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HOME AT FIRST’S CURRENT TRAVEL BARGAINS
Current Travel Bargains to Home At First International Destinations —
Choose from 4 Italian Regions!
Spring or Fall
in —
SPRING & FALL SPECIAL SALE!
4 DESTINATIONS TO CHOOSE FROM:
• ROME: Old City Apartments Walkable to Roman Ruins & the Vatican
• SIENA: Exquisite Walled Renaissance City in Tuscany with superb food & wine
• ALTA MAREMMA: Historic Rural Tuscany Highlands Estate between Siena & the sea
• CINQUE TERRE: 5 Colorful Coastal Villages in NW Italy with noted walking path
* Amalfi, Florence, Venice, and Sicily available for supplemental cost. Please inquire.
CURRENT TRAVEL BARGAIN!
7-Day Full-Package:
Independent Travel with Flights, Lodgings, RailPass or Rental Car
EXPANDED OFFER!
BOOK THIS TRAVEL BARGAIN BY DEC. 29, 2024
TRAVEL to ITALY
SPRING & FALL 2025
• SPRING TRAVEL 14MAR – 25MAY25
new! • FALL TRAVEL 18SEP – 25OCT25
$AVE 25% – $782/person!
$2,345
PER PERSON DOUBLE OCCUPANCY
1-Week, Full-Package to Italy!
Special low rate 25% below our anticipated 2025 Main Season prices to Italy. NOTE: supplements apply for 2-person occupancy in larger apartments.
ITALY — LOTS TO SEE, DO, & ENJOY:
• Art, architecture, galleries & museums
• Comfortable, Convenient Apartments
• Lodgings are Ideal Bases for Exploring
• City Apartments near Sites & Services
• Seaside: fishing villages & beaches
• History: Romans; the Renaissance
• Restaurants, shopping, touring
• Food & Wine: World’s Best?
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THIS FULL-PACKAGE TRIP INCLUDES:
• ROUND-TRIP FLIGHTS from New York (JFK), or Newark (EWR) to/from Rome (FCO) Italy.
Flights from all USA & Canada airports available.
Please inquire about fares from your home airport.
• 7 NIGHTS APARTMENT LODGINGS
enjoying the Italy location of your choice:
• Amazingly in Rome‘s central, historic Old City
• Sumptuously in a Tuscan estate by Siena‘s walls
• Prominently poolside on a rural Tuscany hilltop
• Gastronomically & culturally in Cinque Terre
• GROUND TRANSPORTATION:
Choice of a Flexi RailPass OR a 1-week Car Rental for Siena. Car Rental for Rural Tuscany. Flexi RailPass for Cinque Terre. 5-Day City TransPass for Rome.
• ON-SITE ACTIVITY GUIDEBOOK
Keyed for your chose Italian region. Guides include suggested activities, beaches, walking, touring itineraries, scenic sightseeing, shopping, restaurants, museums, galleries, castles, historic sites, & palaces.
THE FINER DETAILS:
• FLY TRANSATLANTIC OVERNIGHT to ROME, ITALY: Departures daily between (Spring) March 14 — May 17, and between (Autumn) September 18 — October 17, 2025 from New York City (JFK), or Newark (EWR) USA. (Departures & Connecting Flights are available from other USA & Canada airports — please inquire.) Arrive the following morning at your destination airport: Rome (FCO), Italy.
• IF STAYING IN ROME, SELF-TRANSFER TO YOUR VACATION APARTMENT: Catch the high-speed airport train. Follow our pre-printed directions to travel to your lodging destination in Rome. Transfer time: approximately 90min. Meet your apartment contact, check-in and take occupancy that afternoon.
NOTE: Airport meeting & car transfer to your Rome apartment available at extra cost.
• IF TRAVELING BY RAIL & STAYING IN SIENA, OR CINQUE TERRE, SELF-TRANSFER TO YOUR VACATION APARTMENT: Catch the high-speed airport train into central Rome. Change to a very high-speed train to your destination region. Follow our pre-printed directions to travel to your lodging destination. Transfer time: approximately 5 hours. Meet your apartment contact, check-in and take occupancy that afternoon.
• IF TRAVELING BY CAR & STAYING IN SIENA OR RURAL TUSCANY, SELF-TRANSFER TO YOUR VACATION APARTMENT: Pick up your rental car at Rome’s FCO Airport and drive north approximately 2-4 hours into Tuscany. Follow our pre-printed directions to drive direct to your lodging in rural Tuscany or in Siena. Meet your apartment contact, check-in and take occupancy that afternoon.
