J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by AllyG

Thanks Tony for your input on this :thumbup:

I agree with you :D

I think Chambery would be okay if several of the group flew there and managed to share a private transfer to and from Les Brevieres, as the travelling time to the chalet would be shorter. But flights to Chambery do seem to be more expensive than those to Geneva, and Geneva is a much larger airport with a greater choice of flights and transfers.

And I was also worrying about what would happen if bad weather forced the plane to divert from Chambery to another airport and whoever was on it had to try and find another transfer to the chalet from the new airport.

I hope other J2Skiers planning their own DIY ski holidays find this discussion helpful.

Has anyone else got anything useful to say on this topic?

I'm glad you're having a good time Bedrock Barney :D

List of J2Skiers off ski-ing week starting Saturday 7th April
Bedrock Barney - Hemsedal Norway (leaving on the 8th)
Colin_Lambert - Banff Canada

Anyone else?

Yes - ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am going to Tignes for 3 days ski-ing from Monday 23rd to Wednesday 25th April inclusive :D :D

Lovely photos Trencher :D

Thanks very much for posting them up for us.

brooksy wrote: Lastly just because someone is group organiser does not mean they have sole responsibility in dealing with all situations, we as a group should be willing to help in any way we can, its called team work.

Thanks for your support Brooksy :thumbup:

It's very nice the way all of us in this holiday group help each other - it makes things much easier (and more fun!) :D

Hi Joe,
I am sure we will all have a great time together on this holiday. Welcome to the group :D

Ally

Icy,
Thanks for editing your post :D

Brooksy knows that he can fly to Geneva from London Gatwick with EasyJet (on Sunday morning 13th January 2013) and take the transfer to Tignes Les Brevieres as arranged by the chalet, but he is looking for some help with possible alternative routes from other members of this forum.

Hi Tony,
Brooksy asked me about this, and I said I thought it would be a very good idea to post a thread up on the forum and see what other people felt about flights and transfers. It seems to be a very complex area and I am not really a travel agent :wink:

Hi Everyone,
The chalet Bonjour-Bonjour are offering transfers to and from Geneva for £30 each way, which seems a very good deal to me. However, this is only for flights arriving at Geneva before 1-15 p.m. and leaving after 11 a.m. on the changeover Sundays, and Brooksy wants to consider alternative airports and transfers.

So far I have only looked at Chambery as an alternative airport, as it is the one closest to Tignes.

I have established that direct journey times from Chambery to Tignes are around 50 minutes faster than from Geneva (1 hour 50 minutes as compared with 2 hours 40 minutes). However, the flights that I have looked at seem to more expensive to and from Chambery as compared with Geneva.

And in addition some airlines have not yet released their flight times and prices for next season for Chambery. This includes Bmibaby, Snowjet, and Flybe.

Jet2.com doesn't fly to Chambery from London (which is where Brooksy is hoping to leave from). And neither does Flybe.

Furthermore, the Trans Neige public bus from Chambery doesn't go as far as Tignes, but only to Bourg-St-Maurice. So one would have to change to another public bus or get a taxi to Tignes Les Brevieres, thus making the journey much longer.

I have also asked about private transfers, which seem to be very expensive. I phoned Transfer Intelligence (phone number 0871 666 0754) and they quoted me a one way price of 220 euros for 1-3 people from Chambery to Tignes. I also had a quote from Europetransfer.com of 291 euros from Chambery to Tignes.

At the moment the cheapest flight I could find from London to Chambery was with BA (from London City) which was £160 return. Whereas London Gatwick to Geneva is currently just under £100 with EasyJet.

So I am currently at a loss to help Brooksy any further with this, which is why he is asking for help from the forum.

Thanks everyone for your help :D

Ally

Thanks LOTA - this forum is very helpful with these sort of queries :D