When and how to make reservations July/Aug trip
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Hello Arno and Annika,
Plans for this summer are well under way, flights, accommodation booked and Swiss Travel Passes ordered – we are now planning the details.
We will be in St. Moritz from July 12th to 19tth when we will transfer to Thun for a further three weeks. We know Bernese Oberland well so can plan that part of the holiday based on past experience but need some help with first week. We plan to take Glacier Express from St. Moritz to Brig en route to Thun – how soon can we make our reservations for this trip? We will have 1st class pass. We will have quite a bit of luggage – is there good space in first class? Can we have lunch without pre-booking it?
While in St. Moritz we would like to take Bernina Express to Tirano – there is BEX train at 9.30 a.m. for which we would need to make reservations – how soon can we do this? There is a regional train at 9.48 – is 1st class on this train likely to be very crowded if we choose that option instead? I have found return trains in the timetable so that isn’t a problem.
However we do love bus journeys in Switzerland and are interested in taking the bus from Tirano to Lugano leaving at 14.20 and arriving at 17.30 but this also requires a reservation and I am not sure how and when we can do this. If we wait till we are in St. Moritz is that likely to be too late?
Getting back to St. Moritz from Lugano looks complicated! the only route I have found is to take a train at 18.19 from Lugano which arrives in Bellinzona at 18.47. Then we have to take a bus at 18.55 which arrives in Thusis at 20.25, then a train from Thusis to St. Moritz at 20.30 arriving at 22.03. The bus from Bellinzona also requires a reservation – how and when can we do this?
We don’t usually need reservations for our trips around Bernese Oberland so are not used to having to decide dates for our excursions so far in advance which is why I was wondering about the Tirano and Lugano day. I don’t mind reserving the Glacier Express in advance because that date is fixed already because of moving our base that day.
A further question if we make reservations online can we pay in GBP?
Thanks in advance,
Maggie
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