• DAY 8: RETURN FLIGHT TO NORTH AMERICA: Return to Rome Airport. Catch your daytime flight from Rome (FCO) back to New York (JFK), or Newark (EWR), or to other USA/Canada airports after 7 full days/nights in Italy. NOTES: guests returning from some Italian locations may need to overnight in Rome or at Rome’s FCO Airport prior to flying back to North America.
• 1-WEEK’S LODGING: 7 total Nights Lodging in your vacation apartment in Italy. Lodgings in Rome, Siena, & Cinque Terre are centrally-located: near shops, restaurants, & cafés.
• GROUND TRANSPORTATION: Rome guests receive a 5-Day Rome TransPass for use on Rome’s buses and métro. Guests to Cinque Terre receive a 4-Day Flexi Italy RailPass. Siena guests may choose a 4-Day Flexi Italy RailPass or a 7-Day Car Rental. Guests to Rural Tuscany receive a 7-Day Car Rental. Car Rental comes with basic insurance. Upgrades to larger car, &/or automatic transmission car are extra. Some local taxes or insurances may affect Car Rental at pick-up or drop-off.
• ACTIVITY GUIDE: Guests receive regional guides keyed for their specific Italian lodging regions. Guides include dozens of pages of suggestions for exploring your destination, sightseeing, visiting historic sites, museums & galleries, shopping, restaurants & cafés, food & wine, churches & cathedrals, palaces & castles.
• THIS OFFER EXPIRES MIDNIGHT DECEMBER 29, 2024. To take advantage of this special Travel Bargain offer, you must book and pay for your trip prior to the end of December 29, 2024. These special prices are great travel values, but are non-refundable. We recommend you purchase travel insurance to cover (at the least) potential losses due to your needing to cancel your trip or needing to interrupt your trip to return home early. HOME AT FIRST reserves the right to end this offer early for any reason.
• TOURIST ENTRY FEES: Italy, along with all Schengen member countries (basically, Western Europe except the UK) have announced plans to require 2025 visitors from North America to pre-register on-line and pay an entry fee. Entry fees (often called “tourist visas”) that may be in effect during the times of your planned trip are not included in Home At First’s 2025 prices. Completing any required forms and paying any required fees will be the travelers’ responsibility. HOME AT FIRST will be able to advise you about any requirements, once they have officially been announced.
• COVID: Because COVID variants are still in circulation, being fully-vaccinated is the best kind of travel insurance for your trip.
There’s No Place Like Iceland!
SPRINGTIME
in —
SPRING 2025 SPECIAL SALE
Explore Iceland in Spring, as the night skies morph from the Northern Lights to the Midnight Sun.
VISIT ICELAND’S CAPITAL, REYKJAVIK, PLUS A 2ND ICELANDIC DESTINATION. CHOOSE FROM:
• AKUREYRI & THE FAR NORTH: Iceland’s 2nd City, set on a north coast whaling fjord near the Arctic Circle.
• VIK & THE SOUTH COAST: Glaciers, volcanoes, black sand beaches, lava fields, thermal spas, ice lagoons, & waterfalls.
CURRENT TRAVEL BARGAIN!
7-Day Full-Package Independent Driving Tour of Iceland with Flights, Lodgings, Rental Car
BEST-EVER ICELAND OFFER!
BOOK THIS TRAVEL BARGAIN BY DEC. 27, 2024
TRAVEL to ICELAND
SPRING 2025
TRAVEL 01APR — 30MAY, 2025
$AVE 35.65% – $1,107/person!
$1,998
PER PERSON DOUBLE OCCUPANCY
1-Week, Full-Package to ICELAND!
Special low rate 35.65% below our anticipated 2025 Spring prices to Iceland.
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THIS FULL-PACKAGE TRIP INCLUDES:
• ROUND-TRIP FLIGHTS from JFK, EWR, BOS, or BWI to KEF (Reykjavik, Iceland).
Flights from all USA & Canada airports available.
Please inquire about fares from your home airport.
• AIRPORT BUS TRANSFER ARRIVAL DAY.
From Keflavik Airport to your Reykjavik hotel.
• 7 NIGHTS LODGING (INNS) with BREAKFAST.
Choose 2 of 3 exceptional regions of Iceland:
1. REYKJAVIK: Iceland’s outstanding capital city, plus
2. AKUREYRI: Iceland’s 2nd city on an arctic fjord, or
3. THE SOUTH COAST, packed with volcanic wonders
• 5 DAYS USE of CAR RENTAL
following first 2 nights in Reykjavik city.
