Unique provides airport transfers from your arrival airport to your chalet and, of course, return to any airport or station of your choice. Their drivers are experienced, friendly and reliable and speak English and French to our clients. All are certified & licensed to drive in both France and Switzerland. Unique use luxurious Volkswagen Caravelles, which seat up to 8 people comfortably plus the driver. They are the long wheelbase version for extra luggage space. Their minibus runs 24 hours…

A few years ago, I wrote a series of blogs which explained how to get from each of the ‘local’ airports (Chambery, Grenoble, Lyon and Geneva) to La Tania by public transport. The reason for those blogs were that transfers were and still are a bit of a nightmare, especially if there are only one or two of you coming out. Finding anything reasonably priced is pretty much impossible. The slightly bizarre thing is, when people book a skiing holiday…

And so, dear friends, as this prose lumbers inexorably towards its dénouement, I really must give the weather a mention and, through gritted teeth, the British media. OK, I’ll admit the weather wasn’t as brilliant as it usually is in La Tania, where we usually expect bluebird days and consistent snow from early December until at least mid-April. Normally, the problem is getting rid of the stuff around the chalets before we disappear under its ever-increasing depth. This is why…