Swiss Card

Product bonuses

Bonus offers can only be obtained in Europe, from the local ticket office of the granting company. Your rail pass must be valid in the country in question.

Pass holders are entitled to a variety of bonuses including numerous shipping lines.

Holders of a Eurail Flexipass, Eurail Selectpass or Eurail Regional Pass please note that a free bonus requires the use of a travel day; reduced offers do not required the use of a travel day. For reduced travel, the Pass must be valid for the country of departure or the country of arrival. For free travel, the Pass must be valid in the country of departure and the country of arrival. For domestic shipping lines and all other bonus offers; the Pass must be valid in the country in question.

Where a free passage on international ferry routes is offered, your pass must be valid for the country of departure AND the country of arrival. Where a discounted passage is offered, your pass must be valid for the country of departure OR the country of arrival. When traveling at reduced rate, you may travel at any time, provided it is while your pass is valid, even if all the travel days in the calendar have been used up.

Only the following companies will honor your Pass. Arrange your free or discount travel locally, and always confirm that the company you are dealing with actually honors the bonus discount.

Switzerland Passes

Swiss Museums Bonus

The Swiss Pass, Swiss Youth Pass and Swiss Flexi Pass are also give free admission to more than 450 museums and exhibits in Switzerland (www.museumspass.ch)"Inclusive of Swiss Museum Pass" will be mentioned on your coupon. The choice includes some of the most popular museums, including:

• Swiss Transport Museum in Lucerne
• The Swiss Open-Air Museum Ballenberg
• The Olympic Museum in Lausanne
• The spanking new Paul Klee Centre in Bern
• Most art and natural history museums
• The Museum of the International Red Cross/Red Crescent in Geneva
• Numerous historical castles

Mountain Top Trains & Cable Cars

• 50% discount with the Swiss Pass, Swiss Flexi Pass, Swiss Youth Pass and Swiss Card on Cable cars and Mountain trains not included in the Swiss travel System range of passes. Please refer to STS map or enquire at the relevant mountain railway/cable-car station.
• Exception: on the Kleine Scheidegg-Jungfraujoch route, holders of Swiss (Saver) Pass, Swiss (Saver) Flexi Pass and Swiss Youth Pass are entitled to 25% discount.
• 20% discount on the normal fare of the Furka Cogwheel Steam Train : (www.furka-bergstrecke.ch)
• 20% discount on the entrance fee in the Swiss Miniatur Museum: (www.swissminiatur.ch)
• The Swiss Flexi Pass also offers 50% discount on the entire Swiss Travel System network (trains, buses, boats, cable cars) on the days they have not validated for free travel, but only between the first and the last day of free travel.

Guided city tours

• Basel : 50% discount on the guided city tour
• Bern : 20% discount on guided walking tour through old town/clock tower or guided city bus tours
• Geneva : 20% discount on the guided city tour
• Lausanne : 20% discount on guided city tours (www.lausanne-tourisme.ch)
• Lucerne : 20% discount on the guided city stroll
• Schaffhausen : 50% discount on guided city tour
• Zuerich : 50% discount on guided city walking tours

Hotel discounts

Best Western Swiss Hotels
There are more than 40 Best Western Hotels in Switzerland just waiting for you! Bonus with Swiss Travel System tickets: 10% discount on pre-booked reservations in all Best Western Swiss Hotels (subject to availability.) For reservations call your local Best Western booking office. Numbers listed at www.bestwestern.com.

www.bestwestern.ch
info@bestwestern.ch

Hotels with a Bookmark
The six boutique-style properties of the Hotels with a Bookmark chain offer history and good stories in Zurich, Kreuzlingen and Meiringen. Bonus with Swiss Travel System tickets: 20% discount on rack rates (based on availability and prior reservation).

www.bookmarkhotels.ch
or directly with the hotel
info@bookmarkhotels.ch

Minotel Worldwide
Minotel is a voluntary hotel chain with hotels in 26 countries. In Switzerland, there are 60 carefully selected properties. Bonus with Swiss Travel System tickets: 15 % discount on the rack rate if booked on-line at www.minotel.ch (please enter Code STSMIN in the booking form). Also: see Specials «3 Nights for the price of 2».

www.minotel.ch
reservation@minotel.com

Sorell Hotels
The Sorell Hotels are a traditional Swiss hotel group with twelve popular business and leisure hotels. The centrally located 2-4 star properties range from traditional to historic, all the way to the disigner hotel. Bonus with Swiss Travel System tickets: 10% discount on rack rates of booked directly at the hotel (subject to availbility) - use the code "Swiss Travel System" to get the discount.

www.sorellhotels.com
info@sorellhotels.com

Sunstar Hotels
Sunstar is a well established Swiss hotel chain with eight fairly priced first class Hotels in Arosa, Davos, Flims, Klosters, Lenzerheide, Grindelwald and Wengen. Each hotel provides a free mini bar, an indoor swimming pool and a steam bath. Bonus with Swiss Travel System tickets: 10% discount on bookings made through the central reservation office.