Pick-up in Reykjavik; drop-off at Keflavik Airport.
Includes taxes, unlimited mileage, & liability insurance.
• GUIDEBOOK FOR TOURING ICELAND
Sightseeing, Activities, Restaurants, Scenic By-Ways.
THE FINER DETAILS:
• FLY TRANSATLANTIC OVERNIGHT to REYKJAVIK, ICELAND : Departures daily between April 1 and May 23, 2025 from New York City (JFK), Newark (EWR), new! Boston (BOS), or new! Baltimore (BWI), USA. (Departures & Connecting Flights are available from other USA & Canada airports — please inquire.) Arrive the following morning at your destination airport in Reykjavik/Keflavik (KEF). Self-transfer by pre-paid airport bus to your reserved hotel in downtown Reykjavik, Iceland’s capital city. Take occupancy at your first Iceland lodging, the hotel in Reykjavik, that afternoon.
• RETURN FLIGHT 8 DAYS LATER: Daytime flight from Reykjavik/Keflavik (KEF) back to New York (JFK), Newark (EWR), Boston (BOS), Baltimore (BWI) or to other USA/Canada airports after 7 full days & nights in Iceland.
• LODGINGS: 7 total Nights Lodging in pre-reserved hotels &/or inns at your choice of 2 of 3 set locations: Reykjavik city plus either Akureyri in the far north on a whale-filled arctic fjord, or on the South Coast region dense with volcanic wonders, active geo-thermal sites & amazing waterfalls.
• HOME AT FIRST‘s Iceland specialists will help you plan an individualized, independent Icelandic fly/drive itinerary that meets your needs, tastes, interests, pace, and budget. Note that minimum occupancy numbers and some luxury upgrade supplements may apply to a few specific lodgings.
• NOTE: for this 7-night visit you visit two regional locations: the Icelandic capital Reykjavik plus either Akureyri (small city in the far north of Iceland near the Arctic Circle), or in locations along Iceland’s dramatic, tectonically active South Coast. All three locations offer remarkable scenery and a wide selection of activities. By limiting the amount of driving you do, you will have much more time to pursue activities like whale watching, thermal spa-ing, visiting waterfalls, glaciers, geysers, lava fields, and geothermal sites, and, if the weather permits, seeing the Northern Lights.
• GROUND TRANSPORT: Guests in Iceland have use of a RENTAL CAR for 5 days. Pick-up the car conveniently in downtown Reykjavik following 2 days in the city where you get around on foot, by public transport, or by taxi. At the end of your week in Iceland, return your rental car at Reykjavik’s Keflavik Airport. Rental Cars come with unlimited mileage, basic liability insurance, and most taxes included, but rental may be subject to some locally charged fees. Note that you will find pre-paid gas cards the best way for obtaining fuel as you circumnavigate sparsely-populated Iceland. We recommend purchasing gas cards in Reykjavik prior to setting off for the driving journey.
• ACTIVITY GUIDE: Guests staying in Iceland receive an Iceland guidebook with dozens of pages of suggestions for touring by car, walking/hiking, whale watching, national parks, geothermal & volcanic sites, restaurants, shopping, churches & cathedrals, villages, towns, cities, and scenic inland and coastal byways.
• THIS OFFER EXPIRES MIDNIGHT DECEMBER 27, 2024: To take advantage of this special Travel Bargain offer, you must book and pay for your trip prior to midnight December 27, 2024. This special price — our best savings ever for Iceland travel — is a superb travel value, but is non-refundable. We recommend you purchase travel insurance to cover (at the least) potential losses due to your needing to cancel your trip or needing to interrupt your trip to return home early. HOME AT FIRST reserves the right to end this offer early for any reason.
• TOURIST ENTRY FEES: Iceland, along with all Schengen member countries (basically, Western Europe except the UK) have announced plans to require 2025 visitors from North America to pre-register on-line and pay an entry fee. Entry fees (often called “tourist visas”) that may be in effect during the times of your planned trip are not included in Home At First’s 2025 prices. Completing any required forms and paying any required fees will be the travelers’ responsibility. HOME AT FIRST will be able to advise you about any requirements, once they have officially been announced.
• RETURNING HOME: There are no Covid restrictions for travel to Iceland or returning to the USA or Canada. Nevertheless, because Covid variants are still in circulation, being fully-vaccinated is the best kind of travel insurance for your trip.
Choose from 5 Great Locations!
