Le Chamoniard Volant — Hotel in Bonneville

I had a nice 4 nights stay here in a 4 bed dorm room. This is a very OG style budget hostel, so no frills to be expected. It is a time jump in the 80's or so:) The hostel is very clean and warm in the winter time, so big thumbs up for that! I got also very good service from the guys, so Thank You! The only downside is the lack of modern services like coat hangers, enough electric sockets to charge your phone/Camera/etc as there was only one socket in 4 bed dorm! The beds and pillows are ok for a night, but for more it might not be that comfortable. So with very little extra effort this place could earn many extra stars, If they would invest some little money on these little missing things. The location was nice close to walk 15min to the center or jump into the ski bus. The shared kitchen was very handy to cook your meals. The simple breakfast served by the hostel is not worth the 9€ cost as it was only coffee, cup of Juice, cereals and bread with butter: no proteins etc. In The center many hotels offer a full buffet style breakfast for any guest for 15€! All in all this was nice budget style stay, with some things that could be approved to keep this...

Not sure what to make of this place. Reminds me of the old free bothy huts you find wandering the hills of Scotland only this one is far from free. No linen just a bare mattress with one scratchy blanket and a wad roll lump they call a pillow. With temperature outside minus 6 they must expect everyone to sleep in ski gear. Bathrooms were dirty. Mould still there all through shower curtains. At 6 ft 2 the toilets space is a joke. Safe lockers non exist. So it's a family run business but none take the time to ever see what customers experience. As a seasoned traveler who previous night stayed in Geneva hostel which rated 5 stars on every category this place is instead a real disappointment. Over demand in Chamonix is all that keeps this place charging for so...

Important points which made the stay not as pleasant as it could have been: wifi is really bad here. I'm not even talking about how slow it is - it simply disconnects, or Internet on it becomes unavailable. Super bad quality, I've never seen worse connection in all the hostels I stayed. Breakfast for 7€ is a bad deal. I will call it coffe and bread. Nothing else. Not even a French croissant or an egg... Just 2 pieces of bread and marmalade/Nutella spread for it. rooms are okay, for this price. But 2 electric outlets for 4 people? We were disconnecting each others phones constantly, it's an easy fix, c'mon.

The rest is ok. Location is ok - 10min walk to town center. Not sure if you can get something similar anywhere else in Chamonix...