 Poster: A snowHead
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Just back from a wonderful week in Les Gets (rain on the Friday not withstanding!), somewhat spoilt by a 3 hour journey to the airport and associated panic for flight. Even the tour operator hadn't allowed that much time.
We'd like to go back around the same time next year, so I'm trying to understand a bit more about the congestion issue. Does anyone know if it tends to be worst on the first weekend or the second weekend? And is any time of day particularly bad? The operator we go with does transfers at various times of day so we can book flights to avoid peak motor show times if we know the low down.
Thanks in advance!
Sophie
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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swoafs, avoid French school holidays if you can. Problem sorted.
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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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My experience of the last few years is the show is busy for the whole two weeks - factor in the "car of the year" announcement too on Monday, then the Tuesday and Wednesday presse days (Comedy Goldsmith moment: the fizz was of a far higher quality on Tuesday) because of the manufacturers own corporate shuttle buses. However flying in on Monday afternoon and out Wednesday night was pretty painless, and the trolley buses/trams across town were pretty much on time (when you fund yourself you stay WAY out of town....).
I'd keep an eye on the "Salon" website, though the date is usually static.
http://www.salon-auto.ch/en/
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Met Boris of London one year coming back from there; easyJet without even speedy boarding queuing up with the proles.
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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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It is worse on Sat/Sun. First and second weekends seem about the same. It's when people have the time off.
It is worse from about 08.30 through the morning. Then can get bad again when everyone is throwing out in the evening going through Geneva center.
Last Saturday was worse than I have seen it before and seemed to go on longer than usual.
Problem is everyone wants to try and park at the airport instead of the park and ride's provided.
So the security checks back it up, and on Saturday it went back onto the autoroute and that clogged up for miles, back to the border.
On press day people were walking along the hard shoulder to cross the footbridge to make checkin.
Lets hope they improve it this weekend !!
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Wife and friend meet the lad Mike Brewer from Wheeler Dealears on the hill last week taking a break from the motor show. He was hanging by his own admission he had been on the beer for 4 days at the show and went skiing to get a break from it 
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