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Why Swisstravelguide uses public transportation
noreply • Apr 29, 2019
Switzerland is a small country and depending on statistics, we are the number 2 in the world in terms of using public transportation (especially travelling by train). Getting around in Switzerland by train or bus has no appreciation of status - all sections of the population travel by public of transport.
The network of trains, buses, light rails in combination with the timetable is an ingenious system that transports you on most routes within a very short time between cities, villages and regions. 1.25 million passengers travel alone on the Swiss Federal Railways network - per day!
If you travel by car from Zurich to Bern, you need at least 1 hour 30 minutes to travel on the motorway. By train, you arrive at the destination within 58 minutes. Without traffic jam. Without waiting time.
For this reason, we have decided that all private tours at SwissTravelGuide will be executed with public transport. This allows us to accompany guests in one day from Zurich to Zermatt to the Mount Matterhorn, to be back in Zurich the same evening. By car, the arrival and return journey alone would take 8 hours.
Whenever we arrive by train - we are right in the center. For the city tours we use the local system of transport such as tram (light rail) and bus, because many cities in Switzerland have traffic-free zones and most attractions can not be reached by car.
On the train our guests have more space than in a car. The changing landscape is easier to observe from the train than from a concrete motorway. With the intercity trains we often have the opportunity to drink something in the restaurant coach and there are clean toilettes available at all times. The tour guide can discuss with you without distraction during the train ride. In addition, with the choice of public transport, we can keep the schedule to the minute. That's why we can calculate the duration of a private tour, like from Basel to Jungfraujoch or to Lucerne, at any time.
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a short video from our tour to Zermatt, the Matterhorn village.
If you search for tours, most probably your search engine will give you a result, bookable on a OTA, a online travel agency (like Viator, Tripadvisor, GetyourGuide, Expedia). The OTA is just the broker between you as valued customer and us, the touroperator. In order for the OTA to list our products, it receives a lot of money from the commissions.We have to adhere to strict rules of the game, which can only be changed by the OTA. This is very often done "in the middle of the game" like new commission rules, new description requirements, changed cancellation conditions and discounts.OTA - Don't book your tours with them!They make their own price. No, it's not the cheapest. Their "low price guarantee" is a fake. Tour operators don't have any influence on OTA's prices.If you find a tour on a OTA you'd like to book, please, contact the tour operator directly.You will safe money (up to 28%) and the money you've paid for the excursion supports the local community and not an international company.We're happy to help you in your travel plans!www.swisstravelguide.ch
