 Poster: A snowHead
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Hello Thanks for reading
Any advice will be much appreciated..want to to travel to Val Thorens in early Jan. But have no travel yet, flights not booked. would like to know what is the best airport to fly to and transfers, at the moment its loooking very expensive to get to VT especially transfers.
Thanks for any advice
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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nishnu, yes, transfers are expensive. It won't make a huge difference which airport you use - none of them is that convenient for the 3V. I think Chambery is the closest. Probably best to get the most convenient and cheapest flights from your local airport at home. But if there are a few of you then hiring a car is often the best way to travel. Have you booked accommodation? If you are trying to keep the costs down there'll be lots of options in early January.
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In order of nearness give or take:
Chambery
Grenoble
Lyon
Geneva
Forget it...
Check which airlines fly from somewhere in the UK to one of those 4 with http://www.skyscanner.net/
I've never really found private transfers to cost in against car rental, provided you squeeze 5+kit into a Renault Clio (joke) but be prepared to factor in petrol, tolls (not a lot), snow chain rental on top of the base cost.
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thanks, there are only 2 of us and the holiday was good value, about 500£ for accom HB, equipment, pass for 3V in VT. Only problem is travel and the transfers seem to be the difficult part.
But thanks for tips 
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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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nishnu, January is usually very quiet. You will not beat the price of a last minute booking with a travel operator. They will sort out everything so why not relax for a month and then take your pick of the countless offers there will be.
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nishnu,
An alternative is to get the Euro-Star from London to Moutiers/Salins/Brides Les Bains and then you can gat a bus from Moutiers station to Val Thorens. Bus times from Moutiers and from some of the airports can be found at http://www.altibus.com.
Have a good trip!
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nishnu, that does seem like good value. I wouldn't wait to book your flights - they'll only get more expensive nearer the time. Is your holiday a Sat/Sat option? That makes flights more expensive but you'll have more choice of buses - they are much more frequent on Saturdays. Have you looked at buses? They're not cheap, but for two of you probably cheaper than hiring a car. Look at altibus.com as a starting point.
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thanks, there are only 2 of us and the holiday was good value, about 500£ for accom HB, equipment, pass for 3V in VT. Only problem is travel and the transfers seem to be the difficult part.
But thanks for tips |
Holiday autos will do you a renault clio 4 door diesel for 164 quid for a week 10th Jan to 17th Jan from Lyon St. Exopery. Add on 30 euro for tolls, say 40 euro for diesel. plus costs of a winter pack which I think is about 60 euro. so you're looking around £130 quid each - so see if you can get a transfer for less.
Damn I've ignored resort parking costs, but at a pinch once you've got skis and list pass you could dump it in Les menuires for the week, and then ski up / down to collect as required...
Of course with a hire car you can the book first flight out, last flight back so you extend your skiing to 8 days rather than 6 or 7, which helps to bring down your cost per day.
Enjoy the trip whatever you end up doing..
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As bertie bassett pointed out, Chambery is the closest airport. Your transfer fto Val thorens from Chambery will take around 2hours which is roughly half what it will take from Geneva. You can fly to Chambery with several low-cost carriers - Snowjet from Bristol, Manchester, Gatwick and Stansted, Jet 2 from Leeds Bradford, Newcastle and Manchester and Flybe from Birmingham and Southampton. If you do choose to fly into Chambery, you can find cheap transfers at www.flightstochambery.co.uk. It's a new site which is dedicated to getting you the best deals on Chambery to resort transfers.
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You can go independently for a week in Jan 3rd for 305 euro each including 6 day lift pass .
Car hire is the best value for transfers. Grenoble and Lyon are best at 2hrs 20 or Geneva at 2hrs 35.
Flights are pretty cheap too.
Don't hold your breath for last minute deals as I was there last week and the Crystal rep told me that they were fully booked for January.
There will be some good deals for Xmas and new year as they've only sold 30ish rooms out of their allocation of 170.
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Thanks for all the advice, booked our holiday now for the 3rd in VT, decided to pay extra and get flights and transfers sorted for us. Can't wait now, this month won't go quick enough!!
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