Geneva to Meribel Transfers

GENEVA TO MERIBEL TRANSFERS

Geneva to Meribel transfers operate during the 2024 / 25 ski season. Expand the DATES section below to see what dates we run on. This is our 16th year selling low cost Meribel Transfers from Geneva Airport. Our network also covers shuttles from Grenoble Airport to Moutiers and Lyon Airport to Moutiers. We have the cheapest transfers on the market and our staff will ensure you enjoy a safe, efficient and timely service. We usually transport passengers in coaches, which reduces your carbon footprint.

HOW MUCH DOES A TRANSFER TO MERIBEL COST?

A shared ski transfer from Geneva Airport to Meribel with Ben’s Bus will cost you £94 for a Return and £50.50 for a Single. With our discounts for groups, you could pay as little as just over £82 Return, £44 Single! For the service we offer, we think that’s amazing value for money. Get an Instant Quote for your group by clicking the image above or visit our Prices Page for more details.

TRANSFER TIME FROM GENEVA AIRPORT TO MERIBEL 

The transfer time from Geneva Airport to Meribel is about 2 hours 45 minutes, depending on the date, time of day, the weather and traffic. We allow more time for the journey when we know the travel conditions may be bad. The distance from Geneva Airport to Meribel is 134km. We have up to 5 well timed buses most Saturdays. Expand the section TIMETABLE below to see more details about our bus times. Our vehicles usually take the most direct route via the A41 motorway and the N90 national road through Annecy and Ugine before climbing the D90 mountain road to Meribel.

MERIBEL BUS STOPS

Our service stops at Meribel (1500m) and at the much smaller Meribel Village (1400m). These are 2 different resorts. They are a short distance from each other but it is important that you select the correct resort when you book with us. Your accommodation provider can clarify which resort you are staying in. We also stop at Mottaret, Les Allues, Brides Les Bains.

Meribel has most of the accommodation and Meribel Village only has a few chalets and a couple of ‘Residence’ centres. You can click on the map to the left to see a larger version.

The section BUS STOPS below has more detail about each of the stops, including links to their exact location in gmaps. We also link to the Tourist Office interactive map and information about the free shuttle buses. From both our stops, you can take the free resort shuttles to almost anywhere in the resort.

USEFUL INFORMATION ABOUT MERIBEL AND GENEVA AIRPORT

Resort information about Meribel, explore the Meribel Tourist Office. You can download piste maps here

Snow reports can be seen at the snowforecast. Webcams show live conditions and can be seen via the Meribel Valley webcams

Find out more at the Geneva Airport (GVA) website or on our Geneva Airport FAQ’s.

Lyon Airport Transfers

TRANSFERS FROM LYON AIRPORT

Lyon Airport Transfers run on Saturdays during the 2024 / 2025 winter ski season. The resorts we cover include Val Thorens, Tignes, Val d’Isere, Les Menuires, St Martin de Belleville, Alpe d’Huez and Les Deux Alpes. Ben’s Bus operates a low cost but great value shared shuttle service. We are the cheapest travel option out of Lyon Airport and we have the best prices. A Return starts at just £66pp. We have been running low cost airport ski transfers since 2006.

LYON AIRPORT TRANSFERS TO THE FOLLOWING SKI RESORTS

We can also help if you are travelling to La Tania, (book to Moutiers) Peisey and Les Coches (book to Aime) or La Rosiere (book to Bourg St Maurice).

BEN’S BUS SERVICE

This will be the 11th year Ben’s Bus is operating ski transfers out of Lyon Airport. We offer regular and reliable shuttle buses to all the major French ski resorts. When you arrive at the airport, a uniformed Ben’s Bus rep will greet you and answer any questions you may have. Our emergency numbers that you have access to once you book will connect you directly to our team if you have a problems. Our vehicles are parked right in front of the Terminal 1 (see below) so you do not have to walk far. This, combined with the great location of Lyon Airport, between the A42 / A432 motorways, means you will get to your ski resort as quickly as possible. All vehicles used by Ben’s Bus are fully insured, registered and licensed to operate in France.

INFORMATION ABOUT LYON AIRPORT

Lyon St Exupéry International Airport is situated 20 kms (about 13 miles) South East of Lyon. It is connected to the A43 motorway which connects Paris to Chambery, the gateway to the ski resorts of Savoie. Lyon airport was re-built and re-opened in 1975 and is the major airport for the Rhones Alpes area. It is serviced by many International and Low Cost Airlines. Flights arrive from various destinations in Europe, the Middle East and North America. It benefits from being quite a large airport and has all the amenities and transport links you would expect. It even has its own TGV train station! Lyon has undergone a large expansion project recently and the new Terminal 1 is now open, offering modern facilities and shorter walking times to the boarding gates.

