J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by AllyG

Hi Snapzzz,
I suppose I picked Les Brévières for the group holiday for the same reason I picked Courchevel 1550 instead of 1850 for my own family holiday.

In both cases the lower villages of the main resorts are much cheaper and quieter, whilst still very well connected to the main ski area.

I didn't want to make the J2Ski holiday too expensive, and yet I wanted to find a quality chalet.

Les Brévières is a charming, traditional, Savoyard village. It has enough facilities to be self-contained, with shops, restaurants, bars, post office, ski school, lift pass office, and ski hire readily available in the chalet itself.

And, as you can see from the piste map, it has its own beginner area with free drag lift and a lovely blue back down through the trees to the village (as well as the more challenging red and black runs). So I felt it would be suitable for beginners, intermediates, and advanced skiers.

I had also heard very good things about the Bonjour company, and I wanted a chalet large enough so that if plenty of J2Skiers decided to come there would be room for them. So I picked their largest chalet, Bonjour-Bonjour, which is very close to the piste and to the centre of the village.

You can see how beautiful the village is in these photos here:

http://tigneslesbrevieres.co.uk/#/gallery/4546293073

And here is one of the many excellent reviews from Trip Advisor:

We returned again this year due to 2 factors, the standard of accommodation and service we had previously experiences and from that my daughter being offered a position in Bonjour Bonjour.
I second my review that I made in 2010 that nothing is to much trouble for the staff you are always made to feel welcome and by the end of the week you have become a part of the large chalet family mixing with people from all over the UK and further afield sharing stories about everyone's day on the slopes. We took a total beginner with us and booked her into 3 private lessons with the local ski school (cost about the same as doing 5 half days in a group) the progress was fantastic the nice thing was the interest on her progress by everyone when we all got together later.
The food prepared by Dave and Laura was fantastic and in my opinion better than the last time, my husband who has a wheat allergy was more than catered for giving us total peace of mind that his food was safe.
Its a good touch that Rob has managed to arrange a good deal on the quad bikes and buggies we had such a laugh on Friday night racing each other on ice.
If you want a day off then try the Lagoon in Tignes le lac - swimming 5 euros or free with a 2 day lift pass.
There were 8 of us ranging in age from 20 -64 the four younger members have said it was their best ski holiday they have had in the 8 years we have been going. Would we return - without a doubt son is already going back in 5 weeks and were already looking at next year.
Keep up the good work Steve, Lynda, Jo, Kelly, Amelia, Charlette and Kate and those previously mentioned.

Stayed February 2012, travelled with family


I'm very sorry Snapzzz and Bedrock Barney that the date I eventually chose didn't suit you. As you know, I did my best to find the most suitable date and resort to suit the maximum number of J2Skiers.

I'm hoping this holiday will be a great success and then perhaps we can do it again the following year. We will all have plenty of time then to get our dates and resorts sorted :D

Ally

Thanks Ian and Tony :D

Would anyone interested in coming on this holiday please let me know by either sending me a private message or posting on here.

Thanks very much,

Ally

Pavel,
That was really funny :lol:

Do you know, you are beginning to remind me of Spiro, in Gerald Durrell's 'My family and other animals'. He was always telling stories like that - like the one about the guy who built a house and forgot to put the stairs in, and he didn't notice until the builders took the scaffolding down at his house warming party :lol:

Iceman wrote:Nice one, I drove to the shop to buy some cider, mini eggs and a curry

I now feel sick :oops:

Icy - I feel quite concerned about you :(

Are you sure you're eating a balanced diet and getting your 5 fresh fruit or veg per day :?:

Dids1 wrote:Drove to the Alps today.
:D

Well done Dids :D

I'm quite sure I couldn't drive that far, and I don't know how I'd remember to go around roundabouts the other way and things once I got to France :lol:

I hope you have a great time and there's plenty of snow left for you :D

Tony - I'm sorry about your car :cry:
Let's hope it doesn't cost too much to get it back on the road.

Snapzzz - you definitely have to deal with some very odd people in your job :lol:

I went and bought some petrol today - not because I was panicking, Icy, but just because the tank was getting pretty low. And there was no queue at all :D

Apparently, though, there were big queues all last week so it was a very good thing I didn't need any until today.

So, I managed to take my daughter out driving :D

She's improved quite a bit and it's much less scary now :lol:

Thanks Icy :D

I have posted it in the France section.