The ease of access to Le Chatelard and your chalet means that it is possible to leave in the morning and be skiing by lunchtime at Les Aillons or lunching and swimming in Lake Annecy in the summer, so weekend breaks are also possible.Flydrive – Geneva, Chambery, Grenoble,LyonFlights run regularly and if booking in advance you should get a return for about £60. Go to Skyscanner for prices and flight times from all airports or Easyjet.Access to your chalet is just 60 minutes away from picking up your car in Geneva, now the new motorway route to Annecy is open. Car hire is available from £22 a day at AutoEurope. I travelled with my father on a fly drive from Gatwick and left our house in Dartford at 6.15am for the 8.15 Easyjet flight with pre checked luggage – arriving at Le Chatox for 11.45am French time , so the rest of the day to play with.Directions from Geneva Airport to Le Chatelard (50 miles)As you leave the car rental follow the signs to France.Continue on this road (Route de Pre Bois) until you can go no further (about 1km) and then turn left for France.Immediately get into right hand lane and take the next right which is the slip road onto the A1/E25/E62.After passing through customs/frontier into France continue on toll road A401 to Annecy A41.Take Exit 15, marked Rumilly, and once off auto-route and through tolls take left turn towards Cusy on D3.At the end of the road at Cusy centre take left turn towards Lescheraines. At Lescheraines (centre) veer left to Le Chatelard. Pass through La Motte-en-Bauges & Le Chatelard.As you exit the village, you will see some alpine chalets on your left. Turn left and follow the road up the hill. Continue to the bottom of the cul-de-sac and you will find Le Chatox.Directions from Le Chatelard to Geneva Airport (75 km)Turn right onto main road and pass through Le Chatelard, La Motte-en-Bauges.At Lescheraines veer right towards Cusy. After hairpin bends take left fork (direction Aix-les-Bains) to Cusy.At Cusy turn right onto D3 towards auto-route A41.At Rumilly, turn right at signs for Genève, go through tolls & merge onto A41 via the ramp to Annecy / Genève.Follow directions to Geneva airport.If returning a hire car, follow signs ‘Hire Car return’. There is a self-service automated petrol station on the right at the World Trade Centre just before the Hire Car return. Make sure you have a credit/debit card handy.By RoadGetting to Le Chatelard is extremely easy with France’s superb road system. The drive down is very straight forward and is all motorway except the last 30mins as you drive up into Les Bauges and Le Chatelard. A ballpark figure for the cost of this option is around £350 so it can work out cheaper depending on numbers and length of stay. For a route plan click here. From Step 13. it is clearer to follow the Flydrive directions from “Take Exit 15?.Whilst it can be done in 7hrs 30min – allow 9 hours with comfort breaks and lunch from Calais. Ferries are available at least hourly from P&O and SeaFrance.Winter SkiGeneva is superb in winter although some of you might want to check out Snowjet as they fly direct to Chambery (45mins to us) and have some all inclusive deals with ski gear etc..Grenoble is also easy for access only 90mins away with Ryanair, Easyjet, Bmibaby.By RailYou can travel by day, taking Eurostar to Paris, crossing Paris by Metro, then a high-speed TGV to Chambery, or overnight, taking Eurostar to Paris, crossing Paris by Metro, then taking an overnight train with couchettes. In summer book to Chambery or Annecy and hire a car from there (45mins to us). In winter you can do the same or try the snow train from London or Ashford to Bourge St Maurice (90mins to us). We have not tried this mode of transport yet.