10 Train Travel Hacks Only Swiss Locals Know 🇨🇭🚂
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- Опубликовано: 24 июл 2024
- If you're planning a trip to Switzerland and want to make the most of its amazing train system, this video is for you. I'm sharing 10 train travel hacks that only Swiss locals know.
Switzerland is known for its world-class train system, but only locals know how to make the most of it. By the end of this video, you'll be equipped with the knowledge to travel efficiently, save money, and uncover the true beauty of Swiss train travel.
For travel tips about Switzerland visit switzerlandinsider.com
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Links I promised in the video 🤝
Train Passes 🚂 (on switzerlandinsider.com):
- Swiss Half Fare Card: switzerlandinsider.com/swiss-...
- Saver Day Pass: switzerlandinsider.com/saver-...
- Swiss Family Card: switzerlandinsider.com/swiss-...
- Swiss Travel Pass: switzerlandinsider.com/swiss-...
- Seat Reservation: switzerlandinsider.com/do-you...
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Mountain Tops ⛰️:
Klewenalp: • Klewenalp is an authen...
Stanserhorn: • The mountain, the Swis...
Pilatus: • Why Pilatus is a must-...
Titlis: • What to do on Mount Ti...
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10 Travel Hacks only Swiss locals know: switzerlandinsider.com/10-tra...
10 Tourist Mistakes to Avoid in Switzerland: switzerlandinsider.com/top-10...
Official SBB website: www.sbb.ch/en
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Timestamps of this video:
0:00 Introduction
0:22 Hack 1: Panoramic Trains
1:39 Hack 2: Seat Reservations
3:10 Hack 3: Kids Area and Silent Zones
3:55 Hack 4: Swiss Half Fare Card
4:54 Hack 5: Saver Day Passes
6:20 Hack 6: Supersaver Tickets
7:12 Hack 7: Swiss Family Card
8:27 Hack 8: Guest Cards
10:11 Hack 9: Luggage Lockers
11:01 Hack 10: Boat Tours
11:38 Closing Remarks
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Greg
You are awesome guide man. I am watching a lot of videos to plan for my travel in Aug 2nd week. I wish I had landed in your channel earlier and not wasted my time watching other videos. Your channel is a GEM and you deserve 1 mil subscribers.
Thanks so much for the compliments and thanks for watching!!
This is by far the best channel for Switzerland travel info. Thank you!
Thanks so much! I appreciate it a lot! 😊😊
Amazingly useful! Danke vilmal super Greg !!
Glad it was helpful! Danke fürs zueluege!
Nice information. Thank you so much for sharing with us.
Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching!
excellent, thank you so much from New Zealand 😃🙂🙃
Glad it was helpful!
Hi Greg. Is the ferry going across Lake Lucern runs during winter? Can you do a video on where are the best places to stay in Lucern?
Hello Helen, its running all year yes! I will look into your video idea! 😊
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Thanks! 😊😊
Thank you for such an informative video. Can u plz tell me does saver day pass include boat ride as well?
Yes it includes boats
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Great video! So if we don’t want to pay for the higher price of the scenic trains (or don’t care for the special huge windows), we can just buy the same route from the SBB app and the tracks and view would be the same?
Yes but you would need to change the train a couple of times
Hi Greg, your video are amazing! Pls help me.. we are planing to travel to Zermatt from Milan, but we don't know which train we should take to reach Zermatt. Hope you see my comment the soonest
Try to get to domodossola in italy and then to brig or visp to catch the train to zermatt. Also try the sbb website to calculate this route
Hi @greg...i will be traveling from milan in mid December for 5 days before Christmas..can you please suggest the train and which places can I visit
Hello! It‘s a bit much to answer in a comment 😊 but you will either enter switzerland in ticino canton in chiasso, or you will go to valais canton from domodossola. I would do the valais canton as ticino is often too warm for snow 😊 then you could head onwards to the jungfrau region from valais after visiting zermatt for example! Hope this gives some more clarity 😊
Thank you for this video. May I ask you a question pls. I am visiting Switzerland for 6 days. 3 in the Jungrau region, & 3 in Lucerne/Zurich. I have a rental car from Milan driving into Switzerland. Do you recommend I get the Jungrau Travel Pass or the Half Fare card? And do you think I can get around without the rental car if my airbnb is about 1hr away from Interlaken, Lucerne, & Zurich?
Might want to look into Berner Oberland Pass if you leave the car at the house or Half Fare Card if you take the car each day. But you need to visit like 4 cable cars/ mountains for it to break even.
Greg is our swiss tour guide , hey why dont you work as a tour guide , I will be the first to stand in the line ... greg did i say you are the best swiss guide ..
Hello, thanks a lot for your compliment! Never say never 😁
I am planning to travel to Swiz for 6 days.
Only first and last day ill need train pass between Zurich to Lauterbrunnen and last day betwen lucern to geneva.
Other 4 days planning to spend in and around Grindelwald, Lauterbrunnen and Lucern.
So is BOB or Swiss Pass better?
Because with Berneroblerland pass i still have to take additional pass for first and last day.
I dont have a proper itinerary planned, so not sure how many times i might jop in & out so Half fare pass might be a little hectic I guess.
Take the berner oberland pass and regular tickets for the rest. But since you cover some distance you might also take the half fare card to get discount on the tickets and also the berner oberland pass!
is the Swiss half fare card better than the Swiss travel pass? I am there for 3 days in September with my partner, landing in Zurich for 1 night and then Interlaken, we will also take some cable cars. Switzerland is so expensive, if we can save any money would be great!
If you take the half fare card you are a bit better off than if not but no big difference i my eyes. Swiss travel pass could be okay too if you make use of the the discounts it gives you with cable cars
Hi, useful video thanks. Not sure you read the comments... I pre-booked train tickets (Zurich to Interlaken) which are non refundable unfortunately 😢. Is it still worth getting a half fare pass if we intend exploring Grindelwald and laubrummen (sorry spelling lol) but not top of the world. Arrive on Tuesday for 5 days, 2 adults and 2 14 years old. Thinking maybe break even but not much better. The Zurich train would have been a huge saving at half price and free kids. Pays to research first!
.... Sorry also forgot the lakes. Will do at least one boat trip.
Hello! No i think youre doing wise planning! I think you did some math already so its basically up to you 😊 maybe you want to look into Berner Oberland Pass also (but without half fare card as you would only use it for that). Maybe you can include Brienzer Rothorn into the itinerary also 😊 have fun!
I have read carefully the whole content at your website, but have some kye questions. Unfortunately, there is no email address..
I stayed at 2 hotels and i could leave our luggages before checking in and after checking out on both for free. I wonder if all hotels would allow that.
You can often fo that but with the lockers you csn visit places away from your hotel like in a different town more easily!
@@SwitzerlandInsider you made a good point, because i remember one of the mistake i did happen when checking out. I had to return to interlaken to pickup the luggages, because i forgot that i could go to zurich via bern from kandersteg 🤣
Greg an odd question ❓...i am arriving early in the morning and the hotel would allow me to keep the luggage but any idea if there is a possibility of taking a shower before i go for the lindt museum tour that i prebooked for 12 pm noon
That’s a normal question! 😁 Yes of course there is! You can either shower at the airport in Zurich, but that is a bit costly. Or you can go to Seebad Kilchberg. That‘s a lido closeby the Lindt Museum. There you can go for a swim in Lake Zurich and take a shower afterwards, so you‘re all fresh for the museum! 😁 that‘s in summer only though!
@@SwitzerlandInsider wow dats a great idea... thanks for the information 🙏😀