Compact Skydive

jumping Mi-8 is a lot of fun, beautiful scenery, packing area (under roof) should be much bigger but even so it was a great weekend.

60 Brits arrived in Slovakia for a UK organised helicopter boogie on private land. On the first jumping day the staff from this DZ turned up requiring to be paid for their services, even though they were not required and it was not on their dz. They told us they had instructed their friend the helicopter pilot not to fly until they had agreed terms with us.

In the end we were to be allowed to jump it at their dz, without our trip organiser, with them getting the jump money and we also had to pay them £1,000 for their efforts. These were terms that all 60 of us heard, standing in the field waiting for our non existent ride. Most were from Headcorn and can verify this.

We told them where to go and went to the excellent Slovakia Boogie dz the next day instead.

Don't risk the same happening to you, don't give them your money. See my review of Slovakia Boogie for the better alternative.

To answer the CCI's question to us - you are monkeys swinging in the trees!

I arrived in Poprad Slovakia on a boogie organised by the boogieclub.co.uk which had organised one with the same people last year so i thought it should be no problem. On the first day all 60 of us arrived from the hotel by coach at the field expecting the mi8 helicopter that had been booked same as last year. No helicopter there instead six people from Compact Skydive turned up and said we would not be jumping because the helicopter owner is a friend of theirs and all boogies in the area have to go through them so they wanted a cut for doing nothing. They refused to talk to the organiser which made things difficult. Eventually they said we could use the helicopter at their DZ but would have to pay 25 eur a jump which is more than their website offers (same as the boogie though) and they wanted a pay off of 50,000 crowns. They also didnt want to let our organiser come along even though he said in front of everyone that he was willing to lose his profit from the trip to ensure that we go to jump. We ofcourse found this all very unprofessional and basically extortion so refused. Our holiday was ruined by these people who had clearly planned it so they could hit us for as much money as possible. If you had any honest intentions they would have not have waited to pounce at a point when we could only agree or go home empty handed. I expect many others will be adding their experiences of these extortionists soon.

The helicopter Mi-8 is greate, location is fantastic :o), restaurant and food could by better, but anyway it is a greate place.