//www.sunstar.ch
reservation@sunstar.ch

Swiss Backpackers
Swiss Backpackers is for young people and those who remain young at heart. A no-frills service for people from all over the globe: from CHF 26.- per night in a dormitory-style room. Bonus with Swiss Travel System tickets: 50% discount on the third night in the same establishment on bookings made through www.swissbackpackers.ch

www.swissbackpackers.ch
info@swissbackpackers.ch

Swiss Budget Hotels
In Switzerland, you will find 200 cosy Swiss Budget Hotels in 140 localities. These traditional hotels are inexpensive and will make your stay a true joy. Bonus with Swiss Travel System tickets: 10% discount when booking on the internet. Ask for your personal password at pw@rooms.ch

www.rooms.ch
info@rooms.ch

Swiss Premium Hotel
Personal management, sincere hospitality and a high level of comfort characterise Swiss Premium Hotels. Whether in Zurich, in the Engadin, in the Valais, in the Bernese Oberland, in the Ticino or in western Switzerland: we welcome you to a thoroughly pleasant stay! Bonus: 10% discount on official rates when making bookings directly with the hotel: simply quote „Swiss Travel System" (subject to availability).

www.swisspremiumhotels.com

Swiss Quality Hotels International
There are 82 Swiss Quality Hotels in more than 50 Swiss destinations, both of urban and rural nature. Bonus with Swiss Travel System tickets: 10% discount on the best available rates when booking through the central reservation office.

www.swissqualityhotels.com
info@sqh.ch

unikatHOTELS.ch
Several independent Swiss hotels have banded together to form unikatHOTELS.ch. They are located in Switzerland's most picturesque regions and range from trendy lifestyle hotel, wellness and golf hotel from the mountains, romantic hotel on the lake, to the pulsating city hotel. But they all have one thing in common: they all offer excellent facilities to make your stay as enjoyable as possible. Bonus with Swiss Travel System tickets: 10% discount on rack rates (subject to availability and only with advance reservation).

www.unikathotels.ch

The Victoria-Jungfrau Collection
Welcome to the Victoria-Jungfrau Collection - the exclusive group of leading hotels in four of the most popular tourist destinations in Switzerland. Choose between Zurich, Lucerne, Berne and Interlaken and look forward to breathtaking mountain scenery, beautiful lakes and Switzerland's best shopping. Swiss Travel System pass-holders also get a 10% discount on the official room prices and packages (apart from New Year, the Lucerne Festival and session and internet specials.).

www.victoria-jungfrau-collection.
info@vjc.ch

Other attractions:

Swissminiatur Melide
See Switzerland's highlights on a miniature scale (1:25). Discover the country's natural landmarks, cities, well-known buildings and monuments, as well as means of transportation. This miniature landscape is on permanent exhibit in a wonderful park on Lake Lugano. Bonus with a Swiss Travel System tickets: 20% discount on the entry price.

RailAway is a Swiss Travel System's bonus partner and is offering remarkable rebates (up to 30%) to holders of a Swiss Travel System ticket on the following offers and programs: Fun (ideal for kids and adults), Active (meant for sporty types), Monthly Special, Musicals, Exhibitions, Museums and Events as well as Rail Experiences. All these programs can easily be booked at major train stations in Switzerland, or by phone (0900 300 300 CHF 1.19/mn) or on the internet www.railaway.com

Important: discounts are availed upon presentation of valid Swiss Travel System tickets. In order to avail of a discount on a Ski Pass for example, clients will get a reduced ticket (from the RailAway offer) at major train station in Switzerland, upon presentation of their valid Swiss Travel System ticket. The discount will not be available at the skilift.

A complete list of all bonus partners, including the services / reductions offered, will be communicated in the Swiss Travel System brochure and on the synoptic maps handed out with every Swiss Travel System ticket. The reductions offered are only valid between the first and the last day validated of the Swiss pass.