Summer
July & August
in —
SUMMER SPECIAL SALE!
Choose up to 3 of these 5 iconic
Scandinavian locations:
• OSLO, NORWAY: Vibrant Royal Capital on the Oslo Fjord. Museums, Food, Activities.
• SOGNEFJORD, NORWAY: Charming inland village on Norway’s largest fjord.
• BERGEN, NORWAY: World Heritage harbor city set among 7 mountains; Fjord gateway.
• STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN: Trendy Royal Capital on 14 islands. Style, cruises, culture.
• GOTHENBURG, SWEDEN: Foodie-Favorite Scandinavian Center on the West Coast.
CURRENT TRAVEL BARGAIN!
10-Day Full-Package: Independent Travel with Flights, Lodgings, Breakfast, TransPasses
BEST-EVER SCANDINAVIA SALE!
BOOK THIS TRAVEL BARGAIN BY DEC. 26, 2024
TRAVEL to SCANDINAVIA
SUMMER 2025
• TRAVEL 01JUL25 – 30AUG25
$AVE UP TO 41% – $2,237/person!
$3,201
PER PERSON DOUBLE OCCUPANCY
10-Day, Full-Package!
Extraordinarily low rate 41% below our official, published 2025 Summer Season
2-person, 10-day price to Scandinavia.
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LOTS TO SEE, DO, & ENJOY:
• Swimming, skiing, shopping, hiking
• Shopping, royalty, harbor cruises
• Galleries, museums, & concerts
• World-class foodie destinations
• Fjords, Mountains, Seacoasts
• History: Vikings, Middle Ages
• Castles, Palaces, Cathedrals
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THIS FULL-PACKAGE TRIP INCLUDES:
• ROUND-TRIP FLIGHTS from New York (JFK) or Newark (EWR), to/from Oslo (OSL) Norway &/or Stockholm (ARN) Sweden.
Flights from all USA & Canada airports available.
Please inquire about fares from your home airport.
• 10 NIGHTS LODGINGS in 1, 2, or 3 SCANDINAVIAN LOCATIONS:
Lodgings are inns or quality small hotels centrally-located in Oslo, Bergen, & a fjord-side village along the Sognefjord in Norway, and in Stockholm & Gothenburg Sweden. Lodgings include daily smorgasbord breakfast. Choose as many as 3 different locations, and as few as 2 nights or as many as 10 nights in any one location.
• GROUND TRANSPORTATION:
comes in the form of a ScanRail 4-Day Flexi Railpass for train travel between locations. The Sognefjord location — reachable by boat — comes with ferry tickets from the Oslo-Bergen railway connection. In Oslo and Stockholm you have use of City Transit Passes for the modern city transit system: metro, buses, trams, some boats, and some trains. Note: Stockholm City Passes are valid for transfers on the city’s airport train service. The Oslo City Pass is not valid on Oslo’s airport express trains.
• ON-SITE ACTIVITY GUIDEBOOKS.
You get very useful guidebooks keyed for the destinations of your Scandinavian itinerary. Guides include suggested activities, excursions, scenic sightseeing, boat cruises, shopping, restaurants, museums, castles, historic sites, royal palaces, and much more.
THE FINER DETAILS:
• DAY 1 (Tuesday or Wednesday): FLY TRANSATLANTIC OVERNIGHT to SCANDINAVIA: Departures Tuesdays & Wednesdays between July 1 and August 2, 2025, from New York City (JFK), or Newark (EWR), USA. (Departures & Connecting Flights are available from other USA & Canada airports — please inquire.) Arrive the following morning at your destination airport: Oslo (OSL) Norway, or Stockholm (ARN) Sweden.
• DAY 2: SELF-TRANSFER TO YOUR 1ST LODGING LOCATION IN OSLO or STOCKHOLM: Arrive in Scandinavia. Follow our pre-printed directions to travel to your first lodging destination in Oslo or Stockholm. Check-in and take occupancy that afternoon.
• RAIL TO YOUR 2nd or 3rd LODGING LOCATIONS: Follow our pre-printed directions to travel by train to your second and third lodging destinations in Sweden or Norway. Check-in and take occupancy that afternoon. (If you are staying in the village along Norway’s Sognefjord, your travel plans will include connecting from the train to a fjord ferry that lands quite close to your village inn.)
• DAY 11 (Saturday or Sunday): RETURN FLIGHT TO NORTH AMERICA: Daytime flight(s) from Oslo (OSL), Stockholm (ARN), Gothenburg (GOT), or Bergen (BGO) back to New York (JFK), or Newark (EWR), or to other USA/Canada airports after 10 full days/nights in Scandinavia.
