J2Ski group holiday to Tignes January 13th 2013

Ian Wickham wrote:

AllyG wrote:Ian - See previous page for full details

Sorry Ally, I missed that post ...... I think you will see a lot more peps on 2014 adventure

Thanks Ian

I am still hoping that more people will decide to come with us on the 2013 holiday. I know a lot of people like to leave it much later before making up their minds about where to ski, and as long as there is still space in the chalet they will be very welcome to join us

Strangely enough, when I first spoke to the owners of Bonjour about us possibly staying in their chalet, I said I had about 15 people interested in the holiday (at that point) and I was expecting about 10 people to actually go on the holiday. So my guess was pretty accurate.

It was Bonjour's idea to reserve us the whole chalet (with 15 rooms) for a month. And it has worked out pretty well, really, because we've had first choice on the rooms we've each picked for ourselves. And we've booked 7 rooms, almost half the chalet. It was surprising really, how many people wanted a room to themselves and were willing to pay the supplement for this.

Edit
Now we're on a new page again, I'd like to remind people that the details for this holiday are on the first page, and if you'd like to come with us would you please send me a pm or post on here - thanks

I'm still prepared to share my room subject to scrutiny & health checks ie no farting & smelly feet [ or Ians socks under my pillow ] Oh & willing to accept me having the occasional cigge on the balcony, didnt say fag as it would get you in trouble in the USA

brooksy wrote:

I'm still prepared to share my room subject to scrutiny & health checks ie no farting & smelly feet [ or Ians socks under my pillow ] Oh & willing to accept me having the occasional cigge on the balcony, didnt say fag as it would get you in trouble in the USA

Pertinent clarification.

OldAndy wrote:

brooksy wrote:....having the occasional cigge on the balcony, didnt say fag as it would get you in trouble in the USA

Pertinent clarification.

-- Indeed!! Ditto OA.
It's true that I've been learning quite a few British terms since I started checking the news on this Forum (more often than local newspapers) ...in fact I even catch myself using British spellings in my regular writing lately, and only earlier this week I told my boss that I want to take a short holiday next week and he looked at me quite perplex...
... However, if I were to read "having the occasional fag on the balcony", I suspect that would have really baffled me! LOL!!!

Or using a rubber to get rid of smutty remarks on the wall

I wish admin (grovel) would put this thread in Group trips as couldn't find it easily when I went looking

AllyG wrote:
We would have had at least another 19 people but they couldn't make it, for one reason or another, or can't commit at the moment.

Ally, getting 10 people who have never met before to commit and pay a deposit for a holiday takes some doing, so well done to you.
But I don't think you can say there COULD or WOULD have been any more going as you can apply that logic to anything.
But well done and I hope the 10 that go enjoy each others company and Tignes itself.

Tony_H wrote: Ally, getting 10 people who have never met before to commit and pay a deposit for a holiday takes some doing, so well done to you.

Thanks Tony for your kind words of encouragement

There is still space in the chalet if anyone else wants to come with us.

Whilst I'm on this thread typing, I think it would be a good idea if I explained about the pricing for this holiday.

The final price we each have to pay is made up of the following elements:

1. The catered chalet.

a) The basic price for a shared room is £399 per person.

b) If you don't want to share your room with anyone else then there is a £200 supplement to pay on top of the basic £399, making it £599.

c) Third and fourth adults sharing a family room with two other adults get a £100 discount. So that 3 adults in a room will pay £366 each, and 4 adults in a room pay £349 each.

d) Children aged 13 and under only pay £199 if they share a family room with 2 adults (and this can be one or two children).

e) Infants under 2 only pay £50 but their parents have to provide their food.

f) Group discounts - Bonjour offer a free place for every 9 full paying adults, so we won't know how much of a discount we will eventually get because it will depend how many people come with us, but I would imagine it will be somewhere in the region of £20 to £36 per person.

g) Rooms with balconies cost an extra £20 p.p.p.w.

2. Transport.

a) Flights to Geneva. These are currently costing from around £70 return with EasyJet from Gatwick (depending on the flight time), unless you are bringing your own skis/snowboard for which they charge another £50. And Swiss are currently charging around £130 return from London, but don't charge for ski carriage. Regional airport prices seem fairly similar.

b) Train - the train timetable and prices haven't been released yet, but I would expect the train to cost around £100 - £150 more than flying. And unfortunately the direct Eurostar from London runs on a Saturday, so it will mean changing trains in Paris (or staying in Bourg-St-Maurice or Tignes overnight).

c) Self-drive. The costs for this vary probably between around £200-£400 depending on your route (because of the tolls), whether you go on the ferry or the chunnel, and the fuel consumption of your car.

3. Transfers

a) The chalet is offering a return transfer from Geneva for £60 for flights arriving at Geneva before 13-30 and leaving Geneva after 11-00 a.m. The transfer time is around 2 1/2 hours but they allow 3 hours because of picking up and dropping off at their other chalets.

b) There is a public bus from Geneva to Tignes Les Brevieres which costs around 100 euros return (currently about £80).

c) Taxis - an 8 seater mini-bus costs around 280 euros one way, and a 3 seater car is around 240 euros one way.

4. Lift passes

An Espace Killy (Tignes and Val d'Isere) pass for 6 days costs around £200.

5. Ski hire

Depending on the quality of skis and boots you hire, it will cost around £70 - £100. If you want Bonjour will organize it so that the ski hire company come to the chalet and fit you out with skis/boards in the chalet.

So - the total price for the holiday is variable but will be something like this:

Chalet = £399
Flights = £100
Transfers = £60
Lift pass = £200

Total = £759 (or around £859 if you hire skis and boots).