Hotels for a weekend in Flaine

On Tue, 09 Mar 2004 11:56:09 +0100, Ian Spare
wrote:

Ace wrote:

On Tue, 09 Mar 2004 09:58:01 +0100, Ian Spare
wrote:


Ace wrote:

There's actually a new gondola now, which makes access even easier.

New ? How new ? There's two lifts up from Les Carroz, an chair and a
bubble, which one is new ?


Sorry, I misread it and was referring to the new one from Samoens.


I wondered that, I've still not been on it, the bus back from Sixt will
drop you there but I just ride the bus back to Morillon. I'm thinking
one lift is pretty much the same as another :-)

Well I guess if you're staying in Samoens, rather than just passing
through it on the way back from the Cascades run, it would make a much
bigger difference.

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Ski Club of Great Britain - http://www.skiclub.co.uk
All opinions expressed are personal and in no way represent those of the Ski Club.

"Ace" wrote in message
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Is that a flaine.com deal??? Sound very good!

It's listed there, yes, under ski or snowboard "evolution".

"Formule tout compris (pension complète, hébergement en chambres de 4,
forfait remontées mécaniques, prêt du matériel, cours de ski ou de
snowboard, animation, assurance). "

395 Eu for the Easter week inc. snowboard instruction, or 160 for the
3-day weekend.


Can't find this anywhere on www.flaine.com. Is that the right place? Can
you help?

Roger

On Tue, 9 Mar 2004 12:51:40 -0000, "Roger deLux"
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"Ace" wrote in message
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ucpa Flaine

395 Eu for the Easter week inc. snowboard instruction, or 160 for the
3-day weekend.


Can't find this anywhere on www.flaine.com. Is that the right place? Can
you help?

Yes, you can find it under Hebergement, Hotels & clubs. Takes you to
http://flaine.sdp.webinfo.no/index.jsp?a=16885

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Ace (brucedotrogers a.t rochedotcom)
Ski Club of Great Britain - http://www.skiclub.co.uk
All opinions expressed are personal and in no way represent those of the Ski Club.

Many thanks. I can see why I couldn't locate it.

You didn't warn about the "Spécialiste des vacances et des stages sportifs
pour les jeunes de 18 à 25 ans" bit. Rather rules me out, I'm afraid.

On Tue, 9 Mar 2004 13:53:07 -0000, "Roger deLux"
wrote:

UCPA

Many thanks. I can see why I couldn't locate it.

You didn't warn about the "Spécialiste des vacances et des stages sportifs
pour les jeunes de 18 à 25 ans" bit. Rather rules me out, I'm afraid.

I'm 43 and it didn't seem to bother them at all, neither when I booked
and asked if there was an age limitation, nor later when we turned up.
Many other guests were 30+ as well.

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Ace (brucedotrogers a.t rochedotcom)
Ski Club of Great Britain - http://www.skiclub.co.uk
All opinions expressed are personal and in no way represent those of the Ski Club.

"Ace" wrote in message
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On 1 Mar 2004 07:09:19 -0800, (J.B. Memascii)
wrote:
Mr Ace,
As the resident Flaineaphile can you recommend any hotels (or
guesthouses, etc.) that might cater for a long weekend? Doesn't look
as though there are many according the the Flaine site (or are these
just the approved ones?).
There are precisely zero hotels or guesthouses offering weekend
accomodation in Flaine itself. The only accomodation I know of which
may sometimes be available for weekends is at the ucpa[1] www.ucpa.fr
which is cheap, clean and basic, with youth-hostel style accomodation.
at the Front de Neige level.
snip

Whilst it may be tricky, it can be done as long as you persevere.
Five of us got a long weekend in Flaine at the Hotel Aujon a couple of years
ago (in February).
About 6 weeks in advance they were reluctant to take any weekend bookings -
"call us back" etc.
Four weeks later, they said they could offer us the Thursday & Friday nights
but not the Saturday.
About 6 days before the weekend in question, they relented and we got the
Thu, Fri and
Sat night deal that we'd been after all along. Basically the hotels play a
game, hanging on for
full Saturday to Saturday bookings. If you keep your nerve and are fully
prepared to go for
alternative accommodation in some other resort or down the valley then you
have a chance.
e.g. we could have gone to Chamonix if our final phone call had not got the
required result.

