There are various options for travelling from-the airport to your ski resort - you could catch the train, a coach, a private sunglasses uk transport or you could self drive. However, train and coach times often don't usually match your flight arrival or departure times and so can mean a lot of waiting around and you still then have to hire a cab or organize to be picked-up from the station to get to your own resort lodging.
Smaller groups often appear to rent an automobile as a cheaper alternative to a private transport service, but there can be many hidden extras when selecting an automobile that can raise the quoted price greatly. If driving to a ski resort you will need snow chains and ideally snow tyres. It really is compulsory on various routes up the mountains to have chains and without snow tyres you may find it a fairly skiddy, treacherous journey, when there is recent snow.
Another point-to take into consideration is the availability of parking. Several apartment blocks and chalets have restricted, if any parking and so you may wind up needing to buy parking for the week. And of course there is the hassle factor. If you decide to use a private transfer company then there'll be someone waiting for you at the arrivals gate, someone to assist you with bag, you can walk straight out the door and in-to the minibus for hire and relax and unwind, without the worry of needing to navigate to the resort and fight with traffic, find change for the toll booths, worry about fitting snow chains.......
To give some illustrations of costs:
Ford Fiesta through RhinoCarHire, which can seat 4 adults and take around 3 bags is 31.95 Euros per day. That is 'all inclusive' of taxes, airport fees & insurance but if you're bringing skis and require a ski rack, that is an extra 35 Euros. Snow chains (compulsory for driving up mountain) are 3.5 Euros a day so an additional 24.5 Euros per week,
snow tyres (recommended) are 7 Euros a day so another 49 Euros a week. If you need an added driver it's a further 63 Euros a week and a child seat is around 30 Euros extra. So for a week's hire with chains, ski rack and snow tyres you are looking at just under 330 Euros for the week. Easycar.com have an Opal Corsa which you could squash four adults in at a push and a couple suitcases for 274 Euros and this includes snow chains and tyres. A larger car like a Golf is 316 Euros a week with snow tyres and chains. Car seats, additional drivers and ski racks are all extra and there are no prices provided on the web site and are payable whenever you pick up the car but availability is not guaranteed.
BudgetInternational's cheapest car is a Renault Clio which is 278 Euros weekly. There is absolutely no information on the site as to what snow tyres, snow chains and ski racks cost extra but an additional driver is almost 10 Euros per day extra.
Avis, hiring on the Swiss side of Geneva have a Polo for around 54 Euros a day
(378 Euros a week)
which includes snow tyres and chains. A ski rack is 42 Euros extra per hire, a child booster seat is 34 Euros per hire, an added driver is 50 Euros per week. Europcar have a VW Polo for 380 Euros with winter tyres. Hertz have a Ford Fiesta for 330 Euros with snow tyres and snow chains. Sixt do a VW Polo from 343 Euros per week and snow tyres are an extra 4 Euros a day. Snow chains along with a ski rack are also around an extra 4 Euros a day Learn More Here.
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