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Geneva to Flaine
Any recommendations for flights to Geneva from UK Midlands and transfer to
Flaine. At the moment I'm waiting for Easyjet's bookings for April 2005 to open and thinking about hiring a car for the week at Geneva. Sound sensible? John |
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"JF" wrote in message . .. | Any recommendations for flights to Geneva from UK Midlands and transfer to | Flaine. At the moment I'm waiting for Easyjet's bookings for April 2005 to | open and thinking about hiring a car for the week at Geneva. Sound | sensible? Check out http://www.thomsonfly.com/en/index.html which does flights only from Coventry to Lyon, http://www.firstchoice.co.uk/flights/ for Bham/Lyon or Geneva, http://www.bmibaby.com/bmibaby/en/index.aspx from East Midlands or Bham to Geneva (Easyjet flies from East Midlands as well of course). Pete SNOWeSCAPE http://bsm.alpesprovence.net |
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Any recommendations for flights to Geneva from UK Midlands and transfer to Flaine. At the moment I'm waiting for Easyjet's bookings for April 2005 to open and thinking about hiring a car for the week at Geneva. Sound sensible? John I'd not bother with a car, the local taxi firm do a prebook deal for a very reasonable price. A lot less trouble I'd think. Flaine's fine but the other villages in the Gd Massif are good as well so you might look there as well. http://www.giffre-transports.com advertise locally for Samoens and Morillon, they'll probably go to Flaine and they'll probably be a local company as well. |
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Spare) wrote: I'd not bother with a car, the local taxi firm do a prebook deal for a very reasonable price. A lot less trouble I'd think. Flaine's fine but the other villages in the Gd Massif are good as well so you might look there as well. How much trouble is renting a car? Seriously, I don't do it very often - what should I be aware of that could go wrong? Arguably it could be more trouble if the taxi doesn't turn up, especially for the return journey. It's looking like around £200 to rent a car for the week, which can't be much more than the taxi fare both ways? http://www.giffre-transports.com advertise locally for Samoens and Morillon, they'll probably go to Flaine and they'll probably be a local company as well. Thanks - I'll have a look at this anyway. |
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(JF) wrote in message ...
In article , (Ian Spare) wrote: I'd not bother with a car, the local taxi firm do a prebook deal for a very reasonable price. A lot less trouble I'd think. Flaine's fine but the other villages in the Gd Massif are good as well so you might look there as well. How much trouble is renting a car? Seriously, I don't do it very often - what should I be aware of that could go wrong? Arguably it could be more trouble if the taxi doesn't turn up, especially for the return journey. It's looking like around £200 to rent a car for the week, which can't be much more than the taxi fare both ways? http://www.giffre-transports.com advertise locally for Samoens and Morillon, they'll probably go to Flaine and they'll probably be a local company as well. I thought about car hire but decided against it as I was offered a return taxi transfer from diy-hols for 211 euros return which was less than the cost of a hire car at the time. I believe their website is http://www.diy-hols.com and then you neeed to follow the Geneva Airport link Thanks - I'll have a look at this anyway. |
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JF wrote:
How much trouble is renting a car? Seriously, I don't do it very often - what should I be aware of that could go wrong? Arguably it could be more trouble if the taxi doesn't turn up, especially for the return journey. It's looking like around £200 to rent a car for the week, which can't be much more than the taxi fare both ways? It's not a big deal, but you'll want to check that ski racks and snow chains are included in that price. If there are more than 2 of you with skis then you need to watch out, for some bizare reason some companies will not let you have racks for more than 2 pairs of skis (they all use the magnetic racks, each set takes 2 pairs of skis). If you are self catering then a car is very handy, you can load up at the Supermarche on the way up to the resort, and if you wanted to ski elsewhere for a day then Chamonix (esp. Les Houches) and St Gervais are close by. On the other hand, if you are in a hotel and not planning any trips out then you'll not use the car at all once you're in the resort. Steve |
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"Steve Haigh" wrote in message
... JF wrote: How much trouble is renting a car? Seriously, I don't do it very often - what should I be aware of that could go wrong? Arguably it could be more trouble if the taxi doesn't turn up, especially for the return journey. It's looking like around £200 to rent a car for the week, which can't be much more than the taxi fare both ways? It's not a big deal, but you'll want to check that ski racks and snow chains are included in that price. If there are more than 2 of you with skis then you need to watch out, for some bizare reason some companies will not let you have racks for more than 2 pairs of skis (they all use the magnetic racks, each set takes 2 pairs of skis). If you are self catering then a car is very handy, you can load up at the Supermarche on the way up to the resort, and if you wanted to ski elsewhere for a day then Chamonix (esp. Les Houches) and St Gervais are close by. On the other hand, if you are in a hotel and not planning any trips out then you'll not use the car at all once you're in the resort. Don't forget to add the price of parking in Flaine (there is no free parking in the resort). Honestly, if you don't plan to leave Flaine during the week (other than on skis - the Grand Massif is huge....) you are better off booking a taxi. |
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(Gazza) wrote: I thought about car hire but decided against it as I was offered a return taxi transfer from diy-hols for 211 euros return which was less than the cost of a hire car at the time. I believe their website is http://www.diy-hols.com and then you neeed to follow the Geneva Airport link Thanks for the link. Looks like it'll be around 250 Euros (£170) for us to and from Flaine. For the extra £30 for a car and the peace of mind that I can get back to Geneva in time for a flight, I think I'll still go with car hire. |
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