Private airport transfers to 174 Gore Creek Drive. We pick you up at Eagle or Denver and bring you to the Lodge's front entrance, not a drop zone three blocks away.
The Lodge sits in the middle of Vail Village, which is a pedestrian zone. Most drivers coming up from Denver have never dealt with that. They drop guests near the parking structure and point down Bridge Street, and you walk the rest of the way with your bags.
We don't do that. Vehicle access into the Village runs through the Checkpoint Charlie gate, and we've been checking in there for eleven years. We drive down Gore Creek Drive and pull up to the Lodge's entrance. Your bags go from the back of the Suburban to the bell staff. That's the whole walk.
On departure day it works the same way in reverse. We stage at the front of the Lodge at the time we agreed on, load up, and head for your airport with time to spare.
The Lodge is where Vail started. It opened in December 1962, the same season the mountain did, four years before the town was even incorporated. Everything else in the Village grew up around it. Today it's a RockResort run by Vail Resorts, but it still holds the best ground in town: steps from Gondola One, with true ski-in, ski-out access that almost nothing else in the Village can honestly claim.
The history is still there if you know where to look. Pool One out back was the first swimming pool in Vail, and it's still going, with hot tubs and fire pits alongside. Mickey's Piano Bar off the lobby has live music most nights and has been a Vail institution for decades. Elway's, John Elway's Colorado steakhouse, took over the old Wildflower space in 2011 and has anchored the corner ever since. Rooms run from classic lodge rooms up to multi-bedroom chalets.
George patrolled Vail Mountain for years, and the runs he worked funnel right down to this part of the Village. When we drop you at the Lodge, you're staying at the original address in town. It has been six decades and the location still hasn't been beat.
Eagle is our home airport. We live 20 minutes from it, and the drive from EGE to the Lodge runs about 35 to 40 minutes up I-70. We track your flight, and George or Enzo is curbside before your bags hit the carousel. American and United fly into EGE from major hubs, with a much bigger schedule during ski season. If you can route through Eagle, do it. You'll be checking in at the Lodge while the Denver arrivals are still passing Idaho Springs.
More on our Eagle Airport to Vail service.
The DIA run to Vail takes about two hours in good conditions. The moment your plane touches down, you get a text from us with directions to meet your car at Island 2, right outside baggage claim. No hunting for a driver holding a sign, no shuttle counter. Grab your bags, walk out, and we're there.
In winter, this drive is the reason people call us instead of renting a car. Vail Pass in February is not the place to learn winter driving. We've made this run in every condition Colorado has.
EGE has a 9,000-foot runway and takes any jet. Signature Aviation runs the FBO there (it was the Vail Valley Jet Center for years), and NetJets opened its own terminal at Eagle in 2025. Kyla coordinates directly with your flight crew so the car is staged before you touch down. You step off the plane and into the Suburban.
When weather closes the approach into Eagle, flights divert to Rifle (RIL), where Atlantic Aviation handles the FBO. We cover Rifle too, and we watch the weather closely enough that we're usually rolling before your crew calls us. On international arrivals into Eagle, CBP boards the aircraft and clears you planeside, so you walk straight from the jet to the waiting car.
Call or text and George or Kyla answers. If we're driving, we'll call you back the second we park.
Getting to the Lodge at Vail
How much is car service to the Lodge at Vail?
$595 for a Suburban (up to 6 passengers) and $895 for a Sprinter van (up to 14) from Denver International Airport, and $290 and $430 from Eagle County Airport (EGE). These are summer rates; winter runs higher. Every rate is all-inclusive, covering driver gratuity, fuel, and fees with no surge pricing, and a $100 surcharge applies to pickups between 10 PM and 7 AM.
Do you drop off right at the Lodge at Vail?
Yes, door to door at the hotel entrance in the heart of Vail Village. Your driver helps with bags and ski gear so you can walk straight in.
How long is the drive to the Lodge at Vail?
About 120 miles and 2 hours from Denver International Airport in clear conditions, longer in winter weather or ski-season traffic. From Eagle County Airport it is about 35 miles and 40 minutes.