SWITZERLAND Readers's Tips - Hello Laura Amundson, I have only done the spurofthemoment travel once (and that only because I changed my travel plans in midjourney, and I have to caution that the best properties may well be sold out in June, particularly in the hot tourist spots.You can, of course, improve your chances by staying just outside the hot spots: Weggis instead of Luzern, Rivaz instead of Lausanne, etc.Here are some planning tips. First, become familiar with your destination’s tourist office.You can usually find it on the internet by adding “.” to the town’s name: www.ntreux., www.indelwald., www.gadin., www.rmatt., www.ndersteg., etc.In some cases, the tourist pages, the Englishlanguage pages, or alternate pages are at another spot, like www.zern.g or www.ngen.m.These are all easy to get to with a simple web engine search. Anyway, once you find the area’s tourist office, they usually have lists of apartments or rooms to rent.If it’s not online, email them for a hard copy (I’ve emailed lots of Swiss tourist offices and always get prompt and thorough replies in the mail.When you physically arrive in town, the tourist office should be your first stop, and they can often find you accommodation at your price range that’s what I did when my travel plans changed.Though they sometimes charge a fee for this, the hotel or Bandamp;B may deduct that amount from your bill. Other online sources are www.b. and www.oms..If you decide to stay in one spot for two weeks (a great idea, by the way, check out www.tours.m.Another company that rents apartments is www.terhome.m (you may want to rent two apartments for one week each. Once you have an itinerary roughed out, write back for more ideas. You really can’t go wrong with your plan s

Can you recommend hotelin Grindelwald Planning on staying 3 nights. Good morning, N.ard Have stayed in Grindelwald about five times for 34 days and have always used the HOTEL SCHWEIZERHOF, it is a wonderful four star hotel with a most excellant dining room, and breakfast buffet.It is but a half block from the Grindelwald Bahnhof aand its porter will meet you upon your arrival when requested. go www.isshotels. and www.indelwald. for more information and photos of the hotel and their e mail address is schweizerhofgrindelwald.. One very good feature is its swimming pool which is wonderful after a day out in the mountains. Richard of LaGrange Park, Il.

We plan to stay in Grindelwald to ski over Christmas, and are not sure whether it is better to stay close to the town center (Parkhotel Schoenegg or a little further away from center city (at the Eigerblick.f we stay at the Parkhotel Schoenegg we would be right at the First lift, but it may be noisy or congested.an you advise whether this is a good location for our family to stay (which includes 2 13yearolds I would like to experience as much of the beautiful views as possible.hank you.

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