I have medication that needs to be kept refrigerated. I have a small travel kit that has two ice packs in it, but does anyone know if any of the hotels on the Best of Switzerland Tour have a small refrigerator in the room or if there is anywhere in the hotel I can refreeze my ice packs?
Posted by
Lynnwood, Washington
10288 posts
I just did a three week trip with medication that needs to be refrigerated. I have a 4allfamily medication cooler. I used the ice pack on the flight over. I needed a copy of my prescription to show security at London Heathrow when I went through security there on a connection. Most small hotel refrigerators don't have enough freezer power to refreeze an icepack, even if a refrigerator is in the room. I found that I could always get ice from the hotel when needed. My cooler is designed with 3 possible cooling methods. Ice pack, USB powered cooling unit, or I can just use ice. I successfully used ice on the days that we were changing locations and it stayed cool and without any difficulties. Even 12 hours later the ice hadn't melted.
I would encourage you to explore options to icepacks such as ice for the days you are traveling.
Posted by
Salem, Oregon, USA
4106 posts
I would also encourage you to contact the RS tour office and make sure they have noted your need to keep meds cold so that the guide knows this ahead of time and can assist you. It's pretty unlikely every one of your hotels (or any) will have fridges in the room, but you should be able to find a way to keep things cold at each hotel as you won't be the first guest that has this type of need.
Depending on the medication there may be options for travel that are less burdensome, consult your physician or pharmacist to check. You might also try searching the forum by the type of medication (e.g. insulin) as I've seen many posts like this over the years.