 Poster: A snowHead
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Don't know if this has been mentioned already but Easy jet are flying Bristol to Lyon this winter on Saturdays and Sundays. Currently the most expensive February flight is only £49.00 
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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I've just paid over £700 to easyjet for 4 of us to go to Innsbruck in Jan. 
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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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THis depends on how you want to onward transfer as Lyon is one of the most expensive airports generally for airport transfers.
Andy
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Reasonable for Alpe D'Huez or Les Deux Alpes. Bus or train to Grenoble, then local bus to resort.
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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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There's also a transfer bus direct to Serre Chevalier.
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You'll need to Register first of course.
You'll need to Register first of course.
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Don't know whether it is just those who are in hire cars form the airport but in the long drive down from Calais always find the section from Lyon airport to Chambery a complete race track with lots of pushing/shoving and mad drivers. 
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thefatcontroller, no different to the cr'p organisation of the car parks and buses at Bristol airport
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You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
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Boredsurfing, Isn't there a 'grumpy old men' thread in Apres Zone as I have disabled ability to read that forum and think your point is best served in there  . For the record I have used Bristol Airport for many years and have always found the car park to be easy to use. Though its actually easier as you get 10 free minutes in the drop zone to off load everyone there and take the car to the long term and walk the 5 minutes back up to the terminus. I assume the Lord of the South Coast doesn't do walking?
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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I assume the Lord of the South Coast doesn't do walking?
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Or luggage, so no need to "offload everyone".
As you say a 5 minute walk or 15 minutes or more by the car park bus that goes via the staff admin blocks (having waited for the staff to park!) I mistakenly thought that the airport bus service would be organised for the benefit of passengers, how wrong I was, as acknowledged by Easyjet.
I hope Bristol will be taken over by Manchester who also operate Bournemouth - an absolute demonstration of how to operate an airport by putting the needs of the customer first.
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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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Boredsurfing, Appreciate your gripe about Bristol airport (and it constantly being brought up ) but its not been my experience there.
Back to Lyon airport. One thing I wasn't to keen on with Lyon as well is that the TO buses seemed to be parked miles away from the arrival gates and luggage retrieval. With 3 kids and ski luggage it seemed one hell of a trek to the coaches.
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thefatcontroller, Is the car hire collection point closer at Lyon?
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You know it makes sense.
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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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Car hire for Lyon is off site but free buses every 15 mins straight to the door of the car hire places and you're right on the motorway. When you come back, you can drop family/luggage off right outside terminal and then take the car back to hire company. Lyon is an hour from Chambery.
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Poster: A snowHead
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Just seen on the Easyjet website they will be opening a new route from Liverpool to Lyon with flights commencing 18th December 2010. They are not yet appearing on the 'book online' section of the website. I will start a new thread when they are available to book.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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I find Bristol airport is good most of the time - I would always pay the couple of quid extra to be in Bristol Long Term Car Park rather than the Silver Zone which def. needs a bus. Even if the space in the long term isn't near the terminal it always seems quicker to walk than get the link bus - but then my bag has wheels so its hassle free...
Wierdly I use Bristol a lot for work - and maybe its geared up for travellers like me - don't usually need to check in, and don't need to entertain kids/family. May need to wait a few minutes at security but once I'm through that its bottle of water and magazines from WHSmith and then the bar for 30 mins, then onto the plane - job done...
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