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8 days Switzerland Tour Budget Planning for a couple or family

By Mahesh 4 Comments | Last Updated January 26, 2016

I carefully planned Switzerland tour to cover scenic trains, mountains, boat & gondolas, that too in minimum budget & spending maximum quality time with my wife. Also the time selected was in Summer which is high time in terms of prices but perfectly okay for Indians due to temperatures.
I decided for 8 nights stay, unlimited travel with Swiss rail pass, covering major scenic train routes, mountains that added some extra bucks to the budget, but you may tailor the same as per your need.
My recommendation is to cover all things in my iternary since you are going once in a lifetime.EURO was ~72 Rs when I booked airlines and hotels
EURO was ~79 Rs when I booked by railway and mountain passes

Costs are given per person basisINR
Return Air fare by Swiss Airways44,500
VISA6,000
Insurance700
Swiss rail pass22,500
Mt Jungfrau excursion tickets8,400
Mt Titlis Excursion tickets3,800
Gornergrat (Zermatt) train travel2,700
Golden Pass from Lucerne to Interlaken1,000
Golden Pass from interlaken to Montrex1,500
Glacier Express  from Zermatt  To  Chur2,900
Rhine falls – trip to the rock550
Mumabi airport pickup & drop1,800
Hotels 8 nights, 10,000 per night for twin40,000
Total basic expenses per person – 20131,36,350
Other expenses
Food
Chocolates & Souvenirs
Misc

Here I selected Swiss airlines and got this price for a direct flight. (early birds gets better prices)

Also the hotels I selected were costing around 10,000 Rs per night (3 star), you can get good bargain if you decide early, the same hotels were available at 6000~7000 Rs in the beginning when I started my study, hence it is most important to decide upon the hotels early enough. The hotel prices starts rising like anything as the days pass by.

Train and mountain passes prices will not vary much so that booking you can do last.Glacier express I did booking upto Chur, but later I realized that most thrilling route is upto St. Mortiz, hence I suggest to go upto St. Mortiz by this route.

Other expenses you can calculate when you go though my posts about food and the Souvenirs.

When I say misc, means expenses for the toilets, incidentals etc.

I realized that  selecting 2 star hotels or backpackers would have brought the costs for stay considerably down and these hostels are pretty good with minimal stay and centralized cooking facilities.

Hope this helps as basic guidelines.

Cheers !!

Please refer to the Index page providing you links to all posts for my Switzerland trip …
Index page Planning Switzerland Tour From India

Filed Under: International Travel, Switzerland Tagged With: Switzerland from India

Comments

  1. Rajeev Patil says

    August 26, 2013 at 3:31 am

    Really good Info…Thankx.

    Reply
  2. Rahul Desai says

    November 25, 2013 at 2:27 pm

    tell me one thing, you spent 22500 on swiss pass per person, if 4 people are travelling then don't you think renting a car will be cheaper or more or less even same amount compared to public transport?! did you find people travelling by motorhome/RV's??!!

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  3. Mahesh Pathak says

    November 26, 2013 at 3:05 am

    @ Rahul
    1) Swiss pass – if you have kids below age 16 then they travel free in pass for parents 🙂
    2) Swiss pass allows you to travel unlimited 24 hours a day, using bus, train, boat and most of the cable cars 🙂
    I don;t this both the above benefits would be available if you drive by a car !
    we used to select bus traveling in one direction (say east) and roam around till the bus returns back to the same station, then catch West and so on .. so able to get the feel of city … which is difficult for a car … also the person driving can not enjoy the views …
    i rented a taxi once .. but it is damn costly affair 🙁

    Reply

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