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The team has been organising airport transfers to ski resorts around France since 2012. Their aim has always been to make independent travel to ski resorts cheaper and easier for everyone.
This English-speaking company based in Meribel have been running for over 35 years and offer private door to door transfers to resort.
This company offer a premium private transfer service between Geneva and resort. The company has been running for over 25 years and offers its clients a streamlined service with maximum flexibility.
Méribel is only a 1h15 drive from Chambery and a 2h 15 drive from Grenoble Airport. You could hire a car, but with so many transfer companies running shuttles to the resort, why not take it easy and let someone else do the work?
Even if Geneva is the most convenient airport when travelling to Méribel, it’s not the nearest one. There are other airports that offer shorter transfer times, however, they also present a few drawbacks.
The closest airport to Méribel is Chambery, a little over 100km from the centre of resort. While it’s faster to get to Méribel from Chambery (around 1h15), flights are generally more expensive and rarer, as they are usually tour operator charters.
These are the average transfer times and distances from the main airports and train stations to Méribel. The values are approximate and can be affected by snow, bad weather or peak holiday times:
| Geneva to Méribel | 2h15 | 180km | ||
| Grenoble to Méribel | 2h | 175km | ||
| Lyon to Méribel | 1h55 | 178km | ||
| Chambery to Méribel | 1h15 | 102km | ||
| Moutiers train station to Méribel | 45min | 18km |
The average price of a one-way shared transfer from Geneva to Méribel starts at around €65, going up to €400 for a private transfer. From other airports, most Méribel ski transfers are on a private basis, with a one-way starting at around €250. If you’re after something a bit fancier and most definitely faster, the sky can literally be the limit with a private helicopter transfer taking off from €2,200.
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You'll be on a bus with passengers arriving at the airport at a similar time to you.
These tend to be cheaper, although you might have to wait a little while before your bus leaves (typically not more than an hour).
If your transfer is a door-to-door service, you may also have to wait for other passengers to be dropped off in resort. On the plus side, you'll get to discover parts of Meribel you didn't know existed.
You or your group travel alone.
With this type of transfer, there's no waiting around. You can leave the airport as soon as you've cleared customs. The down side is that this is a much more expensive way to travel, and private transfers are not always available.
Using public transport can help keep the costs down on your trip to Méribel. However, it can take considerably longer than a shared or private transfer as buses usually stop several times along the way and you may need to make a connection in Moutiers, the nearest transport hub in the area.
Public bus transfers run from the airports to Méribel in the winter season, especially during weekends. They usually stop at Moutiers, the closest train station and where Eurostar ski trains from London St Pancras stop, before heading up to resort.
Public transport lines travel between Moutiers and Méribel a couple of times per day in summer and winter, stopping at the resorts in the Méribel valley along the way. The Moutiers to Méribel centre bus transfer time is around 45 minutes.
Read how to get to Méribel for more information on all the different ways to travel to the Three Valleys.