 Poster: A snowHead
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Hello,
I am looking at booking a ski trip through UCPA. Since this would be my first time in France, I'm looking at airport transfers with companies like https://alpinefleet.com/
They are scheduled on Saturdays, and UCPA is Sunday arrival (they have mentioned a small text about early arrivals). If I could have my stay start from Saturday at UCPA that would be great, but I can't find anything on the site that would let me do that.
Does anyone know how I can go about looking at that? I've emailed them almost a week ago but haven't heard back.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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If you book through Action Outdoors rather than direct from UCPA, the trips are sat-sat. Even on the french UCPA website you can still choose the early arrival which costs an extra €75, but this is not available for every centre. To choose this option you will have to confirm all your details first before it pops up, but before you pay up.
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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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When booking direct through UCPA you just need to select ‘arrivée la veille’; if I recall correctly it’s under ‘suppléments’, after you’ve chosen your room type.
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You need to Login to know who's really who.
You need to Login to know who's really who.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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As above, they generally offer Saturday arrival (mainly for non-French guests) use Action Outdoors or it's an option via the French UCPA site as above. For the small difference in price (as a long term UCPA user) I've found booking using AO worthwhile for the cost difference compared to a direct booking, with the exception of booking very early and getting the French UCPA discount. Would help to understand the resort and airport (assuming Geneva).
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You'll need to Register first of course.
You'll need to Register first of course.
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If you book through Action Outdoors you get Saturday to Saturday as standard. You also get a 1/2 a day lift pass on the final Saturday if you have a late return airport transfer (I don't bother because I usually have an early transfer and it is a bit of extra hassle/stress).
If you arrive early enough the ski shop will be open for a bit in the evening on Saturday so you can pick up your skis and lift pass on Saturday and be able to get first lifts on Sunday.
On Sunday there are no lessons apart from for the absolute beginners group so it is just a free ski day for most people.
Most Brits/Swedes etc. tend to arrive on the Saturday. The French tend to arrive more staggered over Saturday and Sunday as they come by a mix of car/train/bus and as you have found if you book through UCPA directly they have to add on the early arrival.
I have used Alpinefleet for the past 4 seasons and they have generally been fine. If you are going to Geneva, the shared transfer desks by arrivals is always organised chaos on a Saturday (pro-tip, if you have a bit of a wait for your coach go on a short walk to the train station. It is much quieter with more seating and there is a supermarket right at the end of the station if you need supplies). The different shared transfer companies are pretty much the same. If things are working smoothly then things are fine for all of them. If something has gone wrong (staffing issues at Geneva arrivals, accident on the motorway, bad weather etc.) then it will just be luck of the draw when you get to the resort.
I have used Ben's Bus before as well which has been fine as well.
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