We also operate Geneva Airport Ski Transfers, & Grenoble Airport Ski Transfers

Environment and Charitable Donations

YOUR BEN’S BUS SKI TRANSFER IS CARBON NEUTRAL!

We genuinely care about the environment and our climate. It was one of the reasons Ben started Ben’s Bus. The mountain roads are too often clogged with thousands of cars polluting our clean mountain air.

Climate Change and Global Warming are having an undeniable effect on ski resorts. By travelling on one of our shared transfers, your carbon footprint will already be minimal.

However, we’ve gone a step further and now fully offset the carbon emitted by our buses. Conventional carbon offsetting schemes have their flaws, so we’ve devised our own way of reducing CO2 emissions.

We calculate our vehicle emissions and turn that into a monetary value. Instead of buying ‘carbon credits’, to be sure our money will reduce CO2 emissions, we will donate an estimated £7,000 / ski season to the charity SolarAid. 

The award-winning SolarAid helps provide sustainable, renewable energy systems to villages in Africa, reducing their use of polluting and dangerous kerosene lamps and generators. Here are a few of their fantastic initiatives:

Light a Village: installing affordable home solar systems and developing a scalable, sustainable business model for energy as a service.

Health facilities: Plug and play solar systems power handheld medical appliances to be used in rural health facilities

Solar Entrepreneurs: Creating a local market by training and supporting men and women within the community to become solar entrepreneurs.

Tackling e-waste: Training and equipping local repair technicians to fix non-working solar lights. This helps keep them out of landfill.

REDUCE YOUR IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT WHEN YOU FLY

You can help by reducing your impact on the environment yet further by making some small gestures when you fly to your ski holiday. Collectively, the ski community can help keep our ski resorts open for future generations by making some changes to the way we travel.

We’ve written a blog post with lots of suggestion on how you can further lower your carbon footprint. 

BEN’S BUS CHARITIES

In addition to our carbon neutrality scheme, Ben’s Bus supports a number of charities in the UK and abroad. As a member of the sporting and travel community, we believe we have a duty to give something back. 

When you book a shared airport ski transfer with us, we’ll ask you if you wish to donate 25p to charity. If you do, Ben’s Bus matches that 25p. So each booking, whether it be from Grenoble Airport, Geneva Airport or Lyon Airport, will result in a total of 50p going to good causes. We have a blog post here showing how much we raised at the end of the 2023 / 2024 ski season.

The 4 charities that Ben’s Bus and its customers have supported over the years are listed below. 

Ben’s Bus itself also likes to help a youth sports club. This year we are delighted to be sponsoring the U11’s Wessex Giants

We also try to make a one off payments each year to contemporary causes, such as meals for the NHS during the height of the COVID Crisis, or the Red Cross to help Ukrainian refugees.

In total, Ben’s Bus and our customers have together given over £12,500 to charitable causes.

SOLARAID

Prior to our carbon offsetting scheme, we gave SolarAid a percentage of the donations by customers to SolarAid. 

Our customers have raised £1, 351 towards this charity and Ben’s Bus Ltd has donated a total of £1, 912.

WATER AID

WaterAid is a charity with initiatives in over 37 countries around the world. They mainly operate in Africa and Asia by improving access to water, sanitation and hygiene to those that need it most. A quote from their website reads “We tackle the crisis from all angles. We work with local partners to deliver clean water and toilets and promote good hygiene, and campaign to make change happen for everyone everywhere.”

Our customers have raised £1, 351 towards this charity and Ben’s Bus Ltd has donated a total of £1, 712.

SHELTER

Shelter is a UK homelessness organisation. A quote from their website reads “Shelter helps millions of people every year struggling with bad housing or homelessness through our advice, support and legal services. And we campaign to make sure that one day, no one will have to turn to us for help.”

Our customers have raised £1, 351 towards this charity and Ben’s Bus Ltd has donated a total of £1, 712.

