 Poster: A snowHead
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Can anyone tell me which side of Geneva easyjet go to? I'm assuming Swiss as that is where I am booking my hire car from, if it is the french side will I still be able to pick up my car on the Swiss side?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Swiss side.................................. icmfp
(if you wanted you could then change to the french side but must complete the swiss formalities 1st!)
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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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Assuming you are arriving from the UK or indeed anywhere except from France it will be the Swiss side.
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You need to Login to know who's really who.
You need to Login to know who's really who.
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marcellus, taffvalais, Cheers 
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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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DON'T book your car from French side it's not worth the f***ing hassle, even if it's cheaper.
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You'll need to Register first of course.
You'll need to Register first of course.
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the French side is no great hassle if you know the way - plenty of threads explaining it all.
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By booking on the Swiss side (holiday autos, partner alamo) the car should come with snow tyres, snow chains and motorway pass as part of the hire price 
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bargainbill, my first two HA bookings this winter are with Budget, winter tyres but NOT chains 
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ssnowman, yes, the chains are by no means guaranteed, even if you ask for them. Check, and ask when you are at the airport. People we met here, who had two cars - one with, one without, chains were able to get the cost of buying them refunded, having left the resort in extremely snowy weather when they'd have had no chance without them. If they don't provide chains, ask them if they will refund the cost if you have to buy them. And keep an eye on the forecast. If it's bad, and police are stopping all motorists without chains, your winter tyres are unlikely to cut much ice (so to speak...)
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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| pam w wrote: |
| ssnowmanIf they don't provide chains, ask them if they will refund the cost if you have to buy them |
Yeah, someone else suggested that, my booking confirmation from HA tells me the car is with budget who, I am reliably informed, do not provide chains as standard. My informant (sounds like a spy but it's only Rob@Rar) says it will probably be cheaper to buy them in a supermarket on the way to Les Arcs rather than pay for hire.
Thoughts any body?
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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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Confused by the Swiss/French sides. We will be arriving by train from Switsreland, meeting friends flying in, and all getting train to Grenoble. Any border formalities we need to know about? Is trainstation on swiss or french side?
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lizski, yes, it is confusing. The station is on the Swiss side and as far as I know the first step is always into the Geneva town station. You'll all find yourselves on the Swiss (international) side fairly automatically unless you make a special effort to get to the French side. I have had to get people with Zimbabwe passports through to France without going into Switzerland (for which they had no entry documents). That was a hassle, but providing you are all entitled to enter Switzerland you won't have any problems. You'll probably have to change trains between Geneva town and Grenoble. and they'll be partly French trains, so keep your wits about you. You might be told you don't have to change, then find that you do (happened to friends of ours who speak no French, doing the trip in the opposite direction after ATC strike cancelled all flights into Grenoble). Fortunately a French-speaking American overhead them wondering and put them right. This was after several careful enquiries at Grenoble).
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You know it makes sense.
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Gregd I'd recommend buying chains at a supermarket, as long as the weather's clear when you arrive. I did this 2 season's ago: I still have them and take them with me on every trip (5 since I bought them) so I've saved a packet. If you always go for a group A or B car (most basic) then the makes/models are all very similar with all the car hire companies and, therefore, the wheels are all [almost] the same size. I've had to use my chains on 3 different cars and they've always fitted no probs.
Go for the ones that come in a lightweight bag rather than a plastic case; that way you can shove them between boots in a boot bag  .
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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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Thanks,pam w, as of 8 Desember South African citizens now also need visa for Switserland. Luckily?! it is also Schengin. There goes our last visa free ski areas....Costs are 60E per person , and a whole lot of hassle. Train schedule dont show change, but will keep eyes open, unfortunately dont understand French.
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Poster: A snowHead
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| lizski wrote: |
| Thanks,pam w, as of 8 Desember South African citizens now also need visa for Switserland. Luckily?! it is also Schengin. There goes our last visa free ski areas....Costs are 60E per person , and a whole lot of hassle... |
wow, i didn't know this had changed. that sucks BIG TIME!!!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Dont get me started...they make it so difficult (and expensive) to come and spend lots of money in their countries, and every year its worse.
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