Coach Service From London To The Alps. Alternative Way To The Slopes That Uses Significantly Less Carbon Than Flying

Coach service from London to the Alps provides genuine alternative to flying, is lower in cost and puts out considerably less carbon emissions than flying.

Snow Express has been operating a coach service from London Victoria to over 40 ski resorts in the French Alps for over 10 years, but is seeing a significant growth in interest for the 2019-20 season due to increasing concerns over the environmental impact of flying.

A flight and transfer to the ski resort of Tignes typically uses around 82KG of carbon per person, whist the entire journey by Snow Express coach, including the ferry crossing, typically uses around 12KG of carbon per person. The cost of travelling by coach to the Alps is also typically much less than by air or rail (a Geneva-Tignes shared transfer alone typically costs £95), making it more affordable for families and those on a tighter budget, even during the high season weeks when flights can sometimes be up to 10 times higher* in price than during off-peak times.

Dave Manley from Snow Express said: “Travel doesn’t always have the best reputation when it comes to the environment, but the fact is that coach travel is one of the best ways to get to the Alps if you want to cut your carbon footprint compared to flying. We thought the train would beat the coach hands down but actually there’s not much difference in it when it comes to carbon emissions per person when we looked closely at the numbers. All our vehicles are Euro 6 Compliant, which is the highest level of emissions standard there is right now”.

Iain Martin from the website Ski Flight Free, said: “Travelling by coach on your ski holiday is a much more carbon efficient way of travelling to the Alps than flying”.

Snow Express offers a weekly service every Friday (from December 13, 2019) during the ski season departing at 18.30 hrs from London Victoria Colonnade Coach Station (or Folkestone) to over 40 ski resorts in the French Alps, returning on the following Saturday afternoon at 17.30 and arriving back in the UK on Sunday morning. The final departure date of the season is April 10, 2020.

All coaches are highly modern and include free wi-fi and USB charging ports.