re: Trip Report: Germany's Black Forest and Exploring Switzerland

We had a quick overnight in Zermatt and Mrs. H2O had a vision of where she wanted to stay for this part of the trip. She handled the hotel booking and found a great place in the Chalet Hotel Schönegg. While the hotel was situated up on the hill, with great views of the Matterhorn, it was connected to town via a tunnel which made it very easy to get around. Full write up at the link below.

Chalet Hotel Schönegg Zermatt

Pictures don't do it justice. Zermatt was amazing. Thanks!

Looking at it was enough for me, I don't need to climb it

Our time in Zermatt was short and after 24 hours we were back at Zermatt Bahnhof to head to our final destination, Zurich. Unlike our five train trip from Badenweiler to Montreux, this trip would be relatively painless. An hour on the Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn from Zermatt to Visp and a quick transfer to a regional train to Zurich should make for an easy travel day.

Full writeup from this portion of the trip can be found here.

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Great pictures.

After seeing your write up on Montreux I feel the need to listen to Deep Purples Machine Head.

I am green with envy

I travel for work every week (MC/strategy work just like you) and there’s no way I would have enough points to fly business class in KLM and stay in some of the luxury hotels you guys do.

What’s your secret?

Do you pay zero cash and just use points?

Thanks HGG!

Mrs. H2O and I are both fortunate to have great jobs which helps with the price of travel. Actually, this year I only spent one night on the road for work since my projects have been mostly remote.

I look at the cash costs vs. using points to try and determine the best use of points. If the rates/fares are reasonable we will just book using cash and save the points for another time.

Also, I'm very active on FlyerTalk which is a treasure trove of information that helps me maximize our travels. I'd start there with info and happy to answer any questions you have! My e-mail is on my website if you have any specific questions.

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Yeah, me and the wife bring our two teenage boys to places as often as we can, which is pretty frequent.

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We don't have any kids yet which certainly helps!

Love that quote.

We've got Prague, Norway for the Northern Lights, and Stockholm planned for February. Nothing past that at the moment.

For our last destination on this trip, we had three days in Zurich. While both Mrs. H2O and I have been to Switzerland before, this was our first trip to Zurich. We stayed in the Enge District, near District 1 and the Altstadt which made it very easy to get around and see the sights.

The weather was a bit warm for Zurich this time of year but felt great to us. We spent a majority of our time along the waterfront eating, drinking, and enjoying the atmosphere. We also checked out some museums during our stay.

Full writeup of our time in Zurich can be found here.