Short airport transfer corporate ski trips

By some measure, the least enjoyable part of any corporate ski trip - resort transfers are a necessary evil, taking clients from airports to remote, glorious locations. Distances vary greatly & company ski trip resort transfers need not be too painful.

On a short-duration corporate ski trip, client event planners can be forgiven for an obsession with short airport transfers. Some of the best corporate ski resorts in the Alps are a 3-hour transfer grind from the airport.

Fortunately, whilst Zermatt, Val Thorens and Val d’Isère are too far for some groups, there are world-class options closer to an hour from the arrival airport – superb resorts such as St Anton, La Clusaz or Morzine.

Distance by road is one aspect, but other considerations include the amount of the journey spent on motorways and the size of the arrival airport. Innsbruck is seconds from baggage claim to taxi rank. Geneva isn’t!

Landing on mountainsides is usually the preserve of a plane in distress, yet there are airstrips in, or on the doorstep of mega-resorts such as St Moritz, Courchevel and Méribel, offering access to small planes and helicopters.

Why do short ski resort transfers matter?

Maximise limited time

With a short break corporate ski trip, time is limited. A world far removed from their daily lives awaits in the peaks, and there is a longing to arrive and appreciate the trappings of the ski resort.

Minimise fatigue

The least enjoyable part of any event, multi-leg travel, can drag on and on. The final leg of the journey, from the airport to the resort, needs to be as short as possible to avoid fatigue.

Cost savings

The shorter the coach transfer, the less it costs. The irony of ski resort transfer is that the longer it takes, the more it costs, and the less it is enjoyed. A long transfer is a perfect storm that needs avoiding.

Corporate ski resorts with short airport transfers:

Innsbruck, Austria

Possibly 10m from the baggage carousel to the taxi rank and with a ski cable car just 5 miles from the international airport, Innsbruck offers the best access from Airbus to Doppelmayr in the Alps.

INNSBRUCK CORPORATE SKI TRIPS

Skis hung in the air in the centre of Chamonx

Chamonix, France

Off the airport slip road and it is almost entirely motorway to the resort of Chamonix-Mont-Blanc. In good traffic the Geneva to Chamonix transfer takes just over an hour.

CHAMONIX CORPORATE SKI TRIPS

La Clusaz, France

One of the shortest airport transfers in the Alps at 42 miles, the Geneva to La Clusaz resort transfer can take just over 1 hour.

LA CLUSAZ CORPORATE SKI TRIPS

Futuristic restaurant on the ski pistes of Sölden

Sölden, Austria

Just over 50 miles from Innsbruck international airport, Sölden resort transfers are possible in just over an hour from the airport baggage carousels.

SÖLDEN CORPORATE SKI TRIPS

St Anton, Austria

Just steps from baggage claim, the resort transfer leaves Innsbruck airport and is in St Anton in around an hour, using almost only a blissfully straight autobahn.

ST ANTON CORPORATE SKI TRIPS

Singers performing on an apres ski balcony

Morzine, France

Located just 50 miles from Geneva airport, Morzine is a wonderfully atmospheric resort and one of the best located in the Alps. transfer times in good traffic can be as short as 80 minutes.

MORZINE CORPORATE SKI TRIPS

Courmayeur, Italy

Located on the opposite side of the Mont Blanc tunnel to Chamonix, Courmayeur enjoys the same, speedy, motorway connections from Geneva airport and takes around 90 minutes.

COURMAYEUR CORPORATE SKI TRIPS