BRITISH SNOWSPORTS FUND

Ben’s Bus has been helping out our young snowsports stars for a few years now by offering free seats on our shared ski transfers out of Geneva Airport and Grenoble Airport to a few select athletes so they can train in resort. In 2016, we decided to take our support a step further. We became an official supporter of the British Snowsports Fund, a great funding initiative set up to support Britain’s future Olympians and the development of emerging British snowsports talents. We’re hoping that this will raise the profile of skiing in Great Britain whilst helping to fund our up-and-coming stars. 

Our customers have raised £974 towards this charity and Ben’s Bus Ltd has donated a total of £1, 274.

YOUTH SPORTS CLUB SPONSORSHIP

In addition to the charitable funds raised by our customers and matched by us, Ben’s Bus itself sponsors the Wessex Giants, an under 11 football side playing in the south Somerset youth league http://www.wessexfc.co.uk/ They play their home games at Walton on the Somerset levels in the shadow of Glastonbury Tor. A statement from the club reads “The core of the team have been together for a few years under head coach Elliot Foster and assistant Matt Hanley. This season has seen the addition of some exciting new players and new sponsorship from Ben’s Bus which has provided smart new kits and assistance to fund training arrangements. Many thanks to Ben’s Bus. The Giants will wear their shirts with pride, challenge local teams and most of all, keep active and have fun playing football!“

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Ben’s Bus Plus

Ben’s Bus Plus is an upgrade that offers preferential refund and amendment terms, allowing you to book with confidence. If you want the peace of mind of being able to cancel your booking and get a refund for the cost of your transfers, we recommend you upgrade. You also get the flexibility of free, unlimited changes to your booking. The cost of the upgrade is between 7-9% of your transfer price and is not refundable.

You can only upgrade at the time of booking. You cannot add Ben’s Bus Plus retrospectively.

BENEFITS OF BEN’S BUS PLUS

– Cancel your booking up to 10pm, 4 days before your first transfer and get a guaranteed 100% Refund*. The Fee for upgrading will not be refunded.

– Change your booking for free, as many times as you want. Please note you can’t edit your booking the day before or day of your transfer.

– When we create better timed buses, we will prioritise moving BB+ customers over to these better timed buses.

*No refunds will be given after 10pm, 4 days before your first transfer.

**Any difference in fares will be payable

***We cannot change a Return to a Single. Please visit this page of our website for details on how to to that.

OUR NORMAL CANCELLATION AND AMENDMENT TERMS

If you don’t upgrade, our normal terms, which can be found in our Conditions of Sale, are:

– Cancel your booking up to 3 weeks before your first transfer at a cost of £15pp. No refund will be given when less than 3 weeks notice is given.

– All Changes to your booking will incur a £5pp admin fee (except if our team need to do it manually, when the cost will be £10pp).

Ben’s Bus Plus can be added to transfers from Geneva Airport, Grenoble Airport and Lyon Airport to all our resorts, including our transfers to Val Thorens, our shared transfers to Val d’Isere, our buses to Tignes and many more. Visit our ski resorts page for a full list of where we can take you.

flying into one airport and out of another

If you are flying into one airport and out of another, then you cannot book a ‘Return’. You would need to make 2 separate ‘Single’ bookings for each leg of the journey. This is standard practice in the travel industry and we cannot offer any discounts if you need to book 2 Singles.

If you are travelling to 1 resort but coming back from another, you would also need to make 2 separate ‘Single’ bookings. We can’t help with transfers between resorts. We’d advise either booking a taxi for that journey, or take a public bus down to the town on the valley floor (Moutiers, Aime, Bourg St Maurice or Bourg d’Oisans) and then another public bus to go back up.

Open up our Online Booking Form and click on the “Single” button. Then click the ‘From’ dropdown to see the list of airports. Underneath the airports, you will see the resorts listed. You can select a resort for booking your Single journey from the resort back to the airport.

Cheap Ski Holidays in the French Alps

HOW TO FIND A CHEAP SKI HOLIDAY IN THE FRENCH ALPS

Finding cheap ski holidays has become far easier in recent years. Low cost airlines and shared ski transfer companies such as Ben’s Bus have made holidaying in the French Alps easier and more affordable than ever. Accommodation providers have also played their part and as a result, you now have far more flexibility and freedom in organising your own ski break. Booking the different parts of your holiday yourself means you can tailor it to your needs, priorities and budget. Many seasoned skiers choose this independent method as they know what they want and what they need to look out for. Less experienced skiers may wish to consider a Tour Operator who can put a package together for them.