On Thu, 11 Mar 2004 00:57:20 -0000, "gronski"
wrote:

"Ace" wrote in message
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On 1 Mar 2004 07:09:19 -0800, (J.B. Memascii)
wrote:
Mr Ace,
As the resident Flaineaphile can you recommend any hotels (or
guesthouses, etc.) that might cater for a long weekend? Doesn't look
as though there are many according the the Flaine site (or are these
just the approved ones?).

There are precisely zero hotels or guesthouses offering weekend
accomodation in Flaine itself. The only accomodation I know of which
may sometimes be available for weekends is at the ucpa[1] www.ucpa.fr
which is cheap, clean and basic, with youth-hostel style accomodation.
at the Front de Neige level.
snip

Whilst it may be tricky, it can be done as long as you persevere.
Five of us got a long weekend in Flaine at the Hotel Aujon a couple of years
ago (in February).

Glad you managed to get in, but I think you'll find it much harder to
do now. That year there was also the Totem, which has since (start of
last season) been run as a Crystal chalet-hotel, and has dramatically
reduced the number of beds available for 'normal' hotel bookings,
hence the Aujon can pretty much rely on being full from Sat-Sat
bookings.

About 6 weeks in advance they were reluctant to take any weekend bookings -
"call us back" etc.
Four weeks later, they said they could offer us the Thursday & Friday nights
but not the Saturday.
About 6 days before the weekend in question, they relented and we got the
Thu, Fri and
Sat night deal that we'd been after all along. Basically the hotels play a
game, hanging on for
full Saturday to Saturday bookings. If you keep your nerve and are fully
prepared to go for
alternative accommodation in some other resort or down the valley then you
have a chance.

It may still be worth playing this card, of course, but be aware that
it's _much_ less likely you'll get in than it was two years ago.

--
Ace (brucedotrogers a.t rochedotcom)
Ski Club of Great Britain - http://www.skiclub.co.uk
All opinions expressed are personal and in no way represent those of the Ski Club.

"Ace" wrote
snip
Glad you managed to get in, but I think you'll find it much harder to do now.
snip
It may still be worth playing this card, of course, but be aware that
it's _much_ less likely you'll get in than it was two years ago.

That's a shame. We really enjoyed the skiing and all agreed the
proximity to Geneva made it a cracking option for a long weekend.
Two of us also spent a long weekend at nearby Les Carroz a while back.
How would you rate chances of weekend bookings there these days?
Think the place we stayed at was called "Bois de la Char" or something.

gronski wrote:

"Ace" wrote
snip

Glad you managed to get in, but I think you'll find it much harder to do now.

snip

It may still be worth playing this card, of course, but be aware that
it's _much_ less likely you'll get in than it was two years ago.


That's a shame. We really enjoyed the skiing and all agreed the
proximity to Geneva made it a cracking option for a long weekend.
Two of us also spent a long weekend at nearby Les Carroz a while back.
How would you rate chances of weekend bookings there these days?
Think the place we stayed at was called "Bois de la Char" or something.



It's much better in Les Carroz but there's also Morillon and Samoens,
both have more hotels/pensions than Flaine.

On Fri, 12 Mar 2004 09:07:31 +0100, Ian Spare
wrote:

gronski wrote:

"Ace" wrote
snip

Glad you managed to get in, but I think you'll find it much harder to do now.

snip

It may still be worth playing this card, of course, but be aware that
it's _much_ less likely you'll get in than it was two years ago.


That's a shame. We really enjoyed the skiing and all agreed the
proximity to Geneva made it a cracking option for a long weekend.
Two of us also spent a long weekend at nearby Les Carroz a while back.
How would you rate chances of weekend bookings there these days?
Think the place we stayed at was called "Bois de la Char" or something.



It's much better in Les Carroz but there's also Morillon and Samoens,
both have more hotels/pensions than Flaine.

Yupp. In principle you shouldn't have too many problems getting in at
one of the above, and access to the ski areas is now really easy.

--
Ace (brucedotrogers a.t rochedotcom)
Ski Club of Great Britain - http://www.skiclub.co.uk
All opinions expressed are personal and in no way represent those of the Ski Club.