hello, i'm trying to figure out which pass to get for our itinerary. i did some math, and seemed like half fare card will save us a lot of money, but i see some people recommend swiss saver pass because we will be taking a lot of trains. day 1 zurich arrival day 2 basel day trip from zurich day 3 luzern (mt. pilatus) day 4 zermatt (matterhorn) day 5 zermatt and then evening train to lausanne day 6 lausanne (half day trip to montreux) day 7 lausanne day 8 golden pass to interlaken. base in lauterbrunen. harder kulm. day 9 jungfrau, and wengen day 10 schilthorn. train to bern day 11 bern
day 12 back to zurich
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OP
LA
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Few people recommended to stay there. Could you recommend other place?
Thanks!
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Seattle, WA
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When are you going? I ask becasue there is a 2-for-1 promotion on certain passes, but only for travel in spring and fall.
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OP
LA
17 posts
Oh.. :( from 7/29-8/9.
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OP
LA
17 posts
Wow! Thanks for the info, Chris!!
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Seattle, WA
17448 posts
Looking at your plans, and without doing the math, I
'd say the Half-Fare Card is your best option. You have 11 days of travel so with a Swiss pass you would have to buy too much (15 days) or too little (8days). We like the Flex passes, but they work best when your first and last day of travel are fairly long, and yours are not. the advantage of the Half-Fare card is it will give you a full 50% off the expensive Jungfrau trip. the Swiss pass covers you up to Wengen, but only 25% above there.