Hotel Vicky

What is happening with this hotel any information ? It has been run by a travel company ( downhill ) in the last numerous years, ruining it%26#39;s previous reputation when run and owned by the Unger family.

It was still owned by the Unger family when I last visited 2 years ago.I have to agree with previous posts it was awful when run by the travel company.

I%26#39;m curious to know who is runing it now,if anyone.

Thanks

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This is hard-hitting and unpleasant reading.But you asked.Hotel Vicky is leased by TUI from the owners and marketed under the Crystal and Thomson brands.

Who on earth awarded it a Gold Medal?It is staffed and managed by very young Brits of dubious origins.Some look like ex-druggies/jailbirds. The standards are very poor compared to Austrian.The management are too close to the staff.I stayed there for a week and wouldn%26#39;t return if it was free.The worst hotel I have stayed in for 30 years.The people who like it are Brits who like low prices/ English spoken everywhere/no foreign food/chatty false bonhomie from staff.Shame really, it is in a nice location. No excuse for grubby public areas,shoddy rooms,humming public toilets (mens anyway).Believe me Hotel Vicky is not representative of Austria (Tirol).If you want to stay in Niederau select Hotel Sonnschein. Harfenwirt not good.My brother and his 3 sons stayed at Vicky and loved it for a week%26#39;s skiing last year! Just shows-taste is a personal thing.A hell-hole IMO.Crystal is becoming a suspect brand.I have had a few diappointments with them in recent years and have switched for 2009 to Inghams for a week in Ellmau in June.

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Bump. There must be other more current opinions on Hotel Vicky.Am I on my own being strongly negative?

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sorry maybe I didn%26#39;t explain properly....I agree run by the travel company it was dreadful,and is not worth the money- food and service horrible, but I am curious to know why it isn%26#39;t in any of the brochures this year.What has happened to it ? I hope it has been taken back over by the owners.

Thanks for your reply so far.

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crystal are offering it in their family brochure as one of their club hotels (Or were)

However it was supposed to have the whizz kids clubs there and our travel documentation did say the whizz kids club was no longer offered in the area so it may well be crystal have pulled out?

We have just returned and sure enough Crystal did not have any pick ups from the hotel on our coach.

Sorry I have not really answered your question.

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Thank you sanaq for the update.The 2 most recent TA reviews of Hotel Vicky were highly complimentary (not the usual thread of appalling,grubby,horrible,disgraceful) and both were going back there for 2009 skiing.

So would MARKEY65 and pdoggpalmer like to let us know their recent 2009 experiences of Hotel Vicky? A full review is not necessary,just a post on Tirol Forum would be fine especially if the hotel is now under new management as suggested.

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Hi

really keen to find out what the most recent Vicky hotel customers thought of their stay.

we stayed there in 2002 as our first ever ski holiday and it was fantastic.

would hate to think it isn%26#39;t anymore!

want to go back to Austria in 2010 and now dubious

Cath

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Hotel Vicky is no more. I%26#39;m just back from a week in Niederau and it has been turned into private apartments.

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thats a shame it , I have spent many happy times in this hotel ( quite a number of years ago when it was family run ) .

Are the apartments for holiday rental do you know ?.

Thanks for the information...

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Thanks merrybridge.I won%26#39;t mourn its passing.

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Hi I live in Niederau at Pension Margit, Hotel Vicky has very confusing reports, the reason is it went from being one of the best hotels in Austria when it was run by Michael and Lesley Unger, to a %26quot;you get what you pay for%26quot; establishment when it was leased by Thomsons.

Hotel Vicky is now Appartments Vicky. The building and some of the appartments have been retained by Michael and Lesley and the rest sold to private buyers. The appartments are to rent as holiday homes, they can be rented through the feriendorf niederau. They will be up and running this coming winter.