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 :D
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).