• 10-DAYS LODGINGS: 10 total Nights Lodging in pre-reserved inns or quality small hotels in your choice of 1, 2, or 3 locations: Oslo, Sognefjord, and/or Bergen (Norway), and/or Stockholm and/or Gothenburg (Sweden). Lodgings are centrally-located: near shopping, restaurants, cafés, and transit. Daily smorgasbord breakfast included.
• CITY TRANSPORT: Guests are furnished City Passes for use in Oslo, and Stockholm on the métro system, certain trains, trams, city buses, and even some harbor boats.
• SCANRAIL FLEXI PASSES: Guests are furnished 4-Day FlexiPasses for connecting trains between their selected locations in Norway and Sweden.
• ACTIVITY GUIDE: Guests receive regional guides keyed for their use in Scandinavia. Guides include dozens of pages of suggestions for exploring your destination by public transit, sightseeing, visiting historic sites, museums & galleries, shopping, restaurants & cafés, churches & cathedrals, royal palaces and castles.
• THIS OFFER EXPIRES MIDNIGHT DECEMBER 26, 2024. To take advantage of this special Travel Bargain offer, you must book and pay for your trip prior to the end of December 26, 2024. These special prices are great travel values, but are non-refundable. We recommend you purchase travel insurance to cover (at the least) potential losses due to your needing to cancel your trip or needing to interrupt your trip to return home early. HOME AT FIRST reserves the right to end this offer early for any reason.
• TOURIST ENTRY FEES: Norway and Sweden, along with all Schengen member countries (basically, Western Europe except the UK) have announced plans to require 2025 visitors from North America to pre-register on-line and pay an entry fee. Entry fees (often called “tourist visas”) that may be in effect during the times of your planned trip are not included in Home At First’s 2025 prices. Completing any required forms and paying any required fees will be the travelers’ responsibility. HOME AT FIRST will be able to advise you about any requirements, once they have officially been announced.
• RETURNING HOME: USA citizens no longer need to take Covid tests before traveling internationally. Nevertheless, because COVID variants are still in circulation, being fully-vaccinated is the best kind of travel insurance for your trip.
Choose from 4 Swiss Regions!
Spring or Fall
in —
SPRING & FALL SPECIAL SALE!
4 DESTINATIONS TO CHOOSE FROM:
• KANDERSTEG: Alpine Touring Center
• MÜRREN: High Alpine; Amazing Views
• LOCARNO: Italian-Swiss Lakeside
• ZERMATT & The MATTERHORN
IN ALL LOCATIONS YOU CAN EXPECT:
• Spectacular, World-Class Scenery
• Festive Local Harvest Celebrations
• Outdoor Adventure: Hiking & Biking
• Superb (sometimes thrilling!)Transport
• Delightful Food; Cheese & Chocolate, too
CURRENT TRAVEL BARGAINS!
7-Day Full-Package:
Independent Travel with Flights, Lodgings, RailPass
GENEROUS OFFER!
BOOK THIS TRAVEL BARGAIN BY DEC. 27, 2024
TRAVEL to SWITZERLAND
SPRING & FALL 2025
• SPRING TRAVEL 18APR – 31MAY25
• FALL TRAVEL 5SEP – 1NOV25
$AVE 22% – $687/person!
$2,408
PER PERSON DOUBLE OCCUPANCY
1-Week, Full-Package to Switzerland!
Special low rate 22% below our official, published 2025 Main Season prices to Switzerland. NOTE: supplements apply for 2-person occupancy in larger apartments.
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THIS FULL-PACKAGE TRIP INCLUDES:
• ROUND-TRIP FLIGHTS from New York (JFK), or Newark (EWR) to/from Zürich (ZRH) Switzerland.
Flights from all USA & Canada airports available.
Please inquire about fares from your home airport.
• 7 NIGHTS CHALET or APARTMENT LODGINGS in the Swiss destination of your choice:
• Alpine Kandersteg (pretty, flat, touring center)
• Alpine Mürren (high, hilly, car-free village)
• Locarno: unexpected Italian Switzerland
• Zermatt at the base of the Matterhorn
• ENGLISH-SPEAKING HOSTS.
All Home At First Swiss lodgings have accessible English-speaking hosts who are friendly, helpful, and happily supply information about things to do, places to go, eat, shop, and sightsee. More good news: English is commonly (but not universally) spoken throughout Switzerland, so expect to be able to communicate wherever you travel in Switzerland.
