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Hi All, some advice needed, if you can help.
My brother in law has landed himself a job with Crystal for the season and is waiting to hear what resort he gets, he has requested either Tignes or Alpe d’Huez, I was hoping to pop out the either resort late Jan departing Wednesday 20th for a few days coming back on Sunday 24th and was looking for some advice on very cheap digs and transfers,
I can get a flight into Chambery from Brum for about £160 including snowboard which I think will be fine for both resorts.
It seems cheaper to hire a car for the transfer and split the bill between 4 than the bus which seems to be around 70euros each, or is there a cheaper bus?
I have found some dig in Tignes (Chalet Chardon) which seems nice and cheap has any one stopped here? Is there any other super cheap digs?
I have not found any super cheap digs in Alpe d’Huez any advice welcome
I am estimating around £500 each for the trip including 3 day’s lift pass’s can this be beaten using a big operator?
Hope you can help
Paul
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Super cheap in Tignes? The Youth Hostel.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Sorry to jump in but im a interested spectator on this thread as Ive done the last 3 trips to Tignes and going to ADH next winter.
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Bluenose75, any idea how likely it is that he'd get one of those? I imagine that nearly everyone will prefer one of the better-known, larger resorts but obviously someone has to work in <insert small resort you don't like here>.
If I were you I wouldn't waste too much time investigating until the resort's confirmed.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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might be worth calling up the ADH tourist office -i'm sure there was some sort of bunker type place. might be the Foyer du Ski de Fond shown here:
http://www.alpedhuez.com/hiver/fr/29/20/gÎtes.html
the Florineige on that page looks quite nice although getting back to Huez after a night on the sauce would be a bit tedious
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| alan empty wrote: |
Bluenose75, any idea how likely it is that he'd get one of those? I imagine that nearly everyone will prefer one of the better-known, larger resorts but obviously someone has to work in <insert small resort you don't like here>.
If I were you I wouldn't waste too much time investigating until the resort's confirmed. |
Hi, he will deffo get either resort they were his two options, he finds out Nov and leaves Dec 7th.
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| Renry wrote: |
| Sorry to jump in but im a interested spectator on this thread as Ive done the last 3 trips to Tignes and going to ADH next winter. |
How much did you pay for transfers from the airport to Tignes?
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For ADH you could take a campervan to the site by the altiport
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Bluenose75, don't book anything until he's finished training. If he's asked for Tignes or Alpe d'Huez, they'll probably put him in Isola 2000.
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| Lizzard wrote: |
| Bluenose75, don't book anything until he's finished training. If he's asked for Tignes or Alpe d'Huez, they'll probably put him in Isola 2000. |
there speaks the voice of wisdom - of course not everyone always makes it through training week...I wonder if that number might go up a bit this year when the TO's think they might want less staff due to less bookings.
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Have done a season in both resorts, as well as going back to visit friends on various holidays so will try to help:
We stayed in the Grotte du Yeti in ADH which was lively (massively loud bar connected to the hotel) but was by far the cheapest place we could find. You could check out www.wastelandski.com but I think we paid something like £130pp for a week which actually included our lift pass too - seemed suspiciously cheap at the time but all was fine. It's simple and has no food, but clean and very centrally located.
Don't think there's a direct non-taxi transfer option to ADH from Chambery, most operations will run from Grenoble - www.bensbus.co.uk is the one we used and was a simple bus journey.
Again, you'll struggle to find a simple bus transfer to Tignes during the week so a car might work out. Bear in mind you'll probably have to pay for parking though which can be up to 150 euros a week. Les Brevieres (where Chalet Chardon is has free parking though) The train to Bourg St Maurice and then a bus/taxi might be an option you could consider? For the return journey on a Sunday you could use www.snowbus.co.uk or the public bus service www.altibus.com.
I've heard good things about Chalet Chardon but just bear in mind that you will be in the Les Brevieres part of Tignes while your brother will almost certainly be in the main part. You can ski up and down from Brev, but after dark there are no easy travel routes and you'd probably have to rely on taxis if you wanted to go out together. Brev is the most beautiful of the Tignes villages definitely though so don't let this put you off!
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Bluenose75, I've actually stayed in Chalet Chardons in Les Brevieres..... Main Chalet Chardons is more like a hostel with bunks in rooms.... we were put into a sister hotel over the road run by two very old french ladies who were very sweet and kept out of everyones way. Rooms were twin bedded and very simple with a tardis contraption in the corner which was a shower ( never seen anything like it before ) but water was hot and plentiful and it did the trick.
Food was home cooked and simple but loads of it and never went hungry at all. If you end up staying there opt for the white wine at dinner as everyone else tends to chose red and you end up with a carafe to yourself 
Main age range was between 20 - 30 but some of us were older and everyone mixed in and had fun.
If you're simply looking for somewhere to rest a weary body, with good food and a good atmosphere and more interested in the skiing / boarding than 5 star luxury I am sure you will have a great time especially at the prices they charge.
Getting to and from Les Brev after dark is not easy and agree with dean_moriarty, in that you wold need to use taxis if out in Tignes itself.
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Just a couple of things - he's working for Crystal (poor bug) - wait & see where they send him, then look for acomm.
Re transfer - could he get you on Crystal's transfer coach? - get him to investigate when he gets into resort.
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Jan Henderson
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Stayed at the Chardons early December last year - I can echo what Bobblehat says. Cheap and very cheerful - plenty of food and drink, very good value and a nice bunch of people.
Gatting back late is the main consideration, I would think - Les Brev is a fair distance down the road from Tignes. There are buses, but not sure how late they run.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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| Jan Henderson wrote: |
Stayed at the Chardons early December last year - I can echo what Bobblehat says. Cheap and very cheerful - plenty of food and drink, very good value and a nice bunch of people.
Gatting back late is the main consideration, I would think - Les Brev is a fair distance down the road from Tignes. There are buses, but not sure how late they run. |
Until mid-night in main season, until approx 5pm low season. In both cases only to Boisses, not Brevieres.
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Jan Henderson
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There's definitely a bus stop in the free car park at the entrance to Brevieres - maybe it's just the service back down the hill to Bourg St Maurice, now I think of it.
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