Ski Trip Booking Form by Julian Stacey

Warning Form Below Has Been Deliberately Temprarily Crippled, To NOT Send Organiser Email

The Crippling will be remove when the form is needed for next ski trip.
Reason for crippling is that spammers run robots that excrete into the form.

Trip Info for this form: http://berklix.com/jhs/ski/form.html

Why You Must Use Booking Form
(& Can Not Book By Phone Or Over A Beer In A Pub or Coffee in my flat)

Organiser is busy on other things, each time 10 to 40 people randomly phone & interrupt him, & he frequently forgets to ask all he'll need to know later. : It's unfair to burden him with the responsibility of phoning you back later, chasing you for answers the questions on this form will prompt you to answer.
If there's eg 15 to organise in a ski group, the organiser's time is 15 times as scarce & valuable as yours. (The biggest trip was once 40: a nightmare to organise - time unpaid!)
The club is extremely short of downhill organisers competent & willing to organise weekend trips, but we're not short of skiers.
It'd be daft to waste the time of one of the very few remaining downhill ski weekend organisers, with administrative trivia I have invested time to automate.
Just fellow organisers of downhill ski trips may sometimes be given the small bonus of choosing whether or not to book by phone or web form, but best if they use the form too.
Volunteer to organise 1 & 2 day trips are Very welcome to contact Julian.

Before Filling Form

Please Read Information Sheet
Beware Rogues: The vast majority of people who come with us have lots of fun, but the GEA gets occasional rogues, so help play "Spot The Looney ! Here's how: ...
- Warning: You Owe Us Obligation To Fit In & Adapt To Us If You Join Us
  - You Must fit in & adapt to group & particularly to organiser's requirements, else do Not come.
  - We (GEA club & Ski Group & Organisers , & Author) Charge No Money... So ...
  - Be flexible: Not demanding: You are not a paying customer; You have No customer rights or entitlements. This is NOT some commercial package holiday.
  - Do what's convenient for Organiser: Who is not paid to work for your preferences, & has lots of Other skiers to organise for too, Organisers is there primarily to ski & have fun, Not to work unpaid.
  - Do what's convenient for Drivers: they are not taxi drivers paid to run around for passenger convenience; if you want something special, pay extra petrol, & try persuasion with free coffee/ cake/ beer etc.
  - Avoid provoking organiser & Drivers who are there to Ski & have fun, not paid to provide for you.
  - If you won't adapt to fit in: Do Not Come !
    - Deliberate trouble makers (yes there are egotists who occasionally deliberately annoy Organisers &/or drivers) are Not tolerated.
    - Ruining the ski organiser's weekend is not tolerated - It also imperils next year's trip.
    - Ruining the ski group's happy mood is not tolerated.
    - Deliberate trouble makers are fined part of or all their deposit &/or dumped &/or ostracised by group members, & other organisers etc warned that they are trouble not worth taking.
    - If you reckon your personal individual understanding/ experience, or desires are any where near as important, balanced, or informed as the Organisers some of us who have 20 years experience organising trips, realise you are almost certainly Wrong, & won't fit in, so do Not Come.
      Pay a commercial travel company instead.
- OTHERS PLEASE HELP
- - Do NOT let your organiser be abused - Interrupt a trouble maker.
  - Allowing trouble makers to occasionally make the weekend a hell for Organisers, without interrupting them, is lousey thanks to the organiser, discourages new Organisers & more trips. (We've had trips not run next year, because a rogue the year before destroyed the organiser's interest to work unpaid next year.
  - We've too few Organisers & trips, the remaining very few Organisers really need Your personal active intervention to prevent occasional rogues spoiling current & future trips !
Keep Thinking & Volunteer Please help Organiser, Drivers, & rest of group where possible. Do Not switch brain off, think & plan ahead ! What might go wrong ? How can you help ?

Limitations

No Phone Booking ! At least not for Julian's trips. (The form ensure you answer questions you & organisers would forget otherwise, )
No families, kids, animals, disabled etc. (Sorry, but we do not need More complication & unpaid work.)
No smokers: Certainly none on Julian's trips, (& in fact none of our organisers smoke, & I know of none who will tolerate it at table when they organise, & most or maybe all our drivers won't tolerate it in their cars.)
Book & pay deposits as individuals or couples.
Couples: Your partner can fill in the form for you, & pay the deposit for you, no need to fill the form twice, once per person. If you do not want to rely on your partner getting all your info right, you can send your own form for both of you, too.
No group bookings: (Sub groups tend to be too independent, & not fit in).
Data privacy & security not guaranteed
- The green icon marks data probably seen by all participants;
- The red icon marks data probably mostly for organiser only.
- The data on this form is not encrypted, (This form collects data using plain http not https. The data is mailed on to organiser un-encrypted).

