[Idyllchat] 2 Weeks in Switzerland

[Phillip King]

Vance,
    Thanks for your advice.  We Idyllchatters consider you to be the 
ultimate authority on Switzerland, so your input is always welcome and 
valuable.
    Thanks, again.
    Phil and Jane King, Spring Lake, MI
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Vance Roy" <gigli.saw at dplanet.ch>
To: "Phillip King" <pandjking at sbcglobal.net>
Cc: "Idyllchat" <IdyllChat at lists.untours.com>
Sent: Friday, April 11, 2008 2:37 PM
Subject: Re: [Idyllchat] 2 Weeks in Switzerland



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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