Lauterbrunnen/Camping Jungfrau

HI Andrea. We have not stayed at Camping Jungfrau but if we could not get the apartment we usually get, we would stay there. I would, however, get the biggest unit with a small kitchen and toilet facilities. (Walking outside to the loo at 3 AM is not my idea of a good time.)

It is about a 20 minute walk to the train station, and less than 10 minutes on foot to the bus stop at Schützenbach if you cross the little bridge behind Camping Jungfrau and walk out to the Main Street. You cannot really see this on Google Maps but we walk through there all the time so I know it to be accurate.

Thanks Laurel. The reason we chose the mobile home was because it is self contained with a kitchenette, bathroom, an area to sit inside and it has a porch outside. I’m hoping there will be chairs on the porch since we obviously won’t be bringing our own. There were less expensive options in cabins, but they didn’t have bathrooms. The days of community bathrooms at campgrounds is a thing of the past for me.

I understand the pros and cons. My biggest concern is the ability to cancel on fairly short notice. I would have to cancel the chalet at least 42 days prior to arrival or lose the entire rental amount. The campground has a 14 day requirement.

I’ve looked on booking dot com, airbnb and VRBO for lodging. If anyone has any recommendations I would be happy to hear them. This is part of an 11 week trip and although I expect Switzerland to be more expensive than most of our places we still need to keep the costs in check. As far as is for cancellations, my potential reasons that may come up probably wouldn’t be covered. It’s too late for Cancel For Any Reason policies.

One tip though: The COOP in Lauterbrunnen is rather small, and often a madhouse during the season. My suggestion is to go to the COOP in Interlaken (opposite the Ost station) if your excursions make you pass through there.

Thanks to all for their advice and points of view. Maureen, I also saw that the train station in Lauterbrunnen is only a 15 minute walk from CJ, which is no big deal. I am going to do a bit more exploring for options, but right now I’m leaning towards CJ for the cancellation policy and we enjoy campgrounds and interactions with others. Campers are generally a friendly bunch of people. Of course most of the time will be spent in other places, using CJ or wherever as a base to stay in.

My apologies, for some reason in my head I read Camping Jungfrau and envisioned Camping Breithorn, so my advise was based on that. It was a long day yesterday, haha! :) I’ve deleted my posts to avoid any confusion for people in the future.

No worries wanderweg. We all do things like that, or at least I do.

me too...........