Bulgaria Ski discussion board

We had a New Year up in aviemore and a couple of days skiing on a limited run Cairngorm. The warm weather had melted most the snow with only the top basin (Ptarmigan run) and Cas run to middle station open. It was packed, and i mean packed! (especially with ski schools)- cost of one adult ski hire, two kids and Three limited area tickets PER DAY was £120 (and that was from the cheaper Glenmore hire).
That was £240 for two days on a very limited area, waiting for tows for twenty minutes to ski the run in less than 5!
Makes Bulgaria very much a better option!
(ohh and food and drink were an awfull lot more expensive too!)
Think well stick to Borovets next year!

Great observation Ian... but i'll guarantee we'll have someone on who will swear that luxury accommodation, pass, hire and a mountain of food and beer is available in the Alps or the like for a fraction of what a week in Boro will cost them...

Want a deal, my old mate Canski (formally of this forum, and others) appeared in Bansko yesterday (v early), staying in the Mura hotel, B&B, flights, transfers and lift pass... £239.00 with Balkan..
Just a quid less than your 2 days in the sunny Cairngorms.. sorry mate, gotta be BG

Quite right Steve, it is hard if not impossible to beat BG on costs. Granted you can get bigger areas but you pay bigger prices, our lift passes for Aosta Valley plus Zermatt will cost us £260 each, its a lot of piste, but more than the cost of a week in a BG hotel, yes you can get budget accomodation in the alps but it will be just that. I doubt that you can get a 4 star hotel including flights and transfers in the alps for the rates I have paid in the past for BG, and on the spot costs will be much higher, how much higher I will let you all know when we have been to the Aosta valley later this month.

Have a good one don, Zermatt will definitely break the bank, but its an awesome area, and so typically Alpine, a real treat...
Lets be honest, as much as i love BG (i live here for gods sake) if money was no object i would be languishing in my Austrian Gastoff high in the Pongau region adjoining the Italian Alps, trekking off each day with my telemarks, returning each evening, rosy cheeked to a log fire, hot schnaps and a plate of cut speck... But i'm not a millionaire (and never likely to be) so my life here is as good as it can be with my limited resources.. am i bitter i cannot afford to live in the Alps ??? nahhhh, not for one minute