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Hi Folks. Getting a flight @ 07:30 on Monday morning from Geneva, which means leaving La Chapelle D'Abondance at about 04:30. No problem as I've done that many times before....
However, looks like there might be lots of snow on Sunday night. Anybody know a hotel near the airport where I can stay Sunday night, leave my car until Friday night and get a shuttle bus or taxi to the airport? Don't mind paying a parking charge at the hotel.
Thanks!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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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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There's also the Stars Hotel http://www.starshotels.com/hotels/stars-geneva-airport/
IIRC that used to be a F1. It's on the right as you go through the under-runway tunnel and through the Swiss border - before the roundabout. So, close enough to walk into the airport if necessary if you don't have much to carry - the entry into the French sector is just about opposite. Wear bright clothing if it's dark!
I left my sister there once, to catch an early flight out, before dropping a hire car and taking a flight to Rome. When the hotel proprietor found out that she was planning to walk into the airport he gave her a lift himself! It's not a nice road in - narrow and with hire razor-wired fences. And last time I drove in, a kind of weird maze - tedious even in a car.
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@pam w, That route into the French side is disconcerting, isn't it!
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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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Not sure about parking, but I got a pretty good deal at the Ibis at Geneva airport. It seemed to have decent reviews for a budget hotel, and (Despite probably being walking distance to the terminal) has a shuttle bus running until 11pm according to the website.
Quick check on the website, and it claims to have private parking at the hotel. (At a cost of course)
Flying Friday evening on first week of Easter hols. (Pick kids up from school and go straight to airport)
Even taking into account the price of the hotel for one night, it still saved us a fair chunk of money compared to Saturday morning flights. Also meant we didn't have to get up at a ridiculous hour to check in at Birmingham or East Midlands on Saturday morning/
I like the idea of getting up at a sensible hour in Geneva on Saturday morning, having breakfast in the hotel, then popping round to the car hire place while people are still fighting each other in baggage reclaim. That's the theory anyway.
First time we've done this, so remains to be seen whether it works in practice.
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@Matt1959, +1 for Ibis: drop car off, and shuttle around to hotel. But it's not as cheap as it used to be (last done 3 years ago)
@selly_skier, agreed... almost!
Mini Roll and I did this in Dec. for a 5 day trip. took the late night option on Wednesday night. Was thinking on exactly the same lines. Then, discovered, for some inexplicable reason, it was cheaper to pick up hire car that night than next morning! You might want to check...
So then booked hotel 25 mins out of Geneva en route to the Tarantaise, (http://www.hotel-rey.com/ ) which not only gave us better value, but also a proper head start...
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I stayed in the Hotel 33 once before an early flight, on Avenue Louis Casai. Cheap and clean enough and it was literally check in, go to bed, get up, shower and walk to the airport (about 10 minutes). There is parking there but no idea if they would do you a deal.
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+ One for the Ibis at Geneva airport. We got a good deal and parking was not expensive. Free shuttle worked very well!
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