Chambery Airport to Meribel is roughly 103 km and takes about an hour and twenty minutes in good conditions, which makes it one of the shortest airport transfers into the Three Valleys. Montivo drives it privately and door to door: your group alone in the vehicle, from the terminal to your accommodation, at a price fixed per vehicle when you book rather than charged per person.
Arriving at Chambery
Most Chambery flights arrive at the weekend, a good share of them from the UK, and on a Saturday the small terminal fills quickly. Your driver is waiting inside the terminal when you come through and walks with you to the vehicle. Because the flight is tracked, an early or late landing simply moves the meeting time; there is nothing for you to rearrange.
Lake, motorway, then the Allues valley
For most of the way the drive is fast road: south from Lac du Bourget past Chambery, the A43 and A430 to Albertville, then the N90 up the Tarentaise to Moutiers. From Moutiers the road heads for Brides-les-Bains, the spa town at the foot of the valley, and climbs through Les Allues to Meribel at about 1,450 metres.
The climb from Brides is the only true mountain section, which is why the journey stays short even in winter. Fresh snow slows it down, and the drivers know the road in winter, so the pace is set by the conditions rather than the clock.
Changeover traffic
On a Saturday the issue is not the distance but the Tarentaise itself. Changeover guests for every resort in the valley share the same N90, and the approach to Moutiers is where it slows. How long the queue lasts varies from one week to the next. Saturday has its own rate because the driver and vehicle are out for longer, and on the way home it is the day to leave the most margin.
Centre, Les Allues or Mottaret
"Meribel" on a booking can mean several places. The old village of Les Allues is below the resort, Meribel Centre is the main village, and Meribel-Mottaret sits several kilometres further up the valley at about 1,750 metres, much of it ski-in/ski-out. A lot of chalets are on steep lanes off the main road where a coach would never fit. Put the exact address in the booking and the driver goes straight to the right door.
Transfer to Meribelfrom €280 per vehicle, Saturday €380
Price for your dateVehicles for families and groups
Standard seats up to eight passengers; VIP seats up to seven in a higher-specification vehicle with more space once the bags are in. Larger parties are priced for the number of vehicles they need.
Car seats, skis and boards
Ask for child seats when you book, with the children's ages, and they come at no extra charge. Skis, snowboards and bulky bags need declaring too, so the vehicle that arrives can carry all of it without anyone travelling with a ski bag on their lap.
Short transfer, more of the holiday
From Geneva, the road to Meribel runs past Annecy before it reaches Albertville; from Chambery you are at the entrance to the valley almost at once. On a long weekend that difference is time on the snow rather than time in a vehicle. The catch is the timetable: Chambery flights cluster on winter weekends, so check what flies on your dates before planning around it.
The run back to Chambery
We set the pick-up from your flight time, allowing for the descent to Brides, the valley traffic and a terminal that is at its busiest on the same Saturday everyone leaves. Book the outbound and return together: the return is simply the second leg, priced at the rate for the day it falls on.
