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Ski transfer guides — page 2

Which airport to fly into, how car-free resorts actually work, what to check before you pay. Written from the road rather than from a brochure.

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Ski transfer guides

  • Minibus stopped on a snowy mountain road with snow chains beside the wheel

    Snow chains and winter tyres in the Alps: the rules, the roads and your transfer

    Winter equipment is the part of an Alpine journey that most travellers only think about when the first flakes hit the windscreen. The rules differ between France, Italy and Switzerland, the roads that close are not always the ones you would expect, and snow changes a drive time far more than distance does. Here is what the law asks for in each country, what actually shuts a mountain road, and what it means for the time you land and the time you reach your door.

    13 min read

  • Private people carrier unloading ski bags outside a chalet at dusk

    Private or shared ski transfer: which one fits your trip?

    A shared shuttle and a private transfer both get you from the airport to the snow, and on paper the only difference is the price. In practice they are two different journeys: one fills its seats before it leaves, the other leaves when you land. Here is how each one works, what that means for waiting, stops, skis and children, and the group size at which the comparison usually turns.

    11 min read

  • Alpine valley with a mountain road and a regional train crossing the valley floor

    Private transfer, train or rental car: the best way to reach the Alps

    Once you have landed, or once you have decided not to fly, there are three realistic ways to cover the last hundred kilometres to a ski resort: a private transfer, the train, or a hire car. Each is the right answer for some trips. The difference lies less in the headline price than in what happens between the arrivals hall and your front door — the changes, the climb, the chains, the car park — and that is what this comparison sets out.

    10 min read

  • Minibus on winter tyres driving up a gritted mountain road between snowbanks

    How ski transfer prices are calculated, and what to check before you pay

    A ski transfer price can look arbitrary: two routes of similar length quoted very differently, a Saturday dearer than a Wednesday, a family of six paying what a couple pays. None of that is arbitrary when you know what the price is made of. This is how our prices are built, element by element — without figures, because the grid is reviewed through the season — and the handful of things worth checking before you pay anyone.

    11 min read

  • Geneva airport terminal, the busiest gateway to the Alps

    Which airport should you fly into for the French Alps?

    Geneva is the default answer, and for a good half of the Alps it is the wrong one. This is a comparison of the five airports that serve the French Alps — with the real road distances and drive times to 22 resorts, measured on the road network rather than guessed — and a method for choosing between them that takes thirty seconds.

    6 min read

  • Avoriaz, a car-free resort reached on foot from the drop-off

    Car-free ski resorts: how you actually get there

    Some of the best resorts in the Alps cannot be reached by car, and the transfer companies that drive you there are not always keen to mention it. Here is where the road actually stops for each of them, what happens to your skis and your suitcases at that point, and how to plan the last twenty minutes so they are the pleasant part of the journey rather than the moment it goes wrong.

    5 min read

  • Winter tyres on a snow-covered road to a ski resort

    Booking a ski transfer: what to check before you pay

    A ski transfer is one of the few holiday purchases where the advertised price and the final price routinely differ, and where the cheapest quote is often the most expensive journey. Here are the eight things worth checking before you pay, why each of them matters on a mountain road in February, and the questions that get you a straight answer.

    4 min read

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