. There are various choices for travelling from-the airport to your ski resort - you could catch the train, a coach, a private maxi cab bookings transfer or you could self drive. However, train and coach times often do not always match your flight arrival or departure times and so can mean lots of waiting around and you still then need to hire a taxi or organize to be picked up from-the station to get to your own resort lodging.

Smaller groups often appear to rent a car as a cheaper option to a private transport service, however there might be many hidden extras when hiring a car that may increase the quoted cost significantly. If driving to a ski resort you'll need snow chains and ideally snow tyres. It really is compulsory on various roads up the mountains to have chains and without snow tyres you could find it a fairly skiddy, dangerous journey, when there is recent snow.

Another point to take into consideration is the availability of parking. Many apartment blocks and chalets have restricted, if any parking and so that you might find yourself having to buy parking for the-week. Not to mention there's the hassle factor. If you choose to employ a private transfer company then there'll be someone waiting for you at the arrivals gate, someone to assist you with bag, you can walk straight out the door and into the maxi cab 7 seater and relax and unwind, without the worry of needing to-navigate to the resort and fight with traffic, find change for the toll booths, worry about fitting snow chains…….

To give some examples of prices:

Ford Fiesta through RhinoCarHire, which can seat 4 adults and take around 3 suitcases is 31.95 Euros per day. This is 'all inclusive' of taxes, airport fees & insurance but when you are bringing skis and need a ski rack, that's an extra 35 Euros. Snow chains (compulsory for driving up mountain) are 3.5 Euros a day so an additional 24.5 Euros a week,

snow tyres (recommended) are 7 Euros a day so another 49 Euros weekly. If you want an additional driver it is a further 63 Euros a week and a child seat is around 30 Euros extra. So for a week's hire with chains, ski rack and snow tyres you're looking at just under 330 Euros for the week. Easycar.com have an Opal Corsa which you could squash four adults in at a push and a number of suitcases for 274 Euros and this includes snow chains and tyres. A bigger car like a Golf is 316 Euros per week with snow tyres and chains. Car seats, additional drivers and ski racks are all extra and there aren't any prices provided on the site and are payable when you pick up the automobile but availability isn't guaranteed.

BudgetInternational's cheapest car is a Renault Clio which is 278 Euros weekly. There is no information on the site as to what snow tyres, snow chains and ski racks cost extra but an added driver is nearly 10 Euros per day extra.

Avis, hiring on the Swiss side of Geneva have a Polo for around 54 Euros a day

(378 Euros a week)

which includes snow tyres and chains. A ski rack is 42 Euros extra per hire, a child booster seat is 34 Euros per hire, an added driver is 50 Euros weekly. Europcar have a VW Polo for 380 Euros with winter tyres. Hertz have a Ford Fiesta for 330 Euros with snow tyres and snow chains. Sixt do a VW Polo from 343 Euros per week and snow tyres are an additional 4 Euros a day. Snow chains along with a ski rack are also around an extra 4 Euros a day Find Out More.