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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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Craghopper, Bens Bus is good, about £35 return each.
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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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Craghopper, May want to include some delays in your planning with a flight arriving that late......
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Craghopper, with 3 of you, at that time of night, and potential delays, I'd definitely hire a car.
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I'd definitely rent a car. Just make sure it's not with Hertz as it's the one that the whole Ryanair flight will be using
and you could be queuing for up to 2 hours for your car.
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It's been said before, but one of you needs to dash out and get in the car queue, leaving the others to get the luggage. The driver needs to dash out.....
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Get the bus and stay overnight in Grenoble then get the first bus in the morning up the hill. Alternatively change your flight
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rayscoops, last bus to resort from Grenoble is at about 22:00, designed to connect with late-arriving flights.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Thinking about it I would never get a flight that arrives at Grenoble airport at 8pm in the first place
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Well I would, if it was a good deal, and fitted in with my commitments in the UK. I'd hire a car, though. Staying in Grenoble means missing half a day's skiing.
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pam w, I'd still get the bus - friend of mine did it the other week without any problem. Mind you, Globespan did lose her luggage.
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You know it makes sense.
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last bus on Saturdays to both L2A and AdH is 22.15pm and gets you in at midnight, if you miss that you are stuck in Grenoble, first bus the next day to LDA is 11.00am, and to AdH is 8.05am. You would certainly miss the best part of the day in LDA but you would get a full day in AdH. Safest bet is hiring a car, if you can get one.
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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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I know it's not AdH or L2A, but I've booked a private taxi transfer for Grenoble to Chamrousse for €300 return for 7 peeps. I'll try to find the details if anyone is interested.
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Poster: A snowHead
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I'd recommend Bensbus, used them for a transfer for a group of six arriving in GNB at 8pm-ish back in Jan and they were superb. There was a problem with their booking server so Ben phoned me from France and sorted it out, and also called to check which stop in Alpe D we wanted to be picked up from on the way home. Quality service, cheap as chips too, job done.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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.... at only about three times as much as the VFD. 
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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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Chamrousse is much closer to Grenoble than LDA or ADH.
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| pam w wrote: |
| Chamrousse is much closer to Grenoble than LDA or ADH. |
Sorry for posting then. 
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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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Thanks, everyone, for your input.
Our current plan is, as our chalet is below Huez, is to pre-hire a car at Grenoble airport Saturday evening, relax with a good meal and a cheap/medium room in Grenoble and then drive up to the chalet on Sunday morning. Less stress on Saturday, a relaxed start on Sunday and then we have the car for the week which would, for example, enable us to go to L2A for a day during the week.
About £200 for the week including 2nd driver, ski pack (might drop that if there's no heavy snowfall forecast) and damage excess waiver - don't like the idea of car hire company knocking large amounts off my credit card with a promise of "you'll get it back at the end of the week". 
The whole deal looks like below £500 each for a huge room, lovely catered chalet, flights and car hire. Not bad. Might never go on a ready-made package again.
Craghopper
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