In reply to Phil4000:
Hotel Richmonde in Chamonix. Not the cheapest but if you ask for an alpiniste room (top floor, old servant quarters) it will be cheaper.
http://www.richemond.fr/
Just a great place to stay - genuine family run place (the tweed-suited grandfather is usually found hovering around reception, old fashioned and charming, plaque in the garden says Mallory lived there foir a time, as I recall.