Urgent Chambery to Geneva Vignette??
Mar 14th 2014, 12:07 pm
#1
BE Enthusiast
Thread Starter
Joined: May 2013
Posts: 533
Urgent Chambery to Geneva Vignette??
Urgent question svp. If I travel between Chambery and Geneva airport do I need a vignette once through customs just for the short drive to the airport? It is not far, but not sure if it is swiss peage or not. Also, if I do need one, I know customs on arrival have them, but can I buy them from service stations en route or not?
Mar 14th 2014, 12:37 pm
#2
Lost in BE Cyberspace
Joined: Jan 2012
Location: Dépt 61
Posts: 5,254
Re: Urgent Chambery to Geneva Vignette??
I believe you need a vignette to travel on any motorway in Switzerland.
Mar 14th 2014, 12:44 pm
#3
BE Enthusiast
Thread Starter
Joined: May 2013
Posts: 533
Re: Urgent Chambery to Geneva Vignette??
Yes i think so too.
Mar 14th 2014, 7:56 pm
#4
Loving the mountains
Joined: Oct 2009
Location: le Bourg D'Oisans, French Alps
Posts: 113
Re: Urgent Chambery to Geneva Vignette??
You can travel to the airport via Geneva city centre which means you will bypass the main border control area. If you can't be bothered and just want to get there asap, go via the motorway and if you get stopped at the 'douane' you can just pay the €40.
Mar 17th 2014, 11:46 am
#5
BE Enthusiast
Joined: Feb 2011
Location: 42
Posts: 445
Re: Urgent Chambery to Geneva Vignette??
Yes you do need a vignette if you drive to Geneva airport from France along the motorway. Everything has been thought out with typical Swiss efficiency; when you cross the border, there is a huge customs post with Swiss policemen and women directing cars automatically towards the row of booths where you fork out your however many Swiss francs; and don't worry, no penalties are applied. (Credit cards willingly accepted, plus, no doubt, gold ingots or cash in brown envelopes). Whether or not there is another road in I do not know, but the vignette only applies to the motorways.
