Short term Halbtax passes

Transportation, Travel and Trips
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Do these exist? I’ve got guests coming to visit and full price bus, tram, train and ferry tickets can add up for visitors. Any way to lesson the costs? Thank you!

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You can buy one for a month.

https://www.sbb.ch/de/freizeit-ferie...fare-card.html

3
Thank you! And what do people do for one day or a few days? They are only going to be there for a short time. Less than 1 week.

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Do the math and either pay full price or get the half fare card. See it as a form of a loyalty program.

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You could look on the SBB website and see if there are any day-trip offers for the time your guests are here, otherwise, they just have to suck it up.

What sort of trips are you planning? If it's just one or two days and you just need transport into the city, buy a Tageskarte. You only then have to buy one ticket and it's valid for 24 hours.

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I ain’t payin, just trying to help them out! 120 bucks for a month when it’s 185 for a year is not much of an offer!

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As we've got no idea what kind of journeys you want to make or how many, you are probably best to pop into your nearest station and ask someone behind the counter for the most cost effective solution.

In my experience, they are pretty switched on with tips and tricks.

Good luck.

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Don’t know what our plans are yet, just checking if there’s something you can use like a halbtax. Maybe we’ll go then mountains, maybe we’ll stick downtown. Probably best just to rent a big car if we’re going anywhere far.

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Gemeinde Tageskarte are generally best for such short time visitors but with below negatives

-are limited in numbers and must be booked much in advance

-are for fixed dates

-since 2018 , you have to pay full price for mountain trains

But even with the above limitations are very much price-worthy especially for city trips

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That'll depend on a lot of things, starting with the number of people and length of stay. Usefulness of the replies is limited by the amount and quality of information you provide.

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Thank you ankurm! I’ll go and google that now, it sounds like it could be the sort of thing that I’m looking for.

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Other options are...

Supersaver tickets (discount tickets - you need to check if they are available when booking on the lines on which you want to travel). Railaway discounts - often to popular tourist destinations. I don't know where you are, but there in Zürich, there is the 9 Uhr Pass for ZVV in which you have an all day ticket for the ZVV network (starting after 9:00). The Swiss Travel Pass (like a GA) for 3, 4, 8, or 15 freely selectable days within one month. Also, don't forget the Junior card... if your guests are travelling with kids, any adult can buy a Junior card and the child rides for free when travelling with the adult.

By the way, the first three of these can be used together with an halftax.

Also, I find it great to convince the guests to buy a halftax, because afterwards they are really motivated to use it as much as possible and the guests start counting how much they save, instead of how much they spend.

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Thank you jazh!! Great summary, I’m very grateful!