The Mercedes-Benz Sprinter, in its passenger-van configuration, is the chauffeured vehicle that moves whole teams in one trip. SLS operates 2023 Sprinters fitted with airline-style reclining seats, a panoramic glass roof, a central aisle for free movement during the run, and a 14-bag rear hold — sized for a fourteen-person corporate group, a hockey or ski-camp squad of teenagers, a wedding party shuttling between ceremony and dinner, or a WEF satellite team commuting between Geneva and Davos. It is the right answer whenever a single V-Class will not absorb the group and two cars would split the team awkwardly.
Tarifs — Mercedes Sprinter
Sprinter pricing is per trip rather than per vehicle class flat — the cabin and load profile vary so widely that we publish a base hourly and a per-kilometre rate beyond the Geneva region.
| Service | Price |
|---|---|
| Base rate | From CHF 250/h |
| Geneva Airport ↔ city / hotel (within canton) | From CHF 250 |
| Beyond canton | CHF 8.50 / km |
| Geneva ↔ Verbier (indicative) | from CHF 1380 |
| Geneva ↔ Davos (WEF route, indicative) | quoted on confirmation |
Minimum two hours hourly. All-inclusive (chauffeur, fuel, Swiss vignette, motorway tolls, standard waiting). Multi-day WEF and ski-camp contracts are quoted on a daily-rate basis with overnight chauffeur lodging built in.
Use cases — when the Sprinter is the right call
WEF in Davos. Annual World Economic Forum week (January) is the Sprinter’s busiest fixture. Delegations, partner firms and media teams base out of Davos hotels but cycle staff in and out of Zurich and Geneva airports. SLS operates dedicated WEF Sprinter rotations: GVA pickup, motorway transit via the A1 / A3 / A28, with a fixed Davos drop-and-collect schedule. Vehicles are pre-cleared for the WEF perimeter and the chauffeurs hold the badges required for restricted-area access.
Corporate offsites and board retreats. Twelve to fourteen executives meeting in the Bürgenstock, Andermatt or Crans-Montana for a two- or three-day strategy retreat travel as a single party. The Sprinter keeps the team together — the working conversation that starts in the cabin continues at the resort — and removes the coordination overhead of three sedans.
Ski camps and youth sport. Junior racing camps, hockey training trips and university teams competing on the Swiss circuit use Sprinters for the obvious load reason: fourteen pairs of skis or fourteen hockey bags fit only in this format. SLS handles the parental waivers, the school’s chaperone seating list and the equipment manifest as standard.
Wedding shuttles. Larger weddings (eighty-plus guests) split a portion of the guest list between two hotels and the venue; a Sprinter loops between them on a fixed quarter-hour schedule for two or three hours either side of dinner.
Festival and concert transport. Verbier Festival summer programme, Caprices Festival in Crans-Montana, Montreux Jazz — orchestras, choirs and crew teams move on Sprinters with their instrument and equipment cases.
Routes & destinations
Geneva ↔ Davos (WEF). Roughly 480 km, five and a half hours by motorway. SLS schedules early-morning departures to land at WEF for first sessions, with rest stops co-ordinated with the principal.
Geneva ↔ Verbier (from CHF 1380). Two hours via the A9. The standard ski-camp and corporate-offsite route — equipment racked behind the rear bench, hard cases secured.
Geneva ↔ Andermatt / Bürgenstock. Three to three-and-a-half hours through the A1, used for board retreats at The Chedi Andermatt and Bürgenstock Hotels & Resort.
Geneva ↔ Zurich Airport. A useful contingency when arrivals split between the two hubs — the Sprinter waits at GVA for a first group, then turns north to collect the Zurich landings.
Geneva city → Palexpo / EPFL Innovation Park / Lausanne convention centres. Day-long offsite agendas where a single chauffeur handles three or four legs without rotating vehicles.
Vehicle specs
- Model : Mercedes-Benz Sprinter passenger-van, model year 2023
- Class designation : group transfer
- Passengers : up to 14
- Luggage : up to 14 standard suitcases in dedicated rear hold (segregated from passenger cabin)
- Cabin : airline-style individual reclining seats, central aisle, panoramic glass roof, individual reading lights, USB charging at every seat, climate-controlled cabin, microphone-and-PA system available for guided itineraries
- Driver standard : Swiss professional licence, multi-day shift trained, FR/EN, WEF accreditation available on request
Sprinter vs V-Class — group-size and route logic
Clients sometimes hesitate between booking a V-Class with overflow handled by a sedan, versus a single Sprinter. The decision rule is straightforward: at eight to fourteen passengers, the Sprinter wins on cost-per-seat, on team cohesion and on luggage. Splitting into a V-Class plus an E-Class is the right answer only for clearly hierarchical groups — a principal who needs to travel separately from staff, a board member arriving ahead of the team. For a peer group (training squad, festival ensemble, conference delegation), the Sprinter keeps everybody together and the chauffeur runs a single brief.
WEF logistics in detail
Because WEF week (Davos, third week of January) is concentrated and high-stakes, the Sprinter dispatch logic differs from the rest of the year. Vehicles are pre-positioned in Geneva and Zurich the weekend before; chauffeurs are rostered on a multi-shift basis with overnight lodging built into the contract; secondary vehicles are kept in standby to absorb late inbound flights and weather delays over the Klosters approach. WEF clients receive a single dispatch contact for the duration, named-driver continuity where feasible, and a daily settlement statement to keep finance in the loop without bottle-necking the operational decisions.
Booking
The Sprinter is bookable directly at booking.swiss-limousine-service.com for hourly and standard transfer profiles. Multi-day contracts — WEF week, season-long corporate accounts, ski-camp series — are configured by the SLS desk with daily-rate pricing, chauffeur lodging where needed, and a dedicated dispatch contact for the duration.