The transfer from Geneva Airport to Meribel-Mottaret covers roughly 145 km and takes about two and a half hours in good conditions, the final stretch carrying on past Meribel centre and higher up the Allues valley. It is a private transfer from the terminal to your door with nobody else on board, and its price is for the vehicle, not per passenger, fixed at booking.
Collected inside the terminal
Once your plane is down, the driver is working to the actual landing time, not the timetable. You will find the driver inside the terminal and walk out to the vehicle together; the flight number on your booking tells us which side of the airport, Swiss or French, that will be.
Into the Allues valley
The first stretch is motorway, down the A41 past Annecy and on towards Albertville, where the N90 takes over for the run up the Tarentaise to Moutiers. There the route leaves the main valley for Brides-les-Bains and begins the climb up the Allues valley, past the village of Les Allues to Meribel centre.
Where most Meribel transfers end, yours carries on for several more kilometres up the valley to Mottaret, at about 1,750 m and some 300 m higher than the centre. That extra climb is where snow makes the biggest difference on the whole route, and it is a stretch the drivers know well in winter.
Saturdays up the valley
On changeover Saturday the N90 to Moutiers carries every Three Valleys arrival at once, and the Allues valley road then takes Meribel's and Mottaret's share, with guests coming and going on the same stretch. Heading for Mottaret, you drive through the whole of Meribel's traffic before you reach your own. The Saturday rate covers the extra hours.
Which vehicle to book
Up to eight people travel in Standard. Choose VIP and the limit is seven, in a vehicle with a higher specification and more space for each passenger. If your group needs two vehicles, the booking prices two, and nobody else shares them.
Transfer to Meribel-Mottaretfrom €300 per vehicle, Saturday €420
Price for your dateSeats for children, room for skis
Child seats are free if requested with the booking, along with the children's ages. Skis, snowboards and bulky cases should be on the booking too, and the vehicle sent will be big enough for the kit as well as the passengers.
In the middle of the Three Valleys
Mottaret sits at the heart of the Three Valleys, with lifts heading towards Courchevel on one side and Les Menuires and Val Thorens on the other. It was built around the pistes, with residences and chalets stepped up both sides of the valley and much of the accommodation right on the snow.
The driver takes you as close as the road goes. For properties that stand on the pistes rather than on a road, ask your residence in advance how luggage reaches the door. Give the residence or chalet name and its full address at booking too, because Meribel centre, Les Allues and Mottaret are separate places several kilometres apart, and "Meribel" alone is not enough to find you.
Planning the drive back
We take the flight time and work backwards: the descent through Meribel to Brides-les-Bains and Moutiers, the Tarentaise, the motorway and the airport, with room for ski bags at check-in. From the upper end of the valley on a Saturday, or after a night of snow, that means an earlier start than you might guess. The return leg is charged at the rate for its own date.
