Dont know what applies this year but this was the case for Borosports instructors last year. On the changeover day they were provided with a ONE DAY pass. Assuming they then picked up a group and therfore a weeks work, they were issued with a pass for the next five days only. If a ski instructor wanted to bring his family skiing on his or her day off, they actually had to pay a days lift pass for themselves!!!!
You can check this out by looking at the badges they have at changeover. Add to ...
Dont know what applies this year but this was the case for Borosports instructors last year. On the changeover day they were provided with a ONE DAY pass. Assuming they then picked up a group and therfore a weeks work, they were issued with a pass for the next five days only. If a ski instructor wanted to bring his family skiing on his or her day off, they actually had to pay a days lift pass for themselves!!!!
You can check this out by looking at the badges they have at changeover. Add to that, the absence sick pay even if injured at work and all the other poor working conditions.
Now if that isnt scamming your staff, I dont know what is!
Not surprised they are all looking for a way out........
If they don't want the job, they could find something else. No-on forces them.
Bulgaria ski passes are almost the same as Western Europe with a fraction of the slopes and teeny tiny fraction of the services. Look at the number of button drag lifts in Borovets - these don't exist in modern resorts. The toilets and restaurant facilities on the slopes are an absolute joke and piste management is little better. The staff are a surly bunch of ignorant goat herdsmen. I certain don't see ...
If they don't want the job, they could find something else. No-on forces them.
Bulgaria ski passes are almost the same as Western Europe with a fraction of the slopes and teeny tiny fraction of the services. Look at the number of button drag lifts in Borovets - these don't exist in modern resorts. The toilets and restaurant facilities on the slopes are an absolute joke and piste management is little better. The staff are a surly bunch of ignorant goat herdsmen. I certain don't see anything for 3 million leva investment.
However, it is 1 hour down the road and they have 2 feet of powder at the moment. wooooot!
And also --- nobody forces anybody to go to Bulgaria.............. it's our own choice.
Personally and I speak for myself and my 7 friends who come with me, plus I'm sure many others on this site, we go there because we love it......... and prices are never a consideration.
In an Eric Cantona way of thinking..............
If you buy a cheap meal, it will still fill you up. And maybe you will enjoy it more than Nuvo Cuisine that leaves you hungry.
My buddy got skis, poles and boots for 20leva on Saturday in the shop right by the gondola. However this may be just because it was opening day and no tourists - the shack on the other side of the car park (same side as the gondola) was renting at 25 leva last year for skis and boots (no reduction if you don't want boots). The place looks a bit down at heel, but the kit was good enough.
I am going to Pamporovo in Feb (so excited to go skiing!!) and I am confused with the prices of the lifts....Should we really buy it throught our travel agency? Is it really more expensive to buy it over there? And does anybody know how much it is?
Travel agents are charging about £70-79 depending on resort. They are about £100 in resort, that's for 6 days. But someone posted recently that buying day passes was no cheaper than a 6 day pass in resort, so if you might not go out every day that might be cheaper.