Bulgaria Ski discussion board

Prices are rising everywhere. Prices were much cheaper 15 years ago in Germany, Austria, Switzerland - not sure about France. Very expensive in Val d'isere in 1986 though.

Still, Germans are visiting Austria, Switzerland, and their own resorts.

Just last year, I met a huge party of Germans enjoying a pre season ski trip in Zermatt. Not the cheapest of places in the world. yet they were enjoying themselves.

Resort costs are a great factor in anyone's decision to visit. But I don't think the costs involved visiting Bulgaria for any type of holiday are at all unreasonable. Quite the opposite really.

I agree with a previous comment. You don't get so many pretentious poseurs. All the gear and no skills for the hills types - often seen in the more glitzier Alpine resorts.

But if they've got the gear, talk the talk and walk the walk, and manage to look good on the slopes, let's not begrudge anyone a smarmy grin or two when they've defeated the blackest of blacks or claim to have not noticed any ice. If more proficient skiers, poseurs or otehrwise visited Bulgaria, and other general numbers of visitors keep increasing, wouldn't that force the other ski tourism countries to pay serious consideration to the Bulgarian competition?

Perhaps even reduce in resort costs - a main one being cost of uplift and local transportation....

Great to read some good positive comment for a change, this was my first time in Bulgaria and I'm sure I'll be going back next year and taking a group of ten, most of whom are beginner. Bulgaria is a cheap place to learn, especially with the free lift pass that can cost an arm an a leg in other countries.
Most of the people I met said they were there because it was cheap and thought they were getting value for money, but the "all the gear no idea" brigade were constantly moaning. My advice to them was that I hoped you enjoyed your holiday in Switzerland next year.
As I've already said Bulgaria is not perfect but it still represents good value for money.

Gogs

Im looking forward to my trip to pamps in 4 days, i have paid very little compared to other places i could have gone, i know i will have a good time as Snowplow said its what you make it and the company you are in. every time you go on holiday something will have changed since the last time you went, that is life, and if they were all the same then that would be boreing. in advance i had a fantastic holiday and i would go again. i can say that because every holiday i have ever been on has been fantastic

Me and Mrs Wheres me skis are returning to Pamps for the 3rd year running,though we also tried Courmayeur in Italy in Jan,where hotel standards etc are a lot higher, and while I agree drinks prices are higher than in Pamps
the holiday itself was no more expensive than staying at the Hotel Pamps in 2006.By booking early with Crystal we got a free lift pass each in Italy. The food in the Italian hotel was so good that it was like eating in a good class restaurant so I suppose that if you ate in every night it could work out cheaper than staying in Pamps and buying several meals out in local restaurants .
I suppose it comes down to personal choice ,we like both Italy and BG but maybe some people shouldn't be so certain that BG is always cheaper than the Alps,cos its not always so.