I concur, it was costly. But honestly, the best money I ever spent. Can still picture the whole trip. 🙂
In my experience it was well worth the money.
If you’re actually paying 5chf for water you’re an idiot.
This must be old as fuck given the rates displayed on the EUR
Swiss woman here. And even I do not have enough Swiss Francs 🙂
Cost of living in Switzerland
Where can I get the 13.6 train ticket?
I’ll be in Switzerland in August. I’ve read many stories about tourists going to a restaurant and ordering tap water. Then at the end they get a bill for 5 CHF per person. How can we get around this? Any advice would be appreciated.
Luckily I was able to stay with family whilst visiting. So good and accomodation were all taken care of. Also the tourist rail pass is so worth it!
Who takes taxis while in Switzerland!? Also, breakfast for 15CHF!? Hahah didn’t know a gipfeli and coop coffee cost that much 🤣
Cost of dinner for two 100chf
Cost of long stay for two 800chf… huh?
For people from outside, yes Switzerland is expensive but those kind of posts don’t represent the norm.
Tap water is great in Switzerland or you can go to Migros or Denner stores and buy a 6 pack of 1.5L water bottles for 5chf.
Breakfast sounds cheap
There are MANY places, even in Geneva, where you can get a great meal for 2 (minus booze) for way less than 100 francs.
Zoo Zürich 22.-??
The answer to the question is..
“No”
Since when is a bottle of water 5 chf?
Now Imagine living there…
The 5 franks bottle of water when you can go to migros and have a 1L bottle for less than 50cents
5fr for a bottle of water is just wrong also at swiss airport there is great public transportation so why would you take a cab for 60fr?
Yes unfortunately it was unclear to me. Hope that’s ok and doesent offend anyone. Now I understand it more clearly.
Worth pointing out that everything on the list can be paid by card without the need to exchange money in the first place.
Buy a meal in migros take away and you spend 10-20 per person
Where do i get a 1 Day public Transport Ticket for 13.60? Is this for inside the airport only?
Airport to city center? Use the train…
You don’t take a taxi to Zurich from the airport. You take the train. Same in Geneva. And Basel/Mulhouse.
I would say most of this is on the expensive side of what you could buy – so an upper bound.
Dinner you can easily do for 50chf per person. You can’t go fancy and get a steak and a bottle of wine, but you can certainly have a nice dinner for that.
Water – I mean just buy it at the migros or coop somewhere. Tourists might end up going to a kiosk or buying at the tourist attraction, but if a bottle of water is 5chf then I will more often than not go somewhere else.
If you take a taxi into town you’re an idiot except in some extremely narrow circumstances – and even then I personally would take the train.
WTF, the boats are free if you have a train/tram travel pass. This is wrong.
Huh? Idk what’s the most nonsensical: 5 chf for a bottle of water or only 800chf for the whole journey knowing those prices.
A complete dinner for two at 100 CHF? Unlikely. Maybe (maybe) it was the case a few years ago
I hate these exchange booths at the airport. “LAST CHANCE to change your money” before entering a country of banks.
There’s a million water fountains who the fuck pays 5 bucks for a bottle unless they’re dying from thirst in the next 10 minutes?
for a person who’s never been switzerland this looks cheaper than I expected
Or Travelex are shamelessly getting you to buy more francs than you need at their extortionate fx rates.
Some of the prices are correct but meals in a normal priced restaurant a lunch starts usually at 20Sfr. With the drinks and sweets after it may cost between 35 to 50Sfr.
100 for a 3 course meal is mostly upper class.
Canadian tourist who started their trip in Switzerland. It was actually the best thing because now every other country feels CHEAP! Definitely want to visit again – but maybe once our dollar is a bit better
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I concur, it was costly. But honestly, the best money I ever spent. Can still picture the whole trip. 🙂
In my experience it was well worth the money.
If you’re actually paying 5chf for water you’re an idiot.
This must be old as fuck given the rates displayed on the EUR
Swiss woman here. And even I do not have enough Swiss Francs 🙂
Cost of living in Switzerland
Where can I get the 13.6 train ticket?
I’ll be in Switzerland in August. I’ve read many stories about tourists going to a restaurant and ordering tap water. Then at the end they get a bill for 5 CHF per person. How can we get around this? Any advice would be appreciated.
Luckily I was able to stay with family whilst visiting. So good and accomodation were all taken care of. Also the tourist rail pass is so worth it!
Who takes taxis while in Switzerland!? Also, breakfast for 15CHF!? Hahah didn’t know a gipfeli and coop coffee cost that much 🤣
Cost of dinner for two 100chf
Cost of long stay for two 800chf… huh?
For people from outside, yes Switzerland is expensive but those kind of posts don’t represent the norm.
Tap water is great in Switzerland or you can go to Migros or Denner stores and buy a 6 pack of 1.5L water bottles for 5chf.
Breakfast sounds cheap
There are MANY places, even in Geneva, where you can get a great meal for 2 (minus booze) for way less than 100 francs.
Zoo Zürich 22.-??
The answer to the question is..
“No”
Since when is a bottle of water 5 chf?
Now Imagine living there…
The 5 franks bottle of water when you can go to migros and have a 1L bottle for less than 50cents
5fr for a bottle of water is just wrong also at swiss airport there is great public transportation so why would you take a cab for 60fr?
Yes unfortunately it was unclear to me. Hope that’s ok and doesent offend anyone. Now I understand it more clearly.
Worth pointing out that everything on the list can be paid by card without the need to exchange money in the first place.
Buy a meal in migros take away and you spend 10-20 per person
Where do i get a 1 Day public Transport Ticket for 13.60? Is this for inside the airport only?
Airport to city center? Use the train…
You don’t take a taxi to Zurich from the airport. You take the train. Same in Geneva. And Basel/Mulhouse.
I would say most of this is on the expensive side of what you could buy – so an upper bound.
Dinner you can easily do for 50chf per person. You can’t go fancy and get a steak and a bottle of wine, but you can certainly have a nice dinner for that.
Water – I mean just buy it at the migros or coop somewhere. Tourists might end up going to a kiosk or buying at the tourist attraction, but if a bottle of water is 5chf then I will more often than not go somewhere else.
If you take a taxi into town you’re an idiot except in some extremely narrow circumstances – and even then I personally would take the train.
WTF, the boats are free if you have a train/tram travel pass. This is wrong.
Huh? Idk what’s the most nonsensical: 5 chf for a bottle of water or only 800chf for the whole journey knowing those prices.
A complete dinner for two at 100 CHF? Unlikely. Maybe (maybe) it was the case a few years ago
I hate these exchange booths at the airport. “LAST CHANCE to change your money” before entering a country of banks.
There’s a million water fountains who the fuck pays 5 bucks for a bottle unless they’re dying from thirst in the next 10 minutes?
for a person who’s never been switzerland this looks cheaper than I expected
Or Travelex are shamelessly getting you to buy more francs than you need at their extortionate fx rates.
Some of the prices are correct but meals in a normal priced restaurant a lunch starts usually at 20Sfr. With the drinks and sweets after it may cost between 35 to 50Sfr.
100 for a 3 course meal is mostly upper class.
Canadian tourist who started their trip in Switzerland. It was actually the best thing because now every other country feels CHEAP! Definitely want to visit again – but maybe once our dollar is a bit better