Guide
Skis and luggage: what actually decides the vehicle
A boot fills with volume, not with people. What matters is not how many seats you need but what each of you is bringing — and whether those loads can share the same space.
The question asked at booking is nearly always “how many of you are travelling?”. That is the right question for choosing a number of seats, and an incomplete one for choosing a vehicle. A winter transfer does not carry people; it carries people and their loads, and it is the loads that decide.
Three kinds of load, not one
A ski party rarely arrives with a single type of luggage. There are usually three, and they occupy space in quite different ways:
- Suitcases. Easy to count, but a large hard case does not compress and will not take anything stacked on top of it.
- Ski and board equipment. Long and rigid. It needs continuous usable length, which is a different constraint from raw volume.
- Everything else. Boot bags, helmets, day packs, a pushchair, your own child seat, baby equipment. This is the most consistently underestimated category, and often the one that tips a load over.
Why we do not promise a capacity we have not measured
It is easy to write that a vehicle takes one large case per passenger and one set of skis per passenger. Taken separately, those figures hold. Taken together, they assume all three kinds of load share the same boot on the same day — and that depends on the vehicle’s real configuration, not on adding two numbers.
So we state what we know, and handle by hand what we do not yet know. When a combination of passengers, cases and equipment goes beyond what we are certain of, the request goes to human verification and you get a firm answer — not an optimistic estimate that reveals itself on the morning of departure, with an open boot and a family on the pavement.
When the load exceeds one vehicle
Nothing is declined for that reason alone. Depending on the situation, the answer may be:
- a larger vehicle;
- a second vehicle;
- a dedicated luggage van, which frees the cabin entirely;
- a partner operator, where the date or the location calls for it;
- a combination of the above.
These options carry a real cost and we do not pretend otherwise. What we do undertake is that an unusual request triggers a search for a solution and a clear proposal, rather than a refusal.
What is worth telling us
The more precise the description, the firmer the answer. Useful: the number of adults and children, the age of any child needing a seat, the number of large cases, the number of ski and snowboard sets, and anything bulky — golf bag, professional equipment, an instrument, a pushchair. A detail given at booking avoids a conversation on arrival.
Child seats
Seats and boosters are requested at booking, with the child’s age. They take up a place and are prepared in advance; they are not something added as you step into the vehicle.
Tell us about your party and what it is bringing. We will choose the vehicle — and if more than one is needed, we will say so beforehand.
Frequently asked questions
How many cases and pairs of skis fit in one vehicle?
It depends on the vehicle’s real configuration and on whether the loads can share the space. We state what we are certain of; beyond that, the request is checked by a person before confirmation rather than estimated.
What if my party is larger than one vehicle?
We look for a solution: a larger vehicle, a second vehicle, a luggage van, a partner operator, or a combination. An unusual request is never met with an automatic refusal.
Should I declare ski equipment when booking?
Yes. Equipment needs continuous usable length in the boot, which is a different constraint from the number of cases, and it sometimes changes the vehicle.
Are child seats available?
They are requested at booking, with the child’s age. They occupy a seat and are prepared in advance.