Transfer with Bike from Geneva to Bourg-d'Oisans

Minibus or car hire from from Geneva airport.
I know some lads who hired a van from Geneva to Bourg but there were only 4 of them.
I've gone from Grenoble train station to bourg by bus with bike bags. Bus was direct to bourg no probs, regular service and there were blokes who'd come from the airport.

You'd better get this sorted Platti! In fact, I need to sort a box out!!

Platti/Nap, we've done this a couple of times. We hired cars from airport and drove down. It's only about a 2 1/2 to 3 hour drive depending on traffic, and so dead easy.

We banged all the bike bags into one car, with 2 guys up front, and then 3 guys in other car with all other luggage (appreciate there's 7 of you, so you may need 3 cars, or like one guy said earlier, a minibus). You do have to be careful what size car you get though. Deffo an estate at least, or one of those people carriers, as the roof height means you can stack the bike bags in nicely. If I recall, we put the bike bags in side by side as opposed to on top of each other, as some bike bags were fairly tall (Planet X for example). Oh, and diesel cars as it's cheaper and fuel efficient. We just booked via EasyCar off the EasyJet website.

If you drive, don't forget to take have some Euros handy for the tolls on the motorway. You can get a route map off ViaMichelin.co.uk, which even tells you the toll fee, where they are, and even where the speed cameras are positioned. And when you come back and need to fill the car with fuel, as your back in Switzerland, don't worry about the petrol stations needing Suisse francs, as they'll have your Euros as well.

Out of interest, what routes have you got planned ?

Yeah, the hire cars from Geneva airport were expensive. It cost us £300 for 6 days for a standard estate car (all taxes and insurances). Each extra driver was about €15 (Euros). Maybe a transit van and a car eh ! Bang all luggage in van with 2 up front, and 4 in car.

Train is probably the other best bet. I believe there's a train to centre of Geneva, then from there to Grenoble, and then bus to BDO.

There's a guy called Russell, who lives in Grenoble. He has a very good website called www.grenoblecycling.com that has some good route ideas, and he may know of various different ways to get down there.

I've seen a few of Nap's postings on the forums, and the sort of rides he goes on, so no doubt the Marmotte route will be on your agenda eh. It's a good ride :twisted: