 Poster: A snowHead
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Hi All,
I'm taking the plunge and doing a Warren Smith course in Cervinia at the end of November. While the course do organise a reasonably priced transfer from Geneva, my flight gets in too late - at 3pm - to meet their transfer. So I need to organize a transfer from Geneva airport at 3pm on a Saturday to Cervinia. Hiring a car is not an option and the transfer offers online are ridiculously expensive.
Does anyone have any suggestions for reasonable Geneva-Cervinia transfers?
Much appreciated!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Fly to Turin and take a bus?
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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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5RED, you didn't think this through did you?
Train to Milan and transfer from there?
Bvgger of a journey.
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5RED, booking new flights might be your best option, otherwise it is a bit of an epic journey... At the end of November you will only get quotes for a private transfer...
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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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under a new name, well I didn't think I needed to investigate further because the Warren Smith folks advised to travel to Geneva...
Dia_FindTransfers, hoping not to have to do that 
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5RED, I reckon you have to bite the bullet. Hire a car and drive through the MB tunnel or, if that is absolutely not an option, re-book the flight. It will be cheaper than a private transfer (probably cheaper than a week's car hire, too, come to that). Flights in November shouldn't be expensive. Are any other participants arriving too late for the transfer, to share costs with?
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Both Milan Malpensa (transfer around €60) and Torino Caselle Airport (transfer for around €45) are a lot better to fly to. Maybe you could try to change your flight? From Geneva you have to go through the tunnel which is expensive and it takes a good 2:30 to get there. You are right to get in touch with Warren Smith though.
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Dia_FindTransfers, would you have any links/companies where I could find those transfer prices? Am finding even Torino and Milan MXP transfers to be in the €100+ range each way in late Nov. Thanks!
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5RED, can you not change to an earlier flight and catch the Warren Smith transfer?
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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pam w, thanks. It is a bit tricky as flying from Ireland and booking two flights, e.g. dublin-london, then london-geneva is always risky in case of flight delays etc. As we have a decently priced transfer on the return leg with the Warren Smith crew I'm loath to hire a car. Have driven many places, but never the Alps!
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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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5RED, if the alternatives are too expensive you could consider flying into Gva the previous evening and spending the night in a cheap hotel. There is one, called The Stars Hotel, in Ferney Voltaire - walkable from the French side of the airport and probably a lot cheaper than any of the Swiss alternatives. Can understand that you don't want to hire a car given your return transfer.
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Contact Warren Smith and see if they'll hang around - seeing as how they said you should go to GVA.
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You know it makes sense.
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5RED, travel insurance should cover you if a reasonably planned trip goes wrong due delay of a scheduled sector. I.e. It (to the extent that it's reasonable) starts to become their problem...
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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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pam w, only flight from Dublin to GVA the previous day leaves at 6 am so no can do as it means missing a days work - typical!
altis, have let Warren Smith know but they will only wait for us until 1pm. Understandable as it may mean the entire rest of group hanging round the airport for an extra few hours - I probably wouldn't want to do that either. I am hoping that someone they know, or from here, or some other guardian angel will appear and offer us a cheap ride 
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Poster: A snowHead
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Hi All,
Good news, I can change my flight to Milan Linate so am now looking for a transfer from there to Cervinia. I have emailed over 10 italian transfer companies incuding Dia_FindTransfers's suggestion. Only one reply and I did check it if was an Italian bank holiday today! Any other transfer companies you can all suggest gladly welcomed!
Thanks everyone.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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5RED, Have you looked at trains or bus ?
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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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Only one reply and I did check it if was an Italian bank holiday today
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It's Italy! You might get some more.......
Have you looked at the Cervinia website - various suggestions about transfers there http://www.cervinia.it/pages/COME_ARRIVARE_i_en/440
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pam w, I know, what's the rush?! And thanks, did check out that page and emailed them all.
rjs, I did look at trains or bus but it's really a very very last resort...
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