BOOKING A PACKAGE THROUGH A TOUR OPERATOR

For many people, especially first time skiers, booking a package holiday through a Tour Operator or Travel Agent still represents the most convenient way to book a ski holiday. If you don’t have the time to research all the different parts – flights, accommodation, transfers, ski lessons, ski hire etc – then this is probably the simplest method for you. There are many specialist ski companies out there and a lot of them will happily offer you advice on which ski resort best suits your needs. All holidays are expensive and skiing holidays are no exception, especially so due to the cost of the lift pass, so it’s important to choose the right resort and the right package for you.

SKI – DRIVE HOLIDAY SPECIALISTS

Erna Low specialise in ski holidays to the French Alps and have been organising alpine holidays since 1932. Their ethos is the same now as it has always been – provide great skiing holidays with fantastic customer service. They offer accommodation for all budgets, but specialise in premium ski apartments in France’s top resorts. They are long standing specialists in self-drive packages which include a flexiplus Eurotunnel crossing, giving you great flexibility when travelling to the Alps. You can tailor bespoke packages on their new website, ranging from accommodation only or the full works with travel, ski hire, ski passes and ski school if required.   

HOW TO FIND CHEAP SKI HOLIDAYS – OUR TOP TIPS

1. Choose Your DATES Wisely. This is the biggest driver in terms of how much you will pay for your ski break. Here are some dates to avoid:

• Christmas and New Year weeks: Budget Holidays are hard to find at this time of year. Search around and you could still find some bargains.
• UK February Half Term Holidays: These dates will depend on where you are in the UK you are. Flights will be expensive.
• French School Holidays: Visit our Top Tips on Avoiding Traffic blog post to see what dates in February the Frenchies will be on holiday.

2. Choose Your RESORT Wisely. Don’t think you have to head to a famous ski resort. It depends on what you are after and there are loads of cheaper options. Consider these factors:

• Skiing ability Ski passes for smaller resorts with smaller ski areas are loads cheaper than the bigger, more famous ones.
• Family or Friends? Do you want to party or is childcare and good food more important? Choose a specialist resort to cater for your group.
• Apres Ski If bars and nightlife are important to you, then pick a resort like Les Deux Alpes, Val d’Isere, Val Thorens or Tignes. If you’re not interested in partying, then avoid the bigger, more expensive resorts.

3. Reduce your TRAVEL costs. Flights and your transfers will be your biggest travel costs. Follow these tips to bring these down:

• Research everything before booking anything. Don’t book anything until you have calculated the total cost of flights & transfers together.
• Look Around for Flights. Use a flight comparison website like skyscanner to get the best deal.
• Be Flexible with your Airport in the UK. It’s cheaper to travel further from your home to your UK Airport than from your French Airport to your Ski Resort.
• Used a Shared Transfer Service Ben’s Bus has shared transfers from Geneva Airport, Grenoble Airport and Lyon Airport.
• Travel on a Sunday? Flights are definitely cheaper but make sure you you don’t arrive too late as public transport is limited on a Sunday!

Bourg d’Oisans Airport Transfers

Bourg d’Oisans is a town on the valley floor and the transport hub for the surrounding ski resorts of Alpe d’Huez, Les Deux Alpes, Oz en Oisans, Vaujany, Auris en Oisans and La Grave.

Ben’s Bus operates its transfers from Grenoble Airport to Bourg d’Oisans throughout the 2024 / 25 ski season. We connect with all scheduled flights up to the 12th April. Transfers from Bourg d’Oisans to Lyon Airport run less frequently. Both services will drop you off at and pick you up from the main bus station in Bourg d’Oisans, the “Gare Routiere”.

If you’re travelling from or to Grenoble Airport, we also have a stop at Rochetaillee. This stop is located just before Bourg, at the junction of the road that goes up to Vaujany and Oz. Scroll down to find more information and advice about onward transport from either of these stops. Alternatively visit our Oz en Oisans webpage or our Vaujany webpage.

AIRPORT TRANSFERS TO BOURG D’OISANS

Our Grenoble Airport service starts on the 1st December 2024 and finishes on the 12th April 2025. Prices are £58 Return & £33.50 Single but we have some great discounts for groups and children. Click this link to get an Instant Quote for your group and the discounts will be applied automatically. The proceeding pages will then show our bus times. Lyon Airport transfers only run on Saturdays and not all season. Our Lyon prices are £71.50pp Return, £40.50 Single.

