TOP 10 TIPS TO PREPARE FOR YOUR TRIP TO SWITZERLAND: What you need to know before traveling here!

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Traveling to Switzerland soon? In this video, we’ll cover the top 10 things you need to know to prepare for your trip to Switzerland! This video is your guide to what you need to know before traveling to Switzerland, so you can be 100% prepared upon landing at the airport to travel confidently and enjoy your vacation!
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Bienvenue & Willkommen! We are Lex & Louis - and together we are The Traveling Swiss. We're an international couple (USA + Switzerland) who have recently moved from NYC to Switzerland. Come travel with us - we'll give you tips and guides, and hopefully have a few laughs along the way. Our goal is to show you that borders are meant to be crossed!
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[@pinoygaijintravels]

You guys help me a lot of my Switzerland 🇨🇭trip planning. I just concluded an epic 12 days there. I still can't get over. Its really beautiful

[@SethRBaron]

Louis & Alexis assisted me with recent trip (July 2022). Very true about hikes…. Have the right hiking shoes…. Most hikes are rocky with lose gravel. Last thing you want is a twisted ankle or knee while out on a trail. I did 4 hikes and came out injury-free, but took a little longer, since I was cautious, especially going downhill. Thank again to my Traveling Swiss friends…..

[@ankurtrue1]

Hi Guys, Finally I executed my Switzerland trip for 2 weeks and used all your videos as guide to my trips. Thanks once again for all your time and guidance.

[@kimemmerson1316]

We are in Switzerland now and are from Canada. Good for you guys making this series. Well done. Your tips are bang on. Now that we have experienced these things, we can recommend other topics.

[@suzwittman]

You two are so cute. I really enjoy your videos! Informative and fun

[@DavidandSarah]

Thanks guys. These are great tips!

[@adventurewithmili1545]

Absolutely beautiful sharing, thumbs up 👍

[@emilypotter1391]

Thank you of the tips!❤️

[@MacTravellers]

Looking forward to visiting soon, great tips!

[@bootscanlas9995]

Very informative thank you❤️

[@Irfaan16]

Perfect timing with the video, I'm heading to 🇨🇭 in a few days. Thanks for the tips!

[@nelliecarpenter2022]

I really enjoy your videos! We're heading to Zurich in two days, and will also hit Zermatt while we're there! Thanks for all the helpful tips and tricks!

[@jaqichilders1042]

Would love to see recommendations for Switzerland in fall! We’re going this October and we are very excited but not a lot of content out there for it!

[@DrJTS]

INDEED , YOU ARE AWESOME - KEEP IT UP WITH MANY THANKS 👍👍👍👍👍

[@ynah0718]

Thanks for the vids! Really helpful! Can you please advise what must be worn during end of October to mid of Nov?

[@Dogbertandfriends]

I leave for Switzerland in 3 weeks. So excited.

[@zainolsharif8597]

Very informative, beautiful places, great video, stay connected my friend, big Like 197, greetings from Kuala Lumpur Malaysia 👍🤩

[@oyiegeronimo]

So early!! We recently moved to CH and been following your posts as we explore the LIS beautiful country. The weather has been challenging though. Went to Ebenalp and Seealpsee during really bad weather but the hike was still great.

[@romainsavioz5466]

LIS ?

[@phoenixmassey]

Now that you are in Geneva, it would be great if you could show the festival of L’Escalade in December. I lived in Geneva when I was little and those chocolate cauldrons with the marzipan vegetables were AMAZING.

[@tabasumahmed7240]

Thanks for sharing all these important tips. Very helpful indeed. Can you please also make a video about visiting Switzerland In winters specially around new year. Thank you

[@TheTravelingSwiss]

we have a playlist dedicated to Switzerland in the winter!

[@born2travel884]

Any suggestions on any must try Restaurants in Interlaken, Zurich and Lucerne?

[@lucialeblanc1761]

I am planning on buying the Berne Oberland regional pass but I don’t know what train ticket to buy in Geneva to reach the area of validity - I will be going to Wengen. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

[@butchb509]

Beware of pick pockets. We were just in Switzerland last week and I was unfortunately a victim. The people that picked my wallet pretended to help with our luggages getting off the train in Interlaken from Zurich. It would have been a perfect vacation as Switzerland is so beautiful.

[@danielhealy7225]

Urgh, I’m really sorry to read that. Sadly yes there are gangs of criminals that come to Switzerland each summer specifically to pick on Tourists- especially on trains and in train stations. I hope it didn’t ruin your trip.

[@butchb509]

It was a little inconvenience calling banks to cancel cards but we were there to have a great time and determined to do just that. Fortunately, I only had a few hundreds chf as we intended to use cards during our travels. Luckily, my wife brought couple extra cards. We still have a great time. Switzerland was great. Thanks for the concern. Hope these thugs won’t be able to victimize anybody else.

