 Poster: A snowHead
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Doing some research on the cost/ benefits of transferring from airport to resort via car hire.
Have previously gone package, private transfer and scheduled transfer, not tried car hire yet.
So any advice and experiences on car hire vs private transfer.
This next trip there are 14 of us about half with boards travelling from Grenoble to Les Arcs but really looking for general advice on the car hire experience.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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You're going to need a pretty big car 
For a party that size with baggage it must be cheaper to book with a transfer company?
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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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skivington, see above, it must be right that a transfer company will do this more cheaply than if you hire several cars.
I do often hire a car myself, though: it would be great to avoid the faff (especially if that includes putting on snow chains!  ) and the expense, but sometimes - not by any means always - it's more convenient to have a car in resort. Chamonix is a resort which springs to mind as somewhere where a car is useful to get from one ski area to another, and if I'm self-catering and am not within a few moments' easy walk of the shops, then I'd rather have a car. I've used a car in Arc 1800, mainly because the trip to the shops wasn't very convenient and there is the added advantage that one can do a huge initial shop in a Bourg supermarket, on the way up to resort - that's a lot cheaper than buying food and drink in resort. And in that instance, because there were only two of us, a transfer would have cost an arm and a leg.
Hope this helps. Oh, and welcome to snowHeads! 
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For that number of people, even a private transfer will work out cheaper than several cars. Then you have to consider cost of parking in resort. Car hire generally works out cheaper when 2-4 people.
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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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hiring 4 cars works out cheaper for us, but will check out parking thanks. We dont need a car in resort so even if it is cheaper if there is lots of faff involved the extra may be worth it 
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.....and park inside or bring big shovels and be prepared for digging the car out of the snow faff at the end of the week 
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