• GROUND TRANSPORTATION:
One-week transpass for the unmatched network of Swiss railways/lakeboats/cableways/post-buses/city transit. Efficient, modern, comfortable, convenient, safe, punctual, frequent, Swiss transport goes places cars cannot take you. Give the driver a vacation from driving and enjoy the spectacular scenery!
• ON-SITE ACTIVITY GUIDEBOOK
Keyed for your chosen Swiss region. Guides include suggested activities, walking/hiking, cycling, touring itineraries, scenic sightseeing, shopping, restaurants, museums, galleries, castles, historic sites, & palaces. Cheesemaking & chocolate shops: of course!
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CONSIDER A SECOND WEEK!
For a more leisurely trip & more time to enjoy your time in Switzerland in the same region or a second region of interest.
ADD 7 NIGHTS LODGING & GROUND TRANSPORTATION FROM:
$1069
PRICE PER PERSON DOUBLE OCCUPANCY FOR ADDING 1 WEEK OF LODGING & TRANSPASS. PRICE CAN VARY BY LODGING SELECTED & SEASONALITY. A HIGHER RATE APPLIES IF CHANGING LODGINGS OR REGIONS.
THE FINER DETAILS:
• FLY TRANSATLANTIC OVERNIGHT to ZÜRICH, SWITZERLAND: Departures Fridays between (Spring) 18APR25 & 23MAY25 AND (Autumn) 05SEP25 & 24OCT25 from New York City (JFK), or Newark (EWR) USA. (Departures & Connecting Flights are available from other USA & Canada airports — please inquire.) Arrive the following morning at your destination airport: Zürich (ZRH, Switzerland.
• FROM ZÜRICH, SELF-TRANSFER TO YOUR VACATION APARTMENT: Fly Friday night to Zürich Airport, arriving Saturday morning. Following our pre-printed directions to travel to your lodging destination, catch the high-speed airport train that connects to local trains to your destination villages. Transfer time: approximately 3-4 hours. Meet your English-speaking apartment host, check-in and take occupancy that afternoon.
• DAY 8: RETURN FLIGHT TO NORTH AMERICA: Return by train back to Zürich Airport. Catch your daytime flight back to New York (JFK), or Newark (EWR), or to other USA/Canada airports after 7 full days/nights in Switzerland.
• 1-WEEK’S LODGING: 7 total Nights Lodging (Saturday to Saturday) in your vacation apartment in Switzerland. Lodgings are centrally-located with minimum walking to shops, restaurants, cafés, & transit.
• GROUND TRANSPORTATION: All Swiss guests receive a 1-week TransPass for use on Switzerland’s trains, postal buses, city transit lines, many lake boats, and many cableways.
Guests traveling to Locarno receive a round-trip ticket from Zürich Airport to Locarno, and an Italian-Switzerland TransPass valid for a week’s regional public transportation.
Guests to Kandersteg, Mürren, or Zermatt receive an 8-Day Swiss TransPass for their use on Switzerland’s comprehensive public transportation network country-wide.
• ACTIVITY GUIDE: Guests receive regional guidebooks keyed for their specific lodging regions. Guides include well over 100 pages of suggestions for exploring your destination, sightseeing, visiting historic sites, museums & galleries, shopping, restaurants & cafés, churches & cathedrals, palaces & castles, food, drink, cheese, chocolate, hiking, biking, touring, and scenic excursions.
• THIS OFFER EXPIRES MIDNIGHT DECEMBER 27, 2024. To take advantage of this special Travel Bargain offer, you must book and pay for your trip prior to the end of December 27, 2024. These special prices are great travel values, but are non-refundable. We recommend you purchase travel insurance to cover (at the least) potential losses due to your needing to cancel your trip or needing to interrupt your trip to return home early. HOME AT FIRST reserves the right to end this offer early for any reason.
• TOURIST ENTRY FEES: Switzerland, along with all Schengen member countries (basically, Western Europe except the UK) have announced plans to require 2025 visitors from North America to pre-register on-line and pay an entry fee. Entry fees (often called “tourist visas”) that may be in effect during the times of your planned trip are not included in Home At First’s 2025 prices. Completing any required forms and paying any required fees will be the travelers’ responsibility. HOME AT FIRST will be able to advise you about any requirements, once they have officially been announced.
• RETURNING HOME: USA citizens no longer need to take a Covid test before returning home. Nevertheless, because COVID variants are still in circulation, being fully-vaccinated is the best kind of travel insurance for your trip.
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