[@debbieelms-watkiss4742]

Rule number one for me is money belt all the way. If you lose everything but have your money belt on with passports travel currency cards plain and train tickets and itinerary with all hotel contacts in it. You are still right to go. I had one silk money belt with two passports and everything else as mentioned in it for us to travel all over Europe with no stress. I also have Pacsafe back pack and carryon and that seemed as a deterrent for thieves too leave us alone. So sorry you went through this. Easiest thing we did was book and pre pay everything in advance and print everything out and all you have to have cash or cards for is food really.

[@livingthevacationlife]

We'll be in Zurich in a few weeks and have found your videos very helpful for planning, super excited to experience Switzerland, I can't say my wallet is excited, but we definitely are 😆

[@malacookie]

Visiting Geneva for a week this fall, any suggestions on a Swiss sim for data? Also, we will need a local transit pass for the week, any tips? Thanks!!

[@stevenramirez9957]

So I went to Switzerland, omg how crazy expensive, me and my girlfriend went out to eat the first day because we had just came from Italy, we were tired of pasta so we went to eat at a local Latin restaurant, apparently the price was supposed to be cheap, omg a meal for 2 was 80 Swiss francs, after that day, we took your advise and ate from the super markets, the foods were pretty good and spent almost 3 times less than we would have eating out. Thank you!!! We also bought the day travel pass because we were going to spend the day traveling and that really helped us, we got to do the boat rides, multiple trains all without issue and saved over 200 usd

[@sebastianolvera5313]

Hello guys, thanks so much for your videos, I have a question, please help me 🥺, I don't know if I buy my tickets in the right way, my trip is on November, I bought the half fare card for one month, and the top of Europe pass with the reduced fare with a half fare card, but in the process buying the top of Europe pass I had never to put information about the half fare card, Do i need the pass and the half fare card "linked" or separate works?

[@cesargutierrez4201]

Hi , thanks for the videos … any suggestion to visit any cheese maker and Chocolate makers in the country ?

[@TheTravelingSwiss]

Hi there! For cheese definitely check out La Maison du Gruyère. For chocolate, near Zürich you have the Lindt Home of Chocolate. In western Switzerland you have Maison Cailler which is very nice

[@MyJourneySolo]

Another helpful video. Can you buy sim cards in the Zurich airport?

[@tomkrebs5959]

Probably get a Swiss Half Fare Card to drastically reduce train, bus and ferry costs. Also gets you a discount on each the Berner Oberland Pass and Jungfrau Corona Season Pass. Restaurants: many of the popular spots open their doors for dinner service at 5:00. Reservations are necessary if you show up at 7:00. So, if you can eat early, most places should be open to you. Travel Insurance as medical costs in Switzerland are really, really expensive. I have one company I use, but I've *fortunately* never had to file a claim thus far. So, I don't feel I can recommend them at this point. There are some really UGLY experiences folks have had trying to get a claim processed by a travel insurer. In these instances some folks have found success by filing complaints with their state's insurance regulator.

[@JaniceEadie]

Thank you for your videos, Will be moving there soon so these are great help! Can you also call 112 in Switzerland for emergencies?

[@AXO915]

I also had an issue in Interlaken West. I had called police.. I had realized before the picking from my backpack. There is no police office nor officers in this town.. they showed up after 3 hours. I also mentioned I took a pic of 3 of them.. it was a group of 6 young locals..

[@imadrahman04]

For the Swiss Pass - if I'm getting the Flex Pass - can I use it to get into a museum on a day that I don't use it to travel?

[@chasingsunrisess]

Could you recommend some of the more affordable and good restaurants that require booking around Interlaken and Zermatt? :)

[@naimadelafeunte9165]

Kann i use Normal Card feom Germany that is not Credet Card? Just Giro Card or Giro Konto? I am Travelling in Lauterbrunnen nxt week and it is my first time visiting Switzerland..

[@born2travel884]

If I’m staying in Interlaken for three days would u suggest taking a Bernese oberland pass or better to buy individual tickets… Cz i have purchased the half fare card … I want to visit lake brienz and do the Rothorn born train as well… also jungfraug … I’m really confused which pass would be good…

[@JanPBtest]

To answer this question you need to roughly estimate which cable car/trains/boats trips you'll be doing and just total them up and _calculate._ The Jungfraujoch train ride will alone almost pay for the HalfFare card: the round trip ticket is 220 CHF and the monthly HalfFare is 120 CHF (IIRC). Also keep in mind that that train ride to the top is quite long (something like 2 1/2 hours one way if you start from Lauterbrunnen), so start early in the day as the last train down is about 17:00 IIRC (doublecheck this, please). You can speed things up a bit by using the newly opened "V-Bahn" cable car to Eigergletscher whose lower station is located next to the "Grindelwald Terminal" train station. Bring sun shades as snow in sunlight can be painful 🙂 If you feel like going out to eat in Interlaken, I recommend Brasserie 17, it's not super expensive, it's a bit off the main tourist areas. In Lauterbrunnen the restaurant Weidstübli inside the Camping Jungfrau is IMHO better priced than the centrally located ones. Last but not least, there is a kebab joint in Lauterbrunnen if all else fails financially 🙂Finally, Horner Pub there serves very nice food (not very large portions) until very late at night.