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- No password to remember for your data, - it's not stored for you to edit on net servers.
Your browser needs to support:
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You cannot click to copy last year's older data back into the form:
- It avoids data security issues for us.
- It avoids me spending time unpaid implementing a database.
- Type it in again this year, & check your info is still correct
- Or mouse copy/ cut & paste from your own file copy from last year, but check it is still current).

ARE YOU HUMAN ?

Seriously, Do NOT Skip This Question !!

You Must Answer This, else your booking will be Dumped Unseen automatically !

Reason Why: (This form is attacked by robots that excrete junk; so this form dumps booking, Unless you tell form you are human.)

Date, Destination & Organiser.


Trips beginning with ++ Book with this form. ( Just Julian's trips so far). Trips beginning with __ Do Not [yet] book with this form. Book direct with organiser. (Other organisers are welcome to contact Julian to arrange this form to collect bookings for their trips too.) This year's GEA Ski timetable (detail on various trips).

Your Contact Information.

Please fill all boxes possible: Just before & during a trip, if problems arise, organiser needs maximal chance to contact participants. Organiser may phone if too late for email. (No umlauts!)

Name, Email, Phone, Fax.	You.	Partner If Going
First/Individual/Given/Christian Name Example: "Julian".
Surname/Name of whole family Example: "Stacey".
Email @ Home. (Used just for this one trip. If you want to also subscribe our mail list, see below.)
Email @ Work.
Phone @ Home Example: +49 89 12345678.
Phone @ Work Example: +49 89 12345678 1234.
Personal Mobile Phone Example: +49 160 12345678 If not leaving it in Munich, or turned off. For emergency only, or after personal invitation. organiser & others & you do Not want to pay for calls relayed to & or from Germany!
Personal Mobile Phone Roaming Click if receive enabled in Austria.
Company Mobile Phone (If different, for before/ after trip).
Fax @ Home Example: +49 89 123456 For organiser in case all else fails.
Fax @ Work

The Journey.

Will You (& Your Partner if going) Be A Driver Or Passenger ?

Click just one button in left column.
If you have a partner also going:

Also click just one different button in right column.
Only designate one Driver per vehicle, even if more than one person will actually drive at different times. The one Official Driver per vehicle is also a sub organiser, the designated information / liason channel between main trip organiser, all that vehicle's passengers, & other official drivers. (Formality is to ensure eg passengers if swapped between cars do Not get left behind!)

Driver Or Passenger	You Click Just One	Partner If Going Click In A Different Row
Driver with own fully mountain-winterised vehicle; who wants to drive.
Driver with vehicle at departure point, easy to be either driver or passenger
Driver with vehicle at departure point, prefers to be a passenger
Passenger who could bring a vehicle fit for mountains if asked in advance.
Passenger. Includes people who drive to departure point with cars not fit for mountains, & non car owners who may be willing to drive if asked).

Car Details (Only from Main Vehicle Driver),
Passengers Who Do Not Bring A Car Skip This.

People who prefer to be a passenger, but have a car if necessary: Please do Not skip this, (or following "Skip This" sections), The organiser may need to decide which vehicle to select & give advance warning to, if we do not have enough vehicles.

Vehicle (Car) Details
Passengers Skip This.

Please fill all boxes possible: (Useful when people ask organiser in cafe, who is in which car & what it looks like, so they can put a message under wind-screen wiper, or skis under car.)

	Answer Here	Example
Colour		Metallic Silver Grey
Manufacturer		BMW, VW, Ford, Subaru
Type		Saloon, Hatch- back, Estate.
Model		Model T / Golf / 3 Series / E Type
Car Registration		M-AB1234 (No umlauts!)

Seats In Car
Passengers Skip This.

