Switzerland Guide
Money
Some basic costs
If you're prepared to cut all corners by walking or cycling around the country, staying in hostels or campsites, and never eating out, you could scrape by on Fr.40–50 a day; add in one cheap meal and a beer, and Fr.55–65 is more realistic.
Staying at simple inns or guesthouses in one or two rural areas, avoiding cities altogether, and spending your days hiking or just relaxing in reasonable comfort is unlikely to set you back more than Fr.100/day, but going up a mountain – which may be the whole point of your visiting Switzerland in the first place – can wipe out a day's budget. A journey to the Jungfraujoch, for instance, costs roughly Fr.120: hiking part or all of the way up or down can bring big savings. If you're planning a skiing holiday, you should book an all-in package from home, which costs a fraction of the equivalent over-the-counter rates.
A comfortable double room in a two- or three-star city hotel is on average Fr.130–160, depending on the season and the city. Two people using this kind of accommodation, eating lunch and dinner in modest restaurants, taking in a scattering of sights, the odd boat trip or train ride, and a luxury or two, are likely to shell out, on average, roughly Fr.320 a day between them.