- Roadtrip

In 2011 breiden wij de Volvo Road Trip tot een pan-europees evenement uit– naast de honderden Snowbombers die vanuit Volvo Lipscomb Maidstone in het Verenigd Koninkrijk vertrekken, vertrekt de Road Trip nu ook vanuit Duitsland (Berlijn), Nederland (Amsterdam) en Italië (Milaan).

Na een lekker ontspannend ritje vanuit Groot-Brittannië, Nederland en Duitsland stoppen de bestuurders en hun passagiers in Frankfurt om te overnachten, voordat ze zich de volgende middag in Mayrhofen (Snowbombing HQ) bij de Italiaanse roadtrippers voegen. Vervolgens rijden ze in een triomfantelijke colonne door het centrum van Mayrhofen waar ze als helden worden onthaald door het publiek dat langs de weg staat en dit alles natuurlijk onder begeleiding van passende muziek – een finish om nooit te vergeten!

Please Note: Full Details of the 2011 Volvo Road Trip and European departure points will be announced Wednesday 19th January!  Unfortunately the UK departure point on the Road Trip has now sold out. Please stay tuned to the website, Blog and Facebook site for full updates in the next coming weeks.

All roads lead to Snowbombing 2011...

The eminently enjoyable exodus revs off from Lipscomb Volvo Maidstone dealership. All Snowbombers receive a full set of directions and a bunch of random tasks to complete en route... before heading south in a mass exodus across the Channel to Calais. Then onto an overnight refuel with frothy beer and tasty sausages before heading off the next morning for the snow-capped peaks of Austria... Upon arriving in the Alps, all the cars parade triumphantly right up the Haupt Strasse (high street to you girls) in Mayrhofen, the home of Snowbombing and party capital of the Alps...

The Volvo Snowbombing Road Trip is NOT a race or a rally! – it's more a leisurely European adventure for up to five passengers per car. As any agony aunt will tell you, 'It's not how fast you can do it, it's all about the fun you have doing it' - So think camaraderie rather than competition, we enjoyed the view out of all the windows, not just the front one... after all, you know what they say, 'half the fun is getting there!'

"Those who fall for it return year after year, road trippin' across Europe in cars and smiling ear to ear for the whole six days"

The Daily Express

Redenen waarom je dit niet mag missen!

Hilariteit op de Highway helemaal naar het Hof...

Deelname aan de Volvo Road Trip is een unieke ervaring, een ware aanval op het internationale asfalt.  Het is een fantastische manier om je Volvo Snowbombingvakantie nog iets meer te rekken, om nieuwe vrienden te maken en om de geluiden en geuren van verschillende landen op te doen als je ze doorkruist in gezelschap van het reizende circus van celebrities, media en fun!

"Dit is echt een fantastische manier om naar Snowbombing te reizen.  Als je deelneemt aan de Volvo Road Trip ben je verzekerd van een paar extra dagen fun en in tegenstelling tot een goedkope vlucht is dit iets waar mensen nog jarenlang over na zullen praten". Gareth Cooper, Hoofd Snowbombing

‘The kind people from Snowbombing had hooked us up with a sweet Volvo XC70 four wheel drive luxury motor to kill it across the tarmac of the autobahn and travel in style to the event. We were understandably pretty stoked on this – if you’ve ever driven around in a car that’s as comfy as your living room sofa and has more gadgets to play with than NASA HQ then you’ll know how I felt (cue smug smile).’ Whitelines 

Departure Party

All the cars meet at around 8.30am at the Road Trip departure point where they are registered, teams receive their Road Trip Packs and fill up with goodies for the journey. An Army can’t march on an empty stomach – so those nice folks at Volvo lay on a Hog Roast brekkie for all crews. Bap, Pork, Apple source... and an oompha band; the breakfast of champions!

For people travelling vast distances to meet at the start point, we advise staying at a local hotel the night before (details announced later).

Start Point to Dover

Head South down the M20 quicker than a former Page 3 girls prized assets and board the  Ferry to Calais (the ferry crossing is all included in your entry fee) – (we've got more empty car parking spaces than the NCP on Xmas Day)!

Dover East Ferry Terminal is your first target. Go, Go Go!!!

All aboard... Ferry - Dover to Calais

All aboard for a veritable voyage of cross channel cross-dressing and piracy on the poop deck.

Snowbombing have their very own private room for the journey... host for a manner of naughty nautical knees ups courtesy of our resident mischief makers Squeaky Hill. The ferry is a great opportunity to mingle and meet everyone before you hit the third leg.