Total Seats In Vehicle, Including Driver's Seat Excluding seats that can't be use because of skis inside vehicle & luggage on seats. Excluding neck bending Porsches back seats.	Click Just One
1 Seat, Lone Driver, cannot take passengers both ways (eg perhaps because of insurance, unreliable engine, or staying on, going to Italy after etc).
2 Seats, eg Porsches, or couple travelling alone, staying in Austria after, or skis diagonal inside small saloon.
3 Seats, eg Small Saloon Car
4 Seats, Average Saloon Car
5 Seats, Large Estate Car = Kombi- Wagen, with power & room for 5 passengers + luggage (but do not worry, we aim for just 4, 5 is just for contingencies.
6 Seats, Van
7 Seats, Van
8 Seats, Van

Ski Rack Capacity
Passengers Skip This.

Rack Capacity, Total Space Before Including Driver's Own Skis	Click Just One
No rack & no room in car for skis - So why are you driving ?
No rack but room in car. - Maybe split back seats.
2 pairs of normal skis (Perhaps crappy magnetic holder, crappy surf pole rubber mountings)
3 pairs of normal skis (eg half rack), horizontal mounting, could also take a snow board.
3 pairs of normal skis (eg half rack), vertical mounting, will not take a snow board (Except with rope) )
4 pairs skis laid flat (eg could also take a board).
4 pairs of skis, individual vertical mounting, no snow board (Except with rope).
6 pairs of skis laid flat (Each half rack can also take 1 [or 2 if 2nd upside down, & rack high] board[s] instead of skis) eg Nigel's rack).
6 pairs of skis, individually mounted, rack will not take a snow board (Except with rope) (eg Julian's `Sherpa' rack).

Tyre Type
Passengers Skip This.

Front/ Rear/ 4 Wheel Drive
Passengers Skip This.

Snow Chains
Passengers Skip This.

Number Of Chains: Most have 2 chains. Some 4 wheel drive (Allrad) vehicles may have 4 chains).

Any Passengers Specially Wanted, Or To Avoid ?
Passengers Skip This.

Any particular passenger(s) wanted ? ***
Any particular passenger(s) not wanted ? ***
*** = Leave blank preferably.

Passenger (& deputy/ co-drivers) Details.
(Main Drivers Skip This.)

Any Driver Specially Wanted, Or To Avoid ?
(Drivers Skip This)

Most leave next 2 boxes blank.
Any driver particularly wanted ?
Any driver particularly to avoid ?

Skis & Skiing

Ski Equipment: Transportation &/or Hire

Ski Transportation

How many pairs of skis etc to transport from Munich ?

Type of Skis	You	Partner
Down Hill or Tour (pair) (only if not Too wide).
Langlauf (pair) (cross country)
Snow boards
Other, Bulky Awkward Equipment. (that might fit better in eg a van than a car). Extremely wide carvers that do not fit some racks (eg Julian's Sherpa diagonal mount), you could perhaps either list as a snow boards, or enter here along with Ski Bike, split & sprung board, hang glider, para foil, etc & put explanation in comment box at end of form.
Other buly sports equipment, eg "Big Feet" mini skis, or split pivoted board, that might travel inside a normal car. Although these things may fit in some cars, not all: Please warn. Explain in comment box at end of form. Do not use either this box or comment box to tell us you'r taking walking or moon boots for evenings, or ski sticks, (they're all considered normal). If you will be a non skier, taking & hiring no equipment, Use this box to warn we need to discuss if you may have problematic variant requirements compared to all day skiers, re. car access etc. (Skiers leave cars locked the whole day).

Ski Hire

Do you want to [try to] delay your car & fellow travellers from skiing while you hire equipment ?

Ski Lift passes are expensive, & ski hours limited, so delaying fellow passengers is to be avoided, but can perhaps be part compensated by buying all those delayed a drink ! Better to purchase or hire skis in Munich, & bring them to departure point, this reduces delay & you can choose skis & have binding set at leisure.

You Click if Yes	Partner Click if Yes

For Mayrhofen

There's perhaps just 1 ski hire shop in Finkenberg, (which may well be closed for lunch when we arrive) (& others down in Mayrhofen).

For Kitzbuhel

Day trip, we have no time to wait, & no local shop at which to hire skis. You must have your own skis etc.

No Equipment Owned & No Equipment To Be Hired ?

If you are not a driver, & do not do not mark any equipment above in this box:

Explain in comment box at end of form: What you plan to do all day, (Because drivers will be up mountain, & will not give out their car keys so you can eg just do a short bit of Langlauf or ice skating, finish before end of downhill ski day, & access their cars early.

