Swiss trip for weekend

getk

Hi Friends,
Me and my partner was planning to visit Switzerland for a weekend. I had a quick plan which rounds me off to £800 in total. Going on Saturday early morning and coming back Sunday night.
Split as below for 2 people
1. Flights = £300 (LHR to Zurich) via Skyscanner
2. Parking at LHR = £25 (within the airport). Tried Purple parking but its also £16, so thought to go inside airport. Any deals for within airport parking?

3. Car and petrol costs within UK= £25 (Reading to LHR and return)
4. Train pass within Swiss = £100 approx (Zurich AIRPORT - Zurich - Interlaken OST - LAUTERBRUNNEN INTERLAKEN OST - BRUNIG - HERGISWIL -ENGELBERG - KLEIN TITLIS - ENGELBERG - LUZERN - ZURICH - ZURICH AIRPORT )
5. Hotel = £70 (Saw a deal for IBIS)
6. jungfrau rope car and other entries = £50
7. Food = £100
6. Miscellaneous = £80

Total = £750 +/- £50

Anyone went for a weekend to Swiss?
Can you please advise on above plan? Cheers

Alan_Bowen

I don't know when you are travelling but £300 to Zurich seems very high unless you are travelling in the next week or so. Check out the airlines own websites, Swiss and BA or look at BMI to Basle as an alternative. If you are in Reading, why drive and park when there is a very good Rail Air coach service direct to the airport from Reading Station? Having said that, unless you have a rail card it seems to be £22 each return, so maybe not such a saving. If you are only travellling for a weekend, Purple Parking is not for you, its about 5 miles and up to thirty minute transfer to the airport but even at baa.com/advance, you won't get parking within the vicinity of the airport for less than the prices you have seen.

My other comments relate to your plans in Switerland itself. You are not really going to see anything with the list of places you want to visit. Interlaken is a long journey from Zurich Airport and I think you would be much better basing yourself in Lucerne. That is just an hour's ride from the airport, if it's mountain rides you want, I can recommend Rigi, even has an old steam engine taking some of the trains to the top of the mountain and you will also get a trip on the steamer across the lake to Vitznau. The probelm with the Jungfrau is that it is so high, and takes such a long time to get to the top, that you can reach the summit to discover it is covered in cloud and you see nothing, having spent a lot of money and time.

Whatever you do you will fall in love with Switerland but not with the prices with the current exchange rates. We have done Lucerne a few times, the alternative is to fly to Geneva and then go to Lausanne or Montreaux which are again about an hour's journey from the airport, in my view with very limited time, you shouldn't try to do too much as you end up seeing nothing at all, apart from the scenery passing your train window

Takecareofthepennies

Check flying into Basel as an alternative.
On a weekend, £100 will probably also get you car hire instead of train passes if you're that way inclined.