrys as well which doesn't help.
There are some good deals still to have but they take a bit of hunting out
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Author : philipf (---.belf.cable.ntl.com)
posts : 340
Date : 10-14-08 00:46
dont think itis worth holding out, all the tour operators r reducing the number of flights operated and plane sharing to make money.
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Author : Marky J (195.242.198.---)
posts : 144
Date : 10-14-08 07:23
Sam ..
Jeddah is a crap hole.. Good diving and cheap petrol thats your lot
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Author : fraser and sarah (---.dynamic.dsl.as9105.com)
posts : 914
Date : 10-14-08 11:39
come on MaRky, dont mince your words tell us what you realy think
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Author : Marky J (195.242.198.---)
posts : 144
Date : 10-14-08 15:44
Ok FRaseR..
It is truly a hell hole, No beer, No bacon but on the positive side No Tax, Petrol cheapest in the world, Well paid, 60 days holiday a year plus any extra the king gives you, which was 4 days this year, Free housing, No bills to pay, 365 days sunshine and with the pound dropping against the dollar i get a lot more money when i send it to the Isle of Man.
So maybe not that bad after all
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Author : sam (---.nott.cable.ntl.com)
posts : 3738
Date : 10-14-08 21:43
Marky
most of the reasons we were looking at going. but all the info we got was for a different area and wanted a true opinion on what its like in Jeddah, Thanks for the reply
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Author : Marky J (195.242.198.---)
posts : 144
Date : 10-15-08 09:04
Sam,
Jeddah is just scruffy in many areas, But it has a beech and is alot more relaxed than Riyadh where i am.
Id say give it a go its worth it for the experience. Ive been over here 2 years now so you do get used to it.
The oppertunity for travel while over here is great, Bahrain, Oman, Dubai, Qatar and Eygpt are all 90 minutes away so good for weekend trips.
Sharm El Sheikh is a 50 minute flight from Jeddah.
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Author : andy (---.opaltelecom.net.31.13.84.in-addr)
posts : 922
Date : 10-15-08 10:30
saving my money ,and waiting for the white stuff to be on the ground in good quantity before i book 
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Author : fraser and sarah (---.dynamic.dsl.as9105.com)
posts : 914
Date : 10-15-08 12:03
a long flippin time to wait for the white stuff in Saudi... Marky, im so glad youre bearing up under the strain............just wait till later!
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Author : amr (---.static.enta.net)
posts : 8
Date : 10-15-08 12:26
just booked yesterday for pamps 24th jan - the travel agent said the bookings were down but mainly due to the lack of good deals around at the moment
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Author : Marky J (195.242.198.---)
posts : 144
Date : 10-15-08 14:33
Its such a strain here Fraser.
Are we going to Austria in Feb and leaving the others with Bobbi..
I mean you dont want to be seen with Billy and his boots do ya...
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