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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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boredsurfin, I THINK (don't jump on me if I'm wrong...) that Grenoble is better/closer for La Plagne than Geneva....
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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boredsurfin, a tricky call i think and probably depends on your travelling time to airport in uk?
bournemouth is a good airport to fly from in the uk with as you say cheap parking - the long stay car park is mmmm all of 2 mins walk to the terminal as far as i remember! GVA seems to be ok as long as you arent there on a sat in peak season so i reckon you'll be ok in march
after nearly missing a flight from Bristol airport as i didnt realise it was actually no where near bristol the city i havent been back there since! having said that grenoble to montalbert will be a quicker drive than gva to montalbert wont it?
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Just did grenoble at new year - it's a very busy airport but teeny-tiny - it has one bar/restaraunt which is self service so don't expect a nice sexy airport!
Depends on the resort you are going to and how you are planning to get there.
Anywhere in the isere region has a bus that goes from grenoble airport to the resorts. anywhere else is a real pain. i went to morzine/portes du soleil and i had to get a train from downdown grenbole to geneva then back to morzine - don't do it!!
Basically it's really good for baggage reclaim - it's practically offloaded and onto the carriage as you are stepping off the plane.
it's also good for transfers to local resorts and cheap prices.
it's bad for - waiting in, transfers anywhere other than the named resports and well timed flights.
hope this helps! - i know for a fact i'll never fly to grenoble again if i can help it - but that's more because it was a pain to get from edinburgh to prestwick!!
cheers
sarah
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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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Although as the crow flies Grenoble is closer, the path of the Autoroutes mean driving distances to the Alps are broadly similar. You can get an exact idea from http://maps.google.co.uk - it covers most of Europe now (don't be fooled by the front page image of the UK). I used this in deciding Grenoble, Lyon or Geneva for the EoSB (Val Thorens) - there's about 20 km in it.
So Grenoble (aeroport de st geoirs) to Montalbert La Plagne - 177km (2hr 44m)
Geneva (GVA) to same - 145km (2hr 49m)
Sounds similar except Geneva will be closer for you but slightly longer (less motorway)
Hope this helps
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checkin at grenoble on a saturday morning on the way back is hell on earth. Good place to fly in to- good transfer to courchevel no more than 2.5 hours by coach. we were skinng by 1230 on the flight in. 0600 from gatwick and skiing by 1300/1330
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boredsurfin, why not try self-drive from the UK for a change 
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Having flown in and out of both airports, GVA wins hands down. For me a speedy check in, relaxed lounge and a sense that the airport can cope with the number of visitors (Grenoble was chaos!) are the important things, you do not need a stressy, messy, packed check in with hundreds of equally hacked off people.
I accept that my experience of GVA was flying scheduled with BA, but after experiencing Grenoble for the first time this season........
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