Ski Safari arranged ski rental for our party through Vail Ski Rentals. I am reviewing the location at the base of the Golden Peak area. We got to this location using the Intown bus in Vail, which travels along all the town locations In keeping with Vail’s general pricing, ski hire prices made my eyes water. The second shock was that there was no choice at all witb skis in the performance(intermediate) ski category — they were all AMP(not a brand I had heard of before) skis. To get any choice, you had to upgrade to demo(advanced skis). At that price, to not offer any choice of ski is tantamount to robbery I was also not impressed by the upselling. Two of my friends, who didn’t know much about skis, were upsold to demo skis when their level of skiing didn’t warrant getting such advanced equipment. Having pre-paid for her skis, one of my friends was shocked to be presented with a bill for $ 100 when the employee hadn’t made it clear to her that she was being upsold. Sadly, she had already paid up more through embarrassment when I found out or I would have said something They do have some good points — the location near the Riva Bahn 6 chair lift is convenient. They will also store your rental skis overnight in the shop so that you don’t have to keep dragging them back and forth to your hotel/chalet For rentals longer than 6 days, they offer a free tuneup once during your rental period. They also offer a storage facility — a basket costs $ 10 for 24 hours The employees were friendly but the cost and upselling means only 2 stars
