ski bus

Being a tight Yorkshireman and has anyone been on this

http://www.snowexpress.co.uk/timetable.php

looks a good deal and not much slower than the plane when you take into account the time spent waiting at airports and the transfers..and it might be more comfy than the plane

Always fancied going by train myself. Have a look at the Bergland express which runs from the 22nd December in the UK to Austria, Italy & for the first time this year France. Worth comparing prices & timetables.

Finn

daved wrote:Being a tight Yorkshireman and has anyone been on this

http://www.snowexpress.co.uk/timetable.php

looks a good deal and not much slower than the plane when you take into account the time spent waiting at airports and the transfers..and it might be more comfy than the plane

It's good. Eurolines is slightly more expensive and it doesn't take you into resorts. So you have to buy a transfer on top. I wish I knew about this company a couple of months ago!

It is a long journey though...much quicker by train or air!

18 hours to Tignes (from London)? Serious?

In that time sitting on a bus I could be drinking a pint in the Rockies. From door to door (including a flight to London and a 3 hour wait) it will take 17 hours :lol:

last year to Val Thoren .......after sod all sleep ...1am get up, 2am leave to get to Brum airport 6.30am flight 9am arrive in Chambery 2hours in airport waiting for baggage and other flights..3!/2 hr transfer arrive 2pm

If the coach is comfy it sounds like an improvement on the above , especially as I would get an extra day in the resort...

and the cost (non package)
Flight £120 (including ski carriage)
transfer £60 (if you are lucky)


and Pablo let me know where I can get to the Rockies for £90 never mind find a single room....

After some investigation I have found out that Eurolines, ski express buses on their regular timetable do take you into resorts. I leave on boxing day because there are no buses on Christmas day. Because this is a 'special service' it does not go into resorts! :evil:

I think the coach price is very good. For Feb half-term, for example, the coach is £150 return from London to Courchevel, while the direct Eurostar is £300 plus you have to get transfers to the resort (15 euros return) from Moutiers.

But, the coach is about 20 hours, and the train is only 6 1/2 hours direct to Moutiers, followed by a transfer bus journey of about 45 mins.

I guess it depends how much money one has spare. I would much rather pay the extra £150 and have the shorter, far more comfortable journey on the train.

I had a look at that coach website, and they also link to action-outdoors.co.uk which has some very cheap prices for the rest of the holiday, if you don't mind slumming it a bit. For example, a week during Feb half-term in Les Arcs, sharing a non en-suite bunk bed room with 3 other people, including lessons, lift pass, ski hire, all meals, snow coach, is only £782 per person.

Edit - the point about this is that you could go as a single person, if you don't mind sharing with people you don't know.

Ally

Plus action outdoors offer things like off piste holidays, which is something i have been thinking about doing, as you'd get all the equipment, shovels probes etc etc for quite a relatively cheap price, and as a student i wouldn't be bothered about slumming it!