8 day Swiss Travel Pass – who to buy from?

>> Does it make a difference who I purchase the pass from? I live in Canada so raileurope seems like the best option because they bill in CAD. I wouldn’t be losing anything by going with them versus the swissrail website?

Do you mean the Swiss Travel Pass? You can see the current “best buy” options for your country of residence on the following page:

http://www.myswissalps.com/sw isstravelpass/price

When you buy in Canadian dollars, a currency conversion fee is likely to be built into the Canadian dollar price, so you end up paying it one way or the other. However, you might avoid an additional foreign currency transaction fee if you buy in Canadian dollars – whether or not this fee is applied varies between financial services providers and products.

Whatever site you end up booking on, first make sure you are clear on whether the pass can be printed at home or has to be shipped, whether it needs to be validated before use, and whether there are any additional booking or shipping charges.

Alpenrose

>> The eurorail website ships the travelpass. No print at home option. Is this a deal breaker?

That’s entirely a personal choice! Choose what suits you best, taking everything into account that I mentioned in my earlier post.

Personally, I prefer the print-at-home option. You don’t have to get it validated, and if you lose it, you can print another one (or print a few spare copies at home to take with you).

Alpenrose

Hi Arno,

the website I was referring to was found on this site under the rail pass heading. It is raileurope.ca I think it is okay since it is on your site but it does not offer print at home services.

Please let me know if I am okay buying from them . I would like to since they charge in Canadian dollars.

Thank you Arno!

It worked, I am all booked!