Dick Turpin!

Hi all,

well, it's that time of year again, planning the trip for the new year, and lo and behold, that age old issue of transfers has come up again.

We're trying to get from Geneva to Tignes, and we've come up against Dick Turpin and all his fellow highway robbers. How can a shared transfer for five come in at £110 each? And that's the cheapest!
Looks like it's going to be the hire car again, which is still a killer at nearly four hundred quid. Unless we can find a cheaper alternative.....

So...question is.....has anyone got any suggestions? We've got a proper sad on at the moment, but it would seem we're completely at the mercy of the transfer companies, who seem to be taking a liberty....

Not sure where you are based, but have you considered driving the whole journey? I reckon you could take 2 cars for the same cost as the transfer, plus then you could save the airfares and carry whatever luggage you can fit in the cars.

If you know anyone with a large MPV you might be able to borrow, you would all get in 1 vehicle for the trip.

Just a thought for you.

Hi Randyrat,
The best deal I could find for our group holiday was with thecoolbus.co.uk which was 280 euros one way for an 8 seater mini-bus from Geneva to Tignes. But as it happens we're all getting there in different ways and I don't think we're going to use this company (which was recommended to me by the owner of the chalet we're going to). I don't think you'd find anything much cheaper than that.

Perhaps if you say which dates and times you're travelling you could advertise the 3 spare places in the mini-bus on here and reduce your transfer costs.

What's wrong with using the bus? The Aeroski bus (AKA Altibus) is 109 euros return per person.

Best of luck with getting the transfers sorted :D

car hire?

Just had another thought.

You could try contacting some of the bigger TO's to see if they would be willing to sell you seats on one of their transfer coaches. In the past we have managed to bung a rep and get on a half full coach for a considerably cheaper rate that usual, especially as we were happy to not have a receipt :twisted:

Wouldn't it be cheaper to rent a car for a week..

:oops: Should have read your post properly!

I really must do little more investigation as I could make a killing in the airport transfer market in France by not ripping off people and charging resonable prices.

Well, it looks like it's car hire...I've exhausted all the options. For a small group like ours it's by far the cheapest option, even including fuel and "gasp" £60 for a weeks parking in Tignes. Ah well, on the upside it'll be quicker than a minibus, and we can stash up on food and drink before we reach Tignes, which should save a packet.....
Happy days.....!! :P