[Idyllchat] 2 Weeks in Switzerland

[Vance Roy]

On 11. Apr 2008, at 20:20, Phillip King wrote:
> Dear fellow Idyllchatters,
>     This July we are taking our 2 kids, their spouses, and our 4  
> grandsons, ages 7 to 15, On a 2-week Untour to the Swiss Heartland  
> (Meiringen).  We want to provide each family with a reasonable  
> amount of spending money to cover their groceries, restaurant meals  
> a few times a week, plus money for admission fees, extra  
> transportation costs over and above the Railpass, and activities  
> they might want to see and do.  Our problem is, what is "reasonable"  
> for a family of 4 per week in Switzerland?

Flat out, I would guess 300 CHF (today 300$) per week per family would  
be a good bet. Excluding Swiss Pass, plane, and apartment costs.

>     We were last there in 2005 when the dollar was a lot stronger.   
> In addition, Jane and I travel very inexpensively.

I would halve that for yourselves.

I can't prove any of this, but it is a ballpark figure.

Vance Roy
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