Calais to Overnight Pitstop

Glide through the land of great wine, fantastic cheese, onion sellers on bikes and handballing footballers to the land of, erm, frankfurters, cold cabbage, trains which run on time and frustratingly successful penalty takers.

So enjoy the view, stop off and chat to the locals in your pigeon French & German (don't forget to see the drivers manual for essential phrases)... but please whatever you do, drive on the right!

Fun, fun, fun

This trip sees you burn more rubber than Russell Brand in a fetish club, see more white lines disappear than a rock group touring Bolivia and cross more borders than an on-the-run prisoner. In fact the Road Trip IS an event unto-itself and WITH so many slightly unhinged, spirited souls taking part it can be best described as 'Ice Road Truckers' meets 'It's a Knockout'! This Is NOT a race or a rally, it's a Road Trip.

Snowbombing's resident mischief makers...

and Activities along the way

Never has refuelling been so much fun! En route you have to make some very pleasurable pitstops indeed - in addition to the essentials (you know, having a wee, hitting the unleaded and raiding the confectionary shelves), you are also set a series of tasks. These often reflect the culture of where you are at the time and may include collecting photographic proof (so don't forget yer camera!).

2011 sees the pan-European expansion of the Road Trip - In addition to 120 cars setting off from our departure point in the UK, the Volvo Road Trip will also be putting its foot down across start lines in Germany (Berlin), Holland (Amsterdam) and Italy (Milan)!

After a leisurely drive from the UK, Holland and Germany, drivers and their crews will make an overnight pleasurable pit stop in Frankfurt, before making a rendezvous with their Italian 'brothers in seatbelts' the following afternoon, just outside Mayrhofen (Snowbombing HQ) - where they will meet and greet one another in an atmosphere best described and unleaded and slightly unhinged!

Please Note: Full Details of the 2011 Volvo Road Trip and European departure points will be announced Wednesday 19th January!  Unfortunately the UK departure point on the Road Trip has now sold out. Please stay tuned to the website, Blog and Facebook site for full updates in the next coming weeks.

All roads lead to Snowbombing 2011...

The eminently enjoyable exodus revs off from Lipscomb Volvo Maidstone dealership. All Snowbombers receive a full set of directions and a bunch of random tasks to complete en route... before heading south in a mass exodus across the Channel to Calais. Then onto an overnight refuel with frothy beer and tasty sausages before heading off the next morning for the snow-capped peaks of Austria... Upon arriving in the Alps, all the cars parade triumphantly right up the Haupt Strasse (high street to you girls) in Mayrhofen, the home of Snowbombing and party capital of the Alps...

The Volvo Snowbombing Road Trip is NOT a race or a rally! – it's more a leisurely European adventure for up to five passengers per car. As any agony aunt will tell you, 'It's not how fast you can do it, it's all about the fun you have doing it' - So think camaraderie rather than competition, we enjoyed the view out of all the windows, not just the front one... after all, you know what they say, 'half the fun is getting there!'

"Those who fall for it return year after year, road trippin' across Europe in cars and smiling ear to ear for the whole six days"

The Daily Express

We equip you with everything you need to get there safe and sound:

• Road Trip decals and flags for your Car (turning the lamest ride into something Pimp)
• Drivers Manual - it outlines the route, tasks and pit stops
• Road Trip uniforms for every passenger
• Return Ferry Tickets (everyone is on the same ferry on the way there!)
• Departure BBQ & Party at the start point.
• Stopover Party & heavily discounted accommodation.
• Arrival procession in Mayrhofen (the whole town comes out to celebrate)
• And of course the racing drivers salary (only joking about that one!)
• Parking facilities en route and in Mayrhofen
• And Finally... We even give you all your very own certificate to show the grandkids...

Highway hilarity all the way to the Hoff...

Taking part in the Road Trip is a once-in-a-lifetime assault on international asphalt. How many people get to take part in an international motoring event? In addition to stretching your Volvo Snowbombing experience, it's also a great way to make new friends and take in the sights, sounds and smells of different countries and as a part of travelling circus of celebrities, media and high-octane fun!

"This is a great way to get to Snowbombing. Taking part in the rally squeezes in another few days of fun, and unlike a mundane low-cost flight, it will be something people can talk about years later." Gareth Cooper, Snowbombing head honcho

‘The kind people from Snowbombing had hooked us up with a sweet Volvo XC70 four wheel drive luxury motor to kill it across the tarmac of the autobahn and travel in style to the event. We were understandably pretty stoked on this – if you’ve ever driven around in a car that’s as comfy as your living room sofa and has more gadgets to play with than NASA HQ then you’ll know how I felt (cue smug smile).’ Whitelines