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This just in from the Grey Lady:

A Crisis in the Alps: Airbnb, Climate Change and Americans​

The mountains’ resort towns have reached an inflection point, facing changes that threaten their cultures and even survival, as demand for short-term rentals reshapes the landscape.

www.nytimes.com

A Crisis in the Alps: Airbnb, Climate Change and Americans

The mountains’ resort towns have reached an inflection point, facing changes that threaten their cultures and even survival, as demand for short-term rentals reshapes the landscape.
www.nytimes.com www.nytimes.com
 
jamesdeluxe said:
This just in from the Grey Lady:

A Crisis in the Alps: Airbnb, Climate Change and Americans​

The mountains’ resort towns have reached an inflection point, facing changes that threaten their cultures and even survival, as demand for short-term rentals reshapes the landscape.

www.nytimes.com

A Crisis in the Alps: Airbnb, Climate Change and Americans

The mountains’ resort towns have reached an inflection point, facing changes that threaten their cultures and even survival, as demand for short-term rentals reshapes the landscape.
www.nytimes.com www.nytimes.com
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Makes accommodation very cheap in the months of April, May, June, September, October and November. Early December, most of January and most of March pretty reasonable too.
 
This caught my eye from James' link.
In Chamonix last winter, there was a 32 percent increase in overnight stays from U.S. customers.
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Perhaps the relative value proposition is starting to dawn upon the general population of American skiers.
 
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Tony Crocker said:
Perhaps the relative value proposition is starting to dawn upon the general population of American skiers.
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Or the marketing for European resorts on Ikon and Epic is starting to register with Americans who have a passport.

Makes me think of Australians who only ski at Epic resorts in the USA because they can use Epic at home.
 
MarzNC said:
Or the marketing for European resorts on Ikon and Epic is starting to register with Americans who have a passport.
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It would be interesting to know if the American visitation numbers have increased in the summer hiking/climbing period too. If not I would say your assumption is correct.
 
As noted in the Zermatt thread I have now booked the first four nights at the start of our trip in Zermatt. I was waffling because the weather forecast is unsettled, and you're not skiing much off piste in Zermatt if visibility is bad. Logistics flying into Milan suggest doing Zermatt at the start or end of the trip, and of course we have no clue what weather will be April 3-7. But April 5 is Easter, and consequently hotel prices in Zermatt were a better deal for next week than over Easter.

If sbooker's flight is still on, I would STRONGLY suggest he join us in Zermatt. It is not often that the Hohtalli/Stockhorn off-piste is adequately covered, and we have 3 sources saying it is good to go after last weekend's storm.

My guess is that we will ski a couple more days in the upper Rhone Valley and then look at the Briancon area and the upper Maurienne Valley for the rest of the trip. But I see no urgency for hotel reservations in those places.
 
Tony Crocker said:
As noted in the Zermatt thread I have now booked the first four nights at the start of our trip in Zermatt. I was waffling because the weather forecast is unsettled, and you're not skiing much off piste in Zermatt if visibility is bad. Logistics flying into Milan suggest doing Zermatt at the start or end of the trip, and of course we have no clue what weather will be April 3-7. But April 5 is Easter, and consequently hotel prices in Zermatt were a better deal for next week than over Easter.

If sbooker's flight is still on, I would STRONGLY suggest he join us in Zermatt. It is not often that the Hohtalli/Stockhorn off-piste is adequately covered, and we have 3 sources saying it is good to go after last weekend's storm.

My guess is that we will ski a couple more days in the upper Rhone Valley and then look at the Briancon area and the upper Maurienne Valley for the rest of the trip. But I see no urgency for hotel reservations in those places.
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My flight has been cancelled. Iran lobbing drones and missiles at the airport.
I couldn’t get any other flights through Hong Kong or Singapore.
I’ve booked for June but will be taking hiking shoes instead of skis. It’s yet to be determined if there will be enough avgas for me to get there that point. Fun times.

Have a great time skiing. I’m sure Zermatt will be lovely.
 
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