J2Ski group holiday to Tignes January 13th 2013

Ally, you are a star. For a number of years, there has been an effort to organise a J2ski meet up. They have failed because nobody put a proper process in place. You instigated a good stage process, took the stage decisions, and received a positive result from J2skiers.

Even then, there were a few initial detractors, (always the same people who are negative) But your enthusiasm has caught the imagination of J2skiers, so WELL DONE!

Your attention to detail is tops, and you respond to all queries.

I have tried really hard to join up with you, but I could have only managed one day, and I could not find a reasonable way to get from Tignes to Tirol, at the end of a ski day.

So I wish your trip well, really well. I think you have some great characters along with you. Just tell them to behave, and I'm sure they will fall into line.......

Ski well.

Thanks very much Dave Mac for your kind words :D

I'm really sorry you can't come with us this time, but maybe next year ....

I am actually enjoying organizing this holiday, and I'm really looking forward to it now. We have a great bunch of people in the group and we're all helping each other and making friends. I am sure we will have a really great time out there :D

We have to make our final payments to Bonjour by the 21st October (we paid a deposit of £100 each when we booked), and anyone who decides to come with us after that date will have to pay the full amount (the basic price is £399 for 2 people sharing a room) when they book.

Transfers, ski passes, ski hire, and lessons are all extras but can be arranged through Bonjour. And anyone wanting to come with us has to book their own flights from whichever airport is the most convenient for them.

We are quite happy to welcome all standards of skier/snowboarder from beginners to experts.

The photo below shows the tree-lined piste down into Les Brevieres, with a view of the dam and the lake over to the right (photo taken April 2012 by my daughter).


The chalet Bonjour Bonjour in the snow (April 2012)

Hear, hear Dave Mac.
Good on ya Ally.
Have a great time.

Dave Mac wrote:Ally, you are a star. For a number of years, there has been an effort to organise a J2ski meet up. They have failed because nobody put a proper process in place. You instigated a good stage process, took the stage decisions, and received a positive result from J2skiers.

Even then, there were a few initial detractors, (always the same people who are negative) But your enthusiasm has caught the imagination of J2skiers, so WELL DONE!

Your attention to detail is tops, and you respond to all queries.

I have tried really hard to join up with you, but I could have only managed one day, and I could not find a reasonable way to get from Tignes to Tirol, at the end of a ski day.

So I wish your trip well, really well. I think you have some great characters along with you. Just tell them to behave, and I'm sure they will fall into line.......

Ski well.

Great post Dave & can assure you that all of us really appreciate all the work & effort Ally has put in to get this up & running, no easy task with all the variables that exist & unhelpful posts have not deterred her in any way fortunately.Most of us have been chatting on FB to get to know each other a bit better & it works really well, Ally set this up for the group.We have a good mix of ages, abilities, drinkers, non drinkers ect so you will find some will want tea & cake & others on the lash it seems all tastes are catered for. Lastly & most importantly a great ski area to play in with new friends & I will be on my best behavior whatever that is.
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Thanks Brooksy and Dids :D

One of the things I particularly like about DIY ski holidays is that I can select various elements to suit myself and buy them when I want, in whichever order I find the most convenient.

I thought people might be interested to see in which order I booked these elements, and how much I paid for each of them.

1. First of all I booked a shared room in the chalet. The total price for this room is £399 plus £20 for the balcony plus £10 for the bath (there is also a shower).

2. Then, I bought a flight home with EasyJet from Geneva to Gatwick, departing late in the evening of Sunday 20th January for £48.

3. After that, I bought a ticket out to Bourg St Maurice on the direct Eurostar, as soon as the tickets came on sale at the beginning of August, departing from St Pancras at 10 a.m. on Saturday 12th January and arriving about 7 p.m. I paid £96 for this one way ticket in Standard Class.

4. I bought annual snowsports insurance from the SkiClub of GB for my daughter and myself for a cost of £100. This includes 14 days of snowsports insurance as well as annual cover for other holidays. It includes cover for off-piste but under 'search and rescue' it says 'reasonable costs' and there is a £250 excess for this.

5. Next, I bought a bus ticket from Tignes Les Brevieres to Geneva with Altibus.com leaving at 16-20 on Sunday 20th. This cost me 63 euros (around £50).

6. And now I have reserved myself a room in the hotel L'Angival in Bourg recommended by the chalet owners, Bonjour, for the night of Saturday 12th January, for which I will pay 52 euros. I had to do this over the phone (in French) because I had already tried booking it over the internet without response. It was the first time I'd tried doing this and it was pretty 'challenging'!

The remaining items that I still need to book are:
a) An 8 day lift pass for Tignes and Val d'Isere (Espace Killy) which will cost me 276 euros (about £221). I can either buy this on the internet directly from the Tignes tourist board, or through the chalet for the same price.

b) Carre Neige insurance which I will purchase with my lift pass. It will cost me about 2.80 euros per day and ensure that if necessary I will be rescued from off the mountain without having to pay the fees up front.

c) A bus ticket to get from Bourg to Tignes Les Brevieres on the morning of Sunday 13th January. It will cost me 10 euros and take about half an hour, and I don't think there is any particular need to hurry booking this bus as I don't suppose it will be full.

d) I still need to arrange transport for my skis. Ranchero1979 is very kindly giving me his old Dynastar Contact 4X4's but they are currently in Chamonix. And after the holiday I will have to decide if I want them stored in France or brought back to the U.K. I have found a company called Skis2u.co.uk who will collect skis from your own house in the U.K. and deliver them to the resort and then bring them back again at the end of the ski holiday for only £39-95.
And I suppose I will have to obtain some ski sticks and a ski bag as well.

Doing it my way I am going to end up paying £1000 for everything except food and drink on the slopes and in the airport etc. However, I will get an extra 2 days of ski-ing

If I was to do it the cheapest way I could I would only be paying a grand total of £820 if I hired skis or £779 if I had them delivered, for 6 days ski-ing, excluding the cost of travel insurance. And I would buy a return ticket with EasyJet from Luton to Geneva and use the chalet transfer bus.

There's quite a lot of snow on the Grande Motte glacier today. There also seems to be 2 people sitting on the cables at the moment - I hope they're not going to be left dangling there all night - maybe I should phone the rescue services :shock: :lol:

http://www.tignes.net/en/skiing-in-tignes/webcams-290.html

I have been watching the Le Shuttle prices all summer, and they have not moved for quite a while, so I have decided to finally book and confirm them.

Return crossing for my car was £126.00. Not told Brooksy yet, but that's out on the 0405 crossing and back on the 19.20. I reckon from past trips we should only need 8 hours from Calias subject to weather extremes, and it is a Sunday so traffic should be a bit lighter, so hopefully will be getting there around 2 to 3 pm. Always nice to arrive in daylight.

Far Queue wrote:I have been watching the Le Shuttle prices all summer, and they have not moved for quite a while, so I have decided to finally book and confirm them.

Return crossing for my car was £126.00. Not told Brooksy yet, but that's out on the 0405 crossing and back on the 19.20. I reckon from past trips we should only need 8 hours from Calias subject to weather extremes, and it is a Sunday so traffic should be a bit lighter, so hopefully will be getting there around 2 to 3 pm. Always nice to arrive in daylight.

Well you HAVE NOW I just hope your car has a bunk bed in it :( :(