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Hi,
Unfortunately, we didn’t stay in the locations you list. We kept the cost down by trying to find self-catering apartments and getting lunch on the go from the coop grocery store. We used vrbo. com and sometimes booking. com to find lodging in Switzerland. You perhaps have discovered what I have, which is tremendous sticker shock. It is hard to give you a recommendation in terms of pricing without knowing family size, time of year, etc. If you put in the dates and your requirements for people and bedrooms, this will be best.
We stayed in Murren in the summer, and this is on the opposite side for Grindelwald in Lautterbrunnen. I stayed in Basel and visited Luzern. Murren is accessed by cable car and there are vrbo there (Alta and Snowbird houses are just above the train stop). There is a coop grocery store in Lautterbrunnen near the train stain and the base of the funicular to Murren.
Good luck.
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Hi Abhijit90! In addition to disantor’s good tips, you’ll find our suggestions for budget hotels here: http://www.myswissalps.com/hotels/budget. A broader selection per town can be found at the pages below, and you can filter on low price options and set the maximum travel time to the town’s rail stations:
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Hi,,Disantor..
We are planning our trip to Switzerland next year,, 1st week of June 2021.. ..we are two people me & my wife on our early thirties..looking for budget accommodation near Luzern train station, Grindelwald train station,, Lauterbrunen train station so that trains can easily be accessible …
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Hi Abhijit90,
If you’re specifically looking for accommodation near train stations, you can try this link and use the top down menu to narrow down your search based on location and pricing: http://www.myswissalps.com/hotels/railstations
Regards,
Anna
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One option can be hostel. You can hire a private room in hostel. Many of hostels in Switzerland are located next to train station. (example Interlaken). I guess if you are member of youth hostel, you get special price. In hostel, you get access to common kitchen also. Need to check on this.
I am a big fan of Rick Steves Travel Guide Books. He mentions hostels in major places and his books are very information and does not cost more than USD 15-20: https://www.amazon.com/Rick-Steves/e/B000APF02I