Dick Turpin!

Hi,

have a look at BensBus , should get a transfer from Geneva for around £73 per person return ( Saturday to Saturday ), used them last year ( Geneva to Bourg-St-Maurice )...grest service.

jon

Hi again,

Heres the weblink ...

http://www.bensbus.co.uk/


jon.

randyrat wrote: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

Hi Randyrat - how much are you paying for the car hire? I'd like a figure to put on my group holiday 2013 thread.

Do the hire rules specify you have to use undercover parking? If they don't (and you bring a shovel in case of mega snowfall) as far as I know you can park for nothing in the outdoor car parks.

Hi allyG,

AutoEurope ( www.auto-europe.co.uk ) are pretty good for car hire, depending on week and size of car etc I have managed to get hire from between £97 - £170 for a week plus fuel + tolls.

jon

Thanks Jon :D

So, how much do you think it would cost to hire an estate sized car to drive from Geneva airport to Tignes and back for a week ski-ing, including the tolls and fuel?

AllyG wrote:Thanks Jon :D

So, how much do you think it would cost to hire an estate sized car to drive from Geneva airport to Tignes and back for a week ski-ing, including the tolls and fuel?

So, how long is a decent sized piece of string?

You need to use a website such as Via Michelin which gives Toll costs. Fuel consumption costs can be provided by Mfrs websites. Car hire co's provide up to date prices on their websites for different sized vehicles.

Thanks Bandit :D

I tried out that Via Michelin site and it said it would cost a total of £39 each way, total £78, made up of:

Toll = £5-00
Petrol = £15
Road Tax = £20-00

It also said it would take 3 hours and 16 minutes (from Geneva airport to Tignes) and it was 108 miles, and the traffic effect was 19 minutes.

I have no idea what road tax means in this instance, or whether the petrol figures are correct.

So, I suppose if I take the mid-way point for Jon's car hire costs, £135, and add it to the above costs of £78 I get a grand total of £213 (without adding anything on for parking charges in Tignes).

And, if I assume that one could get a return bus ticket for £80 per person, then hiring a car is very marginally cheaper if there are 3 people in it but more realistically I think one would need 4 people to make it worth the trouble of hiring a car.

AllyG wrote:
Toll = £5-00
Petrol = £15
Road Tax = £20-00

The easiest access by car to/from GVA airport is via Swiss Motorways. This requires a Vignette costing 40chf. It's possible to find your way onto the French Autoroute without going through the Bardonnex Border Post, good navigation skills needed.