Your driver collects you from your Geneva address and heads through the city before joining the motorway southbound towards Annecy and its well-known lake. Depending on traffic levels, the driver may avoid busier lakeside sections before continuing through the lower valleys around Ugine and Albertville. From there, the N90 becomes the main route into the Tarentaise ski region.

Near Moûtiers, the drive leaves the valley floor and climbs into the forested slopes of the Allues Valley, passing chalet villages and mountain streams on the approach to Méribel.

Your driver comes to your address — no walking, no taxi rank, no waiting in the cold. Just share your pickup address at booking (hotel name, apartment address, or any Geneva location) and your driver will be there at the agreed time. If your address is in a pedestrian zone, we'll suggest a nearby meeting point — within a 5-minute walk at most. We'll confirm this in your booking confirmation so there are no surprises on the day. Don't have your exact address yet? That's fine at booking. Just make sure we have it by the day before your Geneva transfer at the latest — that gives your driver time to plan the approach, especially for addresses in the old town or around Eaux-Vives. Your driver will message you when they're on their way.

Méribel spreads across several connected villages climbing the same valley — which one you're heading to matters as much as the resort name itself. Méribel Village (1450 m) is where the resort properly begins. Traditional chalets, the old church, a slower pace than the centre. Access is straightforward in all conditions. Méribel Centre (1600 m) is the main hub: the shops, the bars, the Olympic ice rink, the gondola to Saulire and the connections across toward Val Thorens. Most hotels and apartments are here. This is also where Saturday changeover traffic concentrates — our drivers know when to leave to avoid it. Méribel-Mottaret (1750 m) sits at the top of the valley road, directly at the lifts with connections to Courchevel and Val Thorens. The roads are maintained throughout the season, but after heavy snowfall the final approach to some chalets gets narrow and steep. Our drivers do this route regularly and know the difference between a road that looks difficult and one that actually is. A note on chalets: Méribel has the same navigation trap as other large Alpine resorts — chalet names repeat across villages, so "Méribel" as an address can mean anywhere across the valley. If your chalet has sent you arrival instructions or a barrier code, share them with us at booking. It saves everyone a frustrating search at the end of a long travel day.