Bourg d’Oisans can be used as a base for ski holidays if you don’t mind travelling up to your resort and back again each day, a 25 minute journey. The main road that passes through is the D1091. It has a few hotels, accommodation centres and restaurants as well as a small old town. The Tourist Office for Bourg d’Oisans can provide more information on this. The local buses are operated by Transisere. The town has 3,000 inhabitants and is busiest in the summer, with cyclist and hikers using it as a base for the surrounding Ecrins National Park.

ALPE D’HUEZ AND LES DEUX ALPES AIRPORT TRANSFERS

We have a direct bus service to Alpe d’Huez and Les 2 Alpes and more information can be found on our Grenoble Airport to Alpe d’Huez or our Grenoble Airport to Les Deux Alpes pages. Visit our Lyon Airport to Alpe d’Huez page or our Lyon Airport to Les Deux Alpes page if you’re flying into Lyon St Exupery (LYS).

OZ EN OISANS AND VAUJANY AIRPORT TRANSFERS

If you are travelling to Oz en Oisans or Vaujany, you will need to book our service to Rochetaillee (or Bourg d’Oisans from Lyon Airport). More information can be found on the following pages Grenoble Airport to Oz en Oisans | Grenoble Airport to Vaujany | Lyon Airport to Oz en Oisans | Lyon Airport to Vaujany.

LA GRAVE AIRPORT TRANSFERS

If you need transport to La Grave, you can book our buses either directly from Grenoble Airport to La Grave (Saturdays only) or to the Lac du Chambon, about 10km before La Grave. More information can be found on our Grenoble Airport to La Grave page. If you’re flying into Lyon, you can book our service to either Bourg or Lac du Chambon. Visit our La Grave page for information and links to local transport providers to take you on the final leg of the journey.

SERRE CHEVALIER TRANSFERS

If you need transport to Serre Chevalier, you can book our buses direct to your resort on a Saturday. However, we have twice as many buses to Bourg d’Oisans and Lac du Chambon, from both Grenoble and Lyon Airports. So you may wish to book our bus there and then get a public bus or taxi onto your resort. The section below “Onward Transport from Bourg d’Oisans” can offer more advice on this.

AURIS EN OISANS AIRPORT TRANSFERS

If you need to get to Auris en Oisans, then booking our direct service to Bourg d’Oisans is the best thing for you. From here you will need to make travel arrangements for the short trip up to Auris. More information can be found on our Auris en Oisans page. The section “Onward Transport from Bourg d’Oisans” will be of particular help to you.

VENOSC AIRPORT TRANSFERS

A lot of Chalets based in Venosc will pick you up / drop you off at Bourg d’Oisans in their minibuses. If not, catch the local bus, the BDO03 or arrange a local taxi (see sections below). There is also the option to use the Telecabine de Venosc which arrives just next to our Diable stop in Les Deux Alpes. However, you should check the opening times of Telecabine de Venosc to ensure it works for you and our bus times.

Sainte Foy Airport Transfers

We no longer have a bus stop at Sainte Foy and so you cannot book our service to there from any Airport. However, all our services from Grenoble, Geneva and Lyon Airports, stop at Bourg St Maurice. From there it is a very short ride up to Sainte Foy.

AIRPORT TRANSFERS TO SAINTE FOY

Click on this link to find out about our service from Geneva Airport to Bourg St Maurice and the onward travel options to Sainte Foy.

Click on this link to find out about our service from Grenoble Airport to Bourg St Maurice and the onward travel options to Sainte Foy.

Click on this link to find out about our service from Lyon Airport to Bourg St Maurice and the onward travel options to Sainte Foy.

BOURG ST MAURICE TO SAINTE FOY

Bourg St Maurice Coach Station, where our bus stop is, is 12 km from Sainte Foy and the journey takes about 20 mins. You could book a private taxi to take you directly to your accommodation. Alternatively, there are local public buses which run to Sainte Foy Tarentaise. The Tourist Office sometimes run free shuttle buses from here up to Sainte Foy Station. We’ve listed below a few local taxi companies who could also be pre-booked

Savoy Taxi              Etienne Petit – ATS73          Altitude Espace Taxi 

SAINTE FOY SKI RESORT

Sainte Foy-Tarentaise is an old Savoie-style village located on the road up to Val d’Isere and Tignes, about 12km from Bourg St Maurice. It remains relatively unspoilt and quiet but has enough restaurants and bars to keep you occupied, as well as a couple of spas. It is a mecca for off-pisters, but has little in the way of groomed slopes or lifts. However, the Espace Killy ski area is only a short drive away. You can therefore get taxis up to Val d’Isere or Tignes for day trips. There is also a free shuttle bus that takes you from Sainte Foy Station to the village of Sainte Foy.

SAINTE FOY TOURISM & WEATHER INFORMATION

We believe we offer the cheapest Sainte Foy Airport Ski Transfers from Grenoble, Geneva and Lyon Airports.

Resort Information: Explore the Sainte Foy Tourist Office website.

Weather: Try the Meteo France for Sainte Foy for weather forecasts or the Sainte Foy snow-forecast for snow reports.

Live Webcams: Take a look at the Sainte Foy webcams.

Baggage Storage: The Bus Station in Bourg St Maurice runs a facility. More details can be found on our Baggage Store page.

Car Hire: Remember to add on the cost of snow chains, petrol, tolls, parking in resort and the insurance excess.

The following links will take you to the official websites for Geneva Airport, Lyon Airport, Grenoble Airport or Chambery Airport.

Nous avons une version française de ce page – Navette aéroport Sainte Foy

How to Avoid French Holiday Ski Resort Traffic

WHAT ARE THE WORST DATES TO TRAVEL?

Here’s a list of dates when you should expect a lot of cars on the road. You should plan your journey more carefully on these dates and take some precautions to make sure you don’t get caught out.

HEADING UP THE MOUNTAIN

21st & 28th December 2024 – You may find the days either side of these will be busier than usual too.

8th, 15th, 22nd February & 1st March 2025 – The 15th & 22nd February will be particularly bad.

HEADING DOWN THE MOUNTAIN

28th December 2024 & 4th January 2025– If it is snowing on these dates, the traffic will be horrendous!

15th & 22nd February and 1st & 8th March 2025 – The 22nd February & 1st March will be the worst dates.

The Annecy Carnival the 15th March and the Geneva Motor Show is the 1st March. You should avoid these areas after 8am if you can.

BE PREPARED – BRING PLENTY OF FOOD AND WATER

However you are getting to and from the resort, whether it be on a shared ski transfer with Ben’s Bus, a private transfer or driving in your own car, make sure you have enough food and water, especially if you are diabetic. Keep any medicines in your hand luggage and make use of the toilets before you get into your vehicle.

It’s not unusual for an airport transfer from Geneva to Tignes to take 5 or even 6 hours instead of the usual 3 & 1/2 hours. So bring a book, some games for the kids and lots of pre-downloaded videos to view on your device.

AVOID THE MOUNTAIN ROADS BETWEEN 7AM – 2PM

Plan your journey in advance. If you’re heading up to the resort, try to get to Grenoble or Albertville by 8am. Between 11am and 3pm the roads climbing the mountain can be moving at a snail’s pace. When leaving the resort, try to do it before 07:00 or after 14:00. The worst areas are between Bourg St Maurice – Moutiers (transfers from Val Thorens & Les Menuires don’t take that road), the ring road around Grenoble and the Lyon and Chambery motorway peages.

If you’re on a Ben’s Bus leaving Grenoble, Geneva or Lyon Airports between 9am – 4pm, you will probably hit some heavy traffic. Your Ben’s Bus eTicket will mention if we have allowed extra time for your journey. If you are heading to La Plagne, Les Arcs, Val d’Isere or Tignes, our drivers may have to take a legal break en-route. This is to comply with EU legislation and is designed to protect all road users. Use the facilities at the airport or in the resort before you leave as not all of our vehicles have toilets. If you need to go en-route, just ask the driver to pull over at the next convenient place.

LOCAL KNOWLEDGE IS GOLD!

Book your ski transfer with a reputable and established company. Ben’s Bus has been working in the mountains for 15 years and works with local coach companies. Our drivers know the cheeky short cuts and how to avoid the bottlenecks. Our coordinators consult traffic websites and traffic cameras and our drivers and reps report where the roads are congested.

Top Tip: Don’t rely completely on Sat-Nav as it might try to take you across mountain passes that are closed in the winter!

CHOOSE YOUR DATES WISELY

The easiest way to avoid the rush and the crowds is to take your ski holiday in January or March. You’ll also get cheaper deals on accommodation and the queues for the ski lifts will be much smaller. Plus, you’ll get that table at your favourite restaurant! This website is a good source of information about school holidays in France https://about-france.com/school-holidays.htm Of course if you have kids in school, then that’s not possible.