[@fahdzaa]

@@JanPBtest So if u wanna do the jungfrau (is this the best cable cars ride for the best view to do?) better get that halffare card? What would u suggest coming from Milan to Zermatt what to do on a low budget? Is it possible to get go Zermatt, Lauter and Grindelwald in 2-4 days?

[@deborahbowen6026]

Cheapest way to eat fondue. Is there fast food types? We leave 8-22-22

[@SergioRodriguezenglish-sx8tn]

Can somebody help me? I´m from Mexico and I´ll travel with my wife to Switzerland but I don´t understand what type of adapter I need for the plugs, they also told me that I need a voltage converter from 110v (which is what we use) to 220v. help me please.

[@dkudinov]

WRT #9, data & phone plans: for our trip to Switzerland we switched from Verizon to Google Fi with unlimited data plans - $40/line per months. Google claims full Swiss coverage - we'll see in October.

[@makingitrealvlogs147]

We plan to go to zermatt then proceed to st moritz with Swiss pass I read something about booking seats on glacial express with free Swiss pass and showed 3 months in advance for seat reservations. We r going end of September early October flying to Zürich . Do we need to reserve the glacial express seats ?

[@TheTravelingSwiss]

Yes you will need to make seat reservations for the glacier express! They book quickly so make sure to book once your dates are open :)

[@erwinpadigos9927]

I like your long sleeve shirt- Louis. May I know where to get them? Is that strictly from Switzerland?

[@TheTravelingSwiss]

It was from primark!

[@nanhaley9203]

I want to learn some German before our vacation in Switzerland. Thanks for the video, I can not find Swiss German on busuu, should I just learn high German.

[@TheTravelingSwiss]

Hi there! Yes I would just learn high german - Swiss German is a dialect (and in fact, each canton has their own regional dialect! all written communication in Switzerland is in High German and that is the official national language, so that will be just fine!)

[@nanhaley9203]

@@TheTravelingSwiss Thanks for your prompt response 😉

[@lana923]

Thanks for the information! How can you get an online SIM card for Switzerland?

[@JanPBtest]

Not sure what you mean by "online SIM card". I buy mine at little mini markets, they usually have posters for Lycamobile, etc. displayed.

[@Jazzcat1980Rip]

Are you referring to your cell phone or tablet then you can do Swisscom at Zurich when you arrive. Did that help?

[@sheebashaikh6570]

we will be travelling in car !!! will that affect trip in any way??

[@laichua2653]

hi can you suggest place to stay in switzerland? thank you!

[@JanPBtest]

That's a rather broad question. For 30 CHF/night you can stay at Valley Hostel in Lauterbrunnen and for for a bit over 700 CHF/night at the Victoria Jungfrau Grand Hotel in Interlaken. There are also a few places in-between 🙂

[@kl-ke9ec]

Would you say 50 swiss francs cash a day is enough?

[@AXO915]

In St. Moritz, at the cable car desk they told me they do not take Swiss travel pass. I paid full charge.

[@TheTravelingSwiss]

Yes many of the gondolas, cables cars, and funiculars are not Included in the Swiss travel Pass across switzerland. We often recommend the half fare card for these itineraries

[@mehdihaddoud875]

Does SIM card bought in France work in Switzerland? I arrive in France before coming to Switzerland and I want to buy my SIM card in France

[@JanPBtest]

It most likely will work but you'll pay roaming fees as Switzerland is not in the EU. Typically what should happen is when you physically cross the border, you'll get an SMS with the details of the pricing for calls, SMS, MMS, and data. It's usually cheaper to buy a local Swiss SIM card but you'd need to research this.

[@mianfurqan5674]

Alexis , you are really cute and your way of talk is super cute.. Nice video..

[@MrAlvinSinfulSong]

Talking about getting more expensive when the date is nearer to the date. Plane tickets just skyrocketed 2-3x 😂🤣

[@rkw2917]

Dear Alexis The video will work better if you are not constantly turning your head to look at Louis As a Canadian ex pat living in Geneva for many years I think your channel is really helpful and interesting Best wishes

[@leigh4652]

She’s just looking at her sexy husband…nothing wrong with that. Jealous much?

[@MsSundis]

You are right, it is so distracting as we watching, she should keep looking at the camera, she have time to look at her husband off camera as much as she wants

[@MsSundis]

Do they speak a little English at least?