Peekaboo Posted June 29, 2006 Share Posted June 29, 2006 Anyone out there commuting to London from Haute Savoie, specifically Samoens, Grand Massif? If so, do you have any tips on places to park a car near Geneva airport without paying airport prices?[blink] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evianers Posted July 5, 2006 Share Posted July 5, 2006 We are aiming to do this from next year = not to London, but back to Antwerp on a regular basis.Best thing we can think of is to have OH drive you and drop you there = much cheaper than long term parking in the Geneva area... but if you find an alternative solution, do let us know! TIA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pangur Posted July 6, 2006 Share Posted July 6, 2006 There are long term parking deals at Geneva airport - you can get 25% off the long term car park if your car is registered in Haute Savoie. P51 isn't bad value compared to other carparks in Geneva or other airports http://www.gva.ch/en/Desktopdefault.aspx/tabid-304/ for reduced tarifs. At least when you get off the plane, you are right beside the car (no buses to long term parking) and on the motorway home immediately. Geneva in general is hell for parking, and there isn't really a regular public transport option for anywhere near there from that end of 74. Free parking is rare around there. You could try parking in Palexpo, the huge exibition hall beside the aiport. We were at an exibition there and managed to park and get out without seeing a ticket barrier. It might have been a once off - most parking loopholes in Geneva seem to be closed as soon as you find them! Let us know if find anything... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nickndrachael Posted August 9, 2006 Share Posted August 9, 2006 The other possibility is to take a bus from Samoens to the airport / railway station in Geneva. Depending on how long you are leaving your car at Geneva airport it should be cheaper (but less convenient of course). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nickndrachael Posted August 9, 2006 Share Posted August 9, 2006 Or, you can rent a parking space in Geneva (should cost anywhere between CHF 150 - CHF 300 per month) - you're kind of tied into it but if it is something you are doing every week it could be a lot cheaper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darwin Posted March 1, 2007 Share Posted March 1, 2007 This is an old thread but.....Park in the short stay at Geneva, go to London, on return go to the entry barrier, push button and take a new ticket, pay minimum fare at the machine, collect car, go to exit and leave....one weeks parking for virtually nothing.Shhh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teamedup Posted March 2, 2007 Share Posted March 2, 2007 [:D] I can imagine that they would find new and imaginative ways to use those red handled knives on anyone they saw doing that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evianers Posted March 2, 2007 Share Posted March 2, 2007 Wow! ........... but don't they have cameras recording when each vehicle enters and parks? Seemingly not if you have got away with it. Wonder no-one else has cottoned on to this little scheme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5-element Posted March 2, 2007 Share Posted March 2, 2007 TU, do you mean the snazzy multi-function Swiss army knives??? So that's what all those gadgets are for!I always fancied that if I was attacked, the best bit to use to defend myself would be the saw - lethal!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teamedup Posted March 2, 2007 Share Posted March 2, 2007 Evianers, I really wouldn't risk it and I have never seen anyone doing that either, the swiss take some things very very seriously and getting money out of people is one of them. Yes, those knives 5-element. They used to sell them in the duty free part of the airport, I know that they shouldn't be, but I wonder if they still are, I'll have to look next time I am there. I have to say Geneva is my favourite airport. Easy to get to. Easy to find my way around it. Efficient. The new parking deal isn't as good as it was, but it isn't bad either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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