 Poster: A snowHead
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Not quite sure if this is the right place, if not, apologies ...
/Any ideas on the most reasonable way to get from Geneva airport to Courchevel on Saturday 10th april, and back again on Tuesday 14th? For a friend, who tells me she's had a quote of £700 - bargain. 
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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I've friends who do transfers. Need to find their website. I'll get back to you.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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cheers
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She can almost certainly get a seat on a transfer bus by phoning around the million and one tour operators who will be running buses from the airport that day. A one-way fare should be no more than £40.
As for getting back, there should be a scheduled bus down to the valley and maybe a change for a bus to Geneva. The key factor there will be her departure time from Geneva.
All in all, she should get some change out of £700, though hopefully that quote was for an executive jet to the Altiport.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Try www. A-T-S.NET - they run both private and shared mini bus transfers from Geneva to all the Haute Savoie resorts.
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You'll need to Register first of course.
You'll need to Register first of course.
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I'm sure she'd get a hire car for roughly the same as the coach prices - £80 return.
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I should also have mentioned phoning the Courchevel tourist office, or dropping them an email. People forget that one of the jobs of a TO is to advise people how to get there and back using public transport. Maybe the info. is on their website - for many ski resorts, it is.
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True, marc. £700 could get you quite a nice rental car. Maybe an Aston Martin, for the 007 experience, or a self-drive stretch limo with sauna and ski room.
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thanks everybody; I have put her onto ATS (also 3 valleys transfers, satobus etc) and sent her the rather garbled info on the resort website. Suspect E100 per person is about the mark and a small car must be less than E200 for 4 days (there are 2 of them). Any suggestions for cheap car rental from Geneva?
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Go to www.gva.ch and click through to public transportaion you'll find a list of buses and timetables, it's about £50 one way and about £80 return.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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poma, find the airport website, it will have a link to partners (or something like), list the car rental companies and click on the hyperlink to each site (I'd guess there'll be about half a dozen), compare prices.
This is a pain, takes about 30 mins, but the various companies will have offers from time to time and the prices change. You can also then book the car online.
Works for me every time.
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poma, I hired a car from Geneva (to drive to Courchevel, funnily enough) a couple of weeks ago from Snowextras. Cheapest place around for seven day hire for a decent sized estate car. Even upgraded it FOC. They use Europcar on the Swiss Side.
Avoid Avis and Hertz: apart from the fact they're overpriced, their desks at the swiss side are totally jammed.
Hiring a car is actually cheaper if you hire one on the French side of the airport, but not sure if you get the Vignette then...
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You know it makes sense.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Poster: A snowHead
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mountaintransfers .co.uk said they'd get back to us in 48 hours a week ago. Thy still haven't.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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poma,
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Any suggestions for cheap car rental from Geneva?
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3 weeks ago we used holidayautos.co.uk (or .com??) they are like a broker, we got a good price and the car was from Hertz. Good service, easy, no complaints.
Journey up to 1850 took us just 2 hours, was a pleasant surprise.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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FAQ
remind me to be more specific in future. If the coach is £80 return or the ATS is £100 return (according to their website) the car hire should be under £100 for a short break.
