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I was talking to my niece last night about coming skiing over the Easter holidays. Getting to Les Arcs the week before is no problem with lots of very inexpensive flight, such as less than £20 plus luggage from Bournemouth to Genva, but how to get back? It appears that almost all return flights stop on March 30th. As it is a bank holiday on Monday she would like to return sometime the next week. I suppose the only option is the train at > £200.
How are other people managing Easter skiing?
ps we are driving back later in the month.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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@johnE, Geneva->Gatwick flights certainly won't be stopping on the 30th!!
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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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Fly to London and train to south coast..... 
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Clearly I didn't look hard enougth. I forgot about the usual - change in Amsterdam or go to Lyon instead of Geneva. I tend to ignore Gatwick as my usual view is that it is the backend of beyond. But I suppose for Lucy it might work. Is Heathrow better?
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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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@johnE, I think Gatwick would be better for trains to Bournemouth. But I've only done that once, a few years ago.
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All the flights from "obscure" airports such as Bournemouth stop at the end of March. But Geneva flights continue forever.
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@johnE, over £200 sounds steep for the train. Where are you getting that figure from?
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We had the same issue regarding flights back to Bournemouth after Easter. So we are just driving up and parking (APH) at Gatwick, but appreciate it's not as easy if you have been away a while/haven't driven up in the first place. Could use national express rather than the train if trying to keep costs down? Can jump off at Ringwood or Bournemouth station and they take ski gear as oversized luggage.
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over £200 sounds steep for the train. Where are you getting that figure from?
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thetrainline.com. Based on a Febuary date as the April dates are not announced yet (£156 to London) then added £50 or so to get from London to Bournemouth (just a wild guess based on just how expensive trains are in the UK)
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Flight to Heathrow. Google maps then suggests railair bus to woking and train to bournemouth, or train to reading, basingstoke and bournemouth.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Geneva to Gatwick then train, £36 - 40, plenty of choice of times.
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@pam w, Is this the trainfare? The flights are a bit expensive at CHF 276.45 in April. I suppose because there are so few flights back to the UK from Geneva.
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yes, that's the trainfare
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You know it makes sense.
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There are plenty of cheap flights if you are prepared to shift away from absolute peak times - from 30 CHF. Shouldn't be a problem for a young person travelling alone.
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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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@pam w, There are upto the Easter Saturday then the few flights after that date are very expensive. Well, not really, it's just that we are conditioned to dirt cheep airfares.
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Poster: A snowHead
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Where are you looking, @johnE? There are frequent easyJet flights from Geneva to Gatwick all year round, many of them pretty cheap. We've all got used to the end of dirt cheap flights - once you add a bag bigger than a teeny handbag, prices start to add up.
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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 she wants to fly "sometime that week", then Apr 3 Easyjet: Geneva-Bournemouth £135?, or Geneva-Bristol £80?
Edit: Adding a cabin bag adds £28.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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@wibble44, Well spotted. I never got that far in the dates. Just need to cost in the overnight in Geneva, but I think that can be sorted. I'll leave it up to Lucy now - she's a big girl.
When I'm flying these days I tend not to add in a big cabin bag but just a checked bag, often shared between one's wife and one. If I'm only going for a few days then the underseat bag is usually sufficient. The only reason I'd have a big carryon bag is if hiring a car at Geneva when you can skip checkin and just walk through the usually non existant queue at security.
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We've all got used to the end of dirt cheap flights - once you add a bag bigger than a teeny handbag, prices start to add up.
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Yes , as @wibble44, points out it costs more to take a big carryon bag onto the plane than your seat costs.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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You really need to book the moment train tickets come out for Eurostar and the TGV. Have a look on Rail europe to work out the breakdown. If the french part of the journey is still cheap you could look at train plus ferry as a foot passenger. Brittany Ferries have some cheap fares for foot passengers. Booking at this stage flying is probably the cheapest option...unless your niece wants to go by coach. If so you could look at Snow Express.
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@snowymum, Though I've never done it at times it looks as if flying to Paris and getting the train from there might be a good option. I say that as my last train ticket to London was £155 return. I pointed out to my friend that this was twice the price of flying to Geneva.
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