How to Prepare Your Ski Trip to Courchevel
Complete checklist and practical tips for a successful ski trip to Courchevel.
Your checklist for a perfect ski trip to Courchevel
3 months before: Essential bookings
- Accommodation: Chalet, hotel or apartment
- Ski pass: Book online
- Airport transfer: Book your private driver
- Ski lessons: If needed
1 month before: Equipment
Ski clothing, goggles, helmet, gloves, sunscreen.
D-Day: Your arrival
1. Landing in Geneva: Your driver awaits you
2. Comfortable journey: 2h drive in premium vehicle
3. Arrival in Courchevel: Direct drop-off at your accommodation
Contact us to organize your travel.
The airport transfer: get it right on landing
Final tip, and not the least: your airport transfer. Geneva remains the main gateway (2h drive), followed by Chambéry (1h30), Lyon (2h15) and Grenoble (2h15). In season, shared shuttles impose up to 4 intermediate stops and 1h of waiting after luggage claim — expect 3h30 door-to-door from Geneva.
The Alpine Ride private transfer flips the logic: your driver tracks your flight, waits at the exit even if you land late, loads skis and cases while you settle the kids, and drives straight to your residence — 2h05 on the clock, no stops. From €350 for 4 passengers in a Tesla Model Y, the premium over a shared shuttle pays for itself from 3 travellers onwards, with zero phantom schedules.
D-7 checklist before departure
One week out: check your ski-pass dates (weather cancellation possible), book your airport transfer (February Saturdays sell out), and review your liability + ski-accident insurance. Three days out: watch the Alpine forecast, pack two pairs of gloves, and tell your chalet your estimated arrival time. The day before: check in online, slip ID documents into cabin luggage, and note your driver's WhatsApp number — sent 24h before pickup.
