Thread: turin airport to briancon over xmas

Hi again, Hiring your own car can work out well, especially if there are a few of you and don't mind your luggage on your laps. Don't forget the additional costs of tolls and parking in resort - I don't know how much a week's parking in Meribel is, but in Tignes for example, it's about 90 Euros now. Then of course there's snow-chains and driving on ice. The roads into and around Meribel are not going to be...

www.merinet.com Hi, yes the meribel webcam site is also good. It has certainly been wonderful to watch nature do it's thing. All that first dump of snow disappeared, then the other day, back it came and hopefully, this is what I will be skiing on very soon. You will have a brilliant time in January. On looking at my previous post, I realised I had put a dot where it should not have been, so I have retyped the website above, so you people...

How many people ? Do you want to be in Chamonix or one of the outlying villages ? Villages are normally cheaper and quieter. For Hotels I would start with www.chamonix.com and go to accommodation.

Hi there, thanks for the info. I got a big scare when I read the news as I thought our group has paid up already. Seems it is still possible but we will definitely reconsider. Where do you guys rent? I thinks it is probably safer to rent on arrival but you get quite good discounts for pre-booking and since we are a group of 8 is can make quite a difference - also since paying in SA Rands.

The roads are fine but when you book your car make sure that you specify it should have winter tyres and chains. P.S. also check if your accomodation has parking, since this can be hard to come by. Edited: 11:38 am, today

that sounds wonderful. thank you very much. i will keep that in mind.

i went with http://www.meribelski.com/ seemed like decent enough equipment with a decent discount. Also looked for somewhere that was near to where i was staying or en route to the lifts. Ninder

How about a one-day car hire? If booked in advance, it would cost quite a bit less than 400 quid.

? Er...yeah, that's the article I've provided a link to. Saves clogging up the forum with long articles lol! I've just looked at Ski Republic's prices mind you and they seem quite a lot higher than meribelski.net. I think I might just hire when I get there!

Actually you will be very near the Peisey side of the link so easy to get to and get back from. However as railenthusiast says watch your timing on the way back from La Plagne because it is an expensive taxi ride back. A 6 day Peisey/Vallandry - Les Arcs pass costs 209€ otherwise a 6 day pass with one day Paradiski costs 221€. So it will cost you 12€ to go over. You might consider that. Generally it is agreed that the skiing is better...