J2Ski group holiday to Tignes January 13th 2013

I bought my area (Espace Killy) 8 day lift pass and Carre Neige insurance today, together with the Tignes loyalty card called 'Pass Tignes' for this group holiday to Tignes Les Brevieres.

I was going to buy my lift pass and Carre Neige insurance through Bonjour, the owners of the chalet, as I think most of the group are going to do. Bonjour have said that if we do this they will have the lift passes waiting for us in the chalet.

However, once I had booked my second 8 day ski holiday in Tignes it occurred to me that it might be a good idea to buy the loyalty card. It costs 10 euros and lasts 3 years and gives a 5% discount on lift passes for adults, and a 10% discount for children and teenagers. But Bonjour couldn't buy me this pass so I decided to buy it myself on the internet.

It will save me a total of 18 euros on my two ski holidays this year.

The loyalty and lift passes can be bought here:
http://skipass-tignes.com/

You need a photo for the loyalty pass so the website very cleverly asks you to find one on your computer and add it to your application.

The total bill for the 8 day lift pass etc. was rather scarily large :shock:

Reduced price 8 day Espace Killy adult lift pass = 262.5 euros
Loyalty Pass Tignes = 10 euros
8 days Carre Neige insurance = 22.4 euros
Grand total = 294.90 euros (about £245)

They will post the lift pass out to me here at home.

They e-mailed me a receipt for my order, and it says to bring the receipt with me in case I need to be rescued etc.
It also says that I am entitled to a free day in the 3 Valleys or the Paradiski ski areas, and I can obtain this by taking my ski pass and this receipt to a ticket office in one of these resorts. However, I should imagine that this 'free' day uses one of my Espace Killy days on the pass, although I'm not sure about this.

And if anyone else wants to join us would they please let me know as apparently there are still 3 rooms unbooked for this week, out of the 15 in the chalet. The total price for the holiday will vary according to how you get there, but it will be somewhere in the region of £850 for the catered chalet, flights, transfers, ski hire, and 6 days area lift pass.

Here is the link to the details on the chalet we're staying in:
http://www.skibonjour.co.uk/chalet-tigneslesbrevieres.cfm

Photo of Les Brevieres this morning, from the webcam http://www.tignes.net/en/skiing-in-tignes/webcams-290.html

looks great Ally

Looking forward to catching you on the 20th for end of your trip/beginning of mine

andyoneil wrote:looks great Ally

Looking forward to catching you on the 20th for end of your trip/beginning of mine

Thanks Andy - yes it's a lovely photo isn't it? It took me ages to get the angle and focus just right :wink:

I seem to remember you inviting me to ski into your chalet on the 20th January, after I've finished straightlining it down the Face run, as per Admin's instructions :lol:

http://www.j2ski.com/ski-chat-forum/posts/list/16/13223.page

See you then - and make sure you have a cup of tea ready waiting for me - I like it fairly weak with plenty of milk please :)


My ski pass arrived in the post today :D

I've never had one like this before with my photo on it, because it's the special Tignes loyalty ski pass which entitles me to a discount every time I re-charge it for more ski-ing time, and it lasts for 3 years :D

AllyG wrote:

andyoneil wrote:looks great Ally

Looking forward to catching you on the 20th for end of your trip/beginning of mine

Thanks Andy - yes it's a lovely photo isn't it? It took me ages to get the angle and focus just right :wink:

I seem to remember you inviting me to ski into your chalet on the 20th January, after I've finished straightlining it down the Face run, as per Admin's instructions :lol:

http://www.j2ski.com/ski-chat-forum/posts/list/16/13223.page

See you then - and make sure you have a cup of tea ready waiting for me - I like it fairly weak with plenty of milk please :)


My ski pass arrived in the post today :D

I've never had one like this before with my photo on it, because it's the special Tignes loyalty ski pass which entitles me to a discount every time I re-charge it for more ski-ing time, and it lasts for 3 years :D

No bother Ally - though I may be in https://www.facebook.com/DoudouneLeChalet rather than putting the kettle on!

as for photo on lift pass:

we had to have them in Italy one year but hadn't been told in advance so we all trooped off to the photo booth. One of the lads sat on the stool backwards and put his shades on the back of his head for the photo. His ski pass thus appeared to be issued to one of the Slagg Brothers from Wacky Races but the lift pass office didn't care....

There's lots of snow today in Les Brevieres :)

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

:mrgreen:

AllyG wrote:There's lots of snow today in Les Brevieres :)

and if that's the bottom of the EK then the rest will be awesome when we all get there (I'm claiming vicarious fun through the group as we'll overlap by around 4 hours)