Grenoble Travel Forum

Hi, we travel to the Devoluy for holidays and sometimes need to leave our car at the airport for a couple of weeks - that may come to 100€. Does anyone have any suggestions to lessen the cost?

Bonjour - on a besoin de laisser la voiture a l'aeroport de Grenoble de temps en temps, et ca peut couter 100€ - est-ce quelqu'un a un suggestion pour eviter de faire ca?

Merci - Colin

Why do you have to leave the car at Grenoble airport if you go to Le Dévoluy? Or do you drive to the airport and fly to Le Dévoluy? Otherwise you could just park your car in the outskirts of Grenoble (near the airport, if you like) where you do not have to pay parking fees at all.

Hi Kakapo! We have a house in the Devoluy region and sometimes drive from England. I STILL don't know if it's cheaper to drive or to hire a car in France, there are so many things to take into consideration. I would be a bit nervous about just leaving my car in the street but I could look into it when I have some time - when is there ever enough time? Sometimes we use Marseille airport also as the fare may be cheaper. We'll be coming back and picking up the car from Grenoble airport on March 10th for a week then returning via Marseille. Then I am coming out alone in early April for 2 weeks and driving back to England... hoping there is still some snow... Do you live in Grenoble? It seems nice. I do have some old friends there so perhaps I should look them up.

Colin

Nooooooo, I do not live in Grenoble. But I have been there many times and really like it there.

Sure, it is always safer to leave a car at an attended carpark - but even there you do not have absolute security. Once I left my car at the carpark of a small village in south Alsace while travelling in a hire car, and found it ok two weeks later. I think the bigger the place, the bigger the risk. On the other hand, the only time burglars broke into my car in France was in a small mountain village in Provence - and I was told I should be happy that the car was still there, as cars of unsuspecting tourists get stolen and broken into on a daily basis.

My tip since then is to leave your car as close as possible to a police station.

Beware of new members that have not even built the begining of a home page! When I saw this post, I felt that I might do some research and propose Colin a few clues. However, as it was a new member, I decided to wait and see.
After more than one week, he (she?) has not logged in again. I have been caught more than once by new members that asked for help, I spent some time to give a detailled and documented answer and... they never read it. So, now, I wait a little before I search for an answer.

At least he/she has checked the first answer... ;-)

If I do not answer immediately I forget about it and would never answer. If it is better with you you should keep an eye on it, very good.

Sure I will! May be after all I will be able to help!

I am glad I did not search for an answer: Colin has not logged in for 2 month now!

You are very clever!