Had a fun time and met some great people! (Kiko's intermediates and other happy campers at the Rila...)
Travelled with Crystal and their Rila-based equipment was shocking; conversely, Inghams have superb skis (MMmmm, wonder who I'll be looking at for next year..?) Food was as expected, skiing was fine and the Rep (The Unforgettable Rupert Darby-Brown !?!) was very efficient and friendly.
Exchange rates: you can get 2.7 lev to the pound if you shop about in resort so only grab a bit of ...
Had a fun time and met some great people! (Kiko's intermediates and other happy campers at the Rila...)
Travelled with Crystal and their Rila-based equipment was shocking; conversely, Inghams have superb skis (MMmmm, wonder who I'll be looking at for next year..?) Food was as expected, skiing was fine and the Rep (The Unforgettable Rupert Darby-Brown !?!) was very efficient and friendly.
Exchange rates: you can get 2.7 lev to the pound if you shop about in resort so only grab a bit of Lev on your way out from Gatwick (at 2.4) for when you first arrive.
So Inghams hire gear is definitely ok? I'm going with them in 2 weeks but haven't pre-booked anything because I thought it might be old school, non-carving stuff. If you can confirm that Inghams hire skis are carvers then maybe we could save a load of cash and hassle by pre-booking...? (perhaps it's too late now tho anyway?)
cant remember who i went with last year but the skis and boots that we picked up from the hire station opposite the rila was a joke. the boots and skis were simply piss poor, skis had no edges so the weeks skiing was more like a weeks sliding and slipping across teh slopes, a novelty at first. boots had no padding in whatsoever.