I'm seeing some people online say it was gone in only 9 or 10 minutes. And even people that were on the site ready to go at the time it went on sale couldn't successfully complete a purchase. Definitely very curious to know how many they really sold...
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I'm seeing some people online say it was gone in only 9 or 10 minutes. And even people that were on the site ready to go at the time it went on sale couldn't successfully complete a purchase. Definitely very curious to know how many they really sold...
Why wouldn't you just sell it to as many people who have a pass and want the parking pass too?
There's no guarantee you get a parking spot, so who cares how many they sell. Now you are just going to piss off the people who mainly are buying it for convenience and perhaps to save a small amount of money.
There's no guarantee you get a parking spot, so who cares how many they sell. Now you are just going to piss off the people who mainly are buying it for convenience and perhaps to save a small amount of money.
You're 100% right. The only logical explanation for limiting it is to generate MORE revenue by forcing more people to pay $30/day. They don't actually want to sell $450 passes that will be used 15+ times. They want to get people to pay every single day for the parking. Selling the pass is just an illusion to pretend they're trying to offer a "cheaper" alternative for people that ski a lot.
Otherwise there's really no reason to limit the sale of this pass at all because as you said, they outright say it is still first come first served and doesn't guarantee a spot.
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I agree just make it an option when you buy the pass. Unless they really think the 30.00 a day will stop people coming to the mountain @ prime time.
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The paid parking to help overcrowding was always a charade. It’s laughable on the face of it….
Oh absolutely. But now Vail can say "we did something so stop blaming us".
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big lolz
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No social media that I see. I’m sure they figured it was better to go quietly into the night
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I didn't get it...no idea it would sell out that fast..
Now wondering if parking in the toll lot is worth it. Not sure when that chair starts. Rode it once last year..for the he'll of it.
Now wondering if parking in the toll lot is worth it. Not sure when that chair starts. Rode it once last year..for the he'll of it.
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Can pretty much guarantee that the number they put on sale is way less than the total number of paid spaces.
Reality is that all the parking pass folks won't be going everyday they're needed. Ultimately over the course of the season they're (Stowe/Vail) likely to make more from parking spaces not occupied by parking pass holders than from parking pass holders, and if they sell too many, then you will inevitably get some parking passholder rage from someone who shows up late morning to a sold out lot, even though they made it clear that a parking pass isn't a guarantee that there will be a space available for you whenever you want it
Reality is that all the parking pass folks won't be going everyday they're needed. Ultimately over the course of the season they're (Stowe/Vail) likely to make more from parking spaces not occupied by parking pass holders than from parking pass holders, and if they sell too many, then you will inevitably get some parking passholder rage from someone who shows up late morning to a sold out lot, even though they made it clear that a parking pass isn't a guarantee that there will be a space available for you whenever you want it
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I think it starts @ 9 but not 100% on that. It’s really really really slow lift. I think you could skin faster…….
Yea...parking in a "Free" lot by a slow lift that doesn't open as early as the main lifts by the "paid" lot isn't overly helpful. Unless they have some good shuttle service between the lots...but I wouldn't count on that.
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Even if they improve the shuttle service they still have to get up the mountain road. Not like there is an express lane for them
Even if they improve the shuttle service they still have to get up the mountain road. Not like there is an express lane for them
But I thought paid parking would eliminate the traffic!
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I think the lift is 18 minutes...
I rode it once and thought to myself never again, it is a slow ride.
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Only ridden it when staying in a house down there. Take a break at the house grab a beer and finish it easily before you get off the lift. Probably could drink 2 and smoke a J.
Not a fan of Vail , but rember this:
By encouraging more people to use public transport, carpool or visit during non-peak times, we hope to move congestion off of the two-lane road leading to the resort and from our main lots.
In addition, we are ramping up our partnership with Green Mountain Transit, with proceeds from our paid parking going toward additional buses and capacity as well as toward our own resort shuttle system to improve public transportation in and around the resort.
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vtskiandride.com
By encouraging more people to use public transport, carpool or visit during non-peak times, we hope to move congestion off of the two-lane road leading to the resort and from our main lots.
In addition, we are ramping up our partnership with Green Mountain Transit, with proceeds from our paid parking going toward additional buses and capacity as well as toward our own resort shuttle system to improve public transportation in and around the resort.
Taken from:
Stowe to Add Paid Parking – VT SKI + RIDE
It’s 7:27 on a weekend and already the parking lot at Stowe Mountain Resort is nearly filled. On Route 108,
vtskiandride.com
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