Skiing Competence

The Mayrhofen trip also welcomes beginners.
The Kitzbuhel day trip takes no beginners, (& usually no intermediates, usually only Experienced, totally self reliant skiers).

Competence NOT how fast (or slow) you are (too many fools ski out of control, some without admitting it), Not how pretty & parallel your tracks are on gentle slopes. But: Assess yourself: Are you an asset, neutral or a liability ? How much should we worry about you, How much can we rely on you to help if one of us has a problem ?	You Click Just One	Partner Click One or None
Raw Beginner On trips marked "Beginners Welcome", most or all of us are happy to give advice &/or help , if you ask us.
Low Intermediate: Skied a few times, maybe last year. You want to be treated as pretty much incompetent, & warned away from anything difficult. You want us to worry about you, more than we would about others who might be late back alone.
Intermediate Been skiing for some years, can look after yourself, but do not expect much more. Regular decent skiers & organisers who've been skiing a decade or more should not be over modestly clicking this box, instead please move down & click "Experienced" instead.
Really Experienced Self reliant. Can speak sufficient English & German. Can supervise others to hire skis, Know to collect map from lift office, & ensure other do, Quite capable of using map unassisted all day if separated from friends, without problem. Can cope with all slopes, ice, off piste if you must, stoney tracks. Competent to help beginners. Competent to help accident victims. Can walk up mountains with skis & sticks on shoulder (eg if misrouted, lift closed or helping accident victim). Can ski down on one ski (if one broken). Can ski down with a spare pair of skis & sticks, if helping exhausted beginner or accident victim. Can cope in blizzards & white outs, lost, no map, ? Do you take a small compass ? Competent to arrange vehicle pick up of misrouted (wrong valley base station) passengers or drivers in a crisis. Competent to judge the difference between a late skier, & a potential accident / lost skier situation that may need reporting to authorities.

Accommodation (for Weekends @ Mayrhofen, not day trips to Kitzbuhel)

What Sort Of Room ? - You do not normally get a choice ! !

Do Not waste time in Munich telling organiser you'd like a single room (there are never enough, you'll have to share!) ... or want with/without shower/ toilet, or cheap, or with a balcony etc. The organiser is usually Not interested, too busy finding any form of accommodation, & you'll be lucky to get what you're given (& then you're free to swap later if All involved agree).

What You Book Is How You Stay:

Singles:
If you book as single, you remain organised as a single for the trip, even if you might like to redefine your status later as half of a couple (**). Seperate vehicles, seperate bedrooms sharing with others of same sex.
Couples:
Couples are assumed to want to share one room, but have no pre-emptive right to, if there's a shortage of rooms & too many odd single people to accommodate, packing in to double & triple rooms etc. If you book as a couple (eg for girlfriend/ boyfriend/ spouse), you remain organised as a couple for the trip, even if you might like to redefine your status later as 2 singles. (**). If you reduce to becoming 1 single, ie one of you drops out too late, the deposit of person not on trip may be forfeit, see Event Information Sheet.
Exceptions:
(**) Exceptions being if you warn organiser sufficiently before departure to be able to re-organise & reprint planning sheet, or if you arrange private swaps later without burdening organiser & other travellers by disturbing allocation of room types.
Partners With Different Number Of Nights
If you & your partner want to stay different numbers of nights, it gets too complex for planning purposes, so either book separately as 2 singles, & share with other singles of same sex, not your normal partner, or find your own accommodation, but do not ask for rooms in competition with our booked people, go elsewhere, or wait till we all have rooms.
If Your Partner Is Only A Maybe
whereas you'r a definite, realise if you book as 2 unrelated singles, that's what you stay. You may well be allocated different cars, & may not be allocated a shared room, building, or [part of] village. You are not a couple if you book as 2 singles, (unless there's another 2 singles you happen to come to some private re-arrangement with, without disrupting organisation & drivers etc.

Your Gender

Gender	Click One	Notes
Male, Single		You will probably have to share with others
Female, Single		You will probably have to share with others
Couple
Other (What ?!)		Use comment box at base of form.)

Nights Accommodation

Night(s)	Click Any	Notes
Friday		Sometimes co-ordinated by Nigel or Julian
Saturday		Most stay just Saturday Night (Do click this if you need accommodation, organiser can not just assume it for you, as eg occasionally we get skiers doing just 1 of the 2 days, or who have own accommodation etc)
Sunday		Not offered for Mayrhofen (May be offered on other trips later organised through this form).
None for any night.	<