Tour Information Details

Transfer & Ground Transportation
Each Swiss tour member receives a Swiss Rail Pass that is good for unlimited travel on trains, boats, and postal buses, and for discounts on most cable cars, chairlifts, and mountain cog railways. Your Swiss Pass is a great asset for your free day exploration. Austria tour members receive a local travel card that is good for unlimited travel on trains, buses and local cable cars in the Ziller Valley and Stubai Valley.

Baggage Handling
ONE (1) piece of luggage per person will be transported from the clearance of customs at the Zurich, Geneva or Munich Airport to the last day departure from the Zurich or Munich Airport. A second suitcase may be transported at a charge of $50, however a second suitcase is strongly discouraged.

Meals
We start each day with a bountiful breakfast (price included in your package). Items included in breakfast buffet vary by inn. Typical breakfast items are fresh breads, croissants, an assortment of excellent cheeses, fruit, meats, cereals, granola, coffee and hot chocolate with refills, juices and special pastries. In addition, we will have dinner each evening at the inn. Dinner is also included in tour price. All of our family-run inns take great pride in the preparation and presentation of fabulous meals that provide a variety of local and European cuisine. Guests who request a vegetarian dining experience will be pleasantly surprised by the creativity of our chefs.

Lunches are taken at small mountain inns and tearooms. Our guests are usually astonished by the variety and quality of the food that may be enjoyed in these remote retreats. Travis, Shannon and Jim all recommend the rhubarb pie with warm vanilla sauce served at Chez Vrony deep in the mountains above Zermatt. Lunch is not included in the tour cost. Each hiker should budget an expense of approximately $15 U.S. per lunch, however, this amount will vary depending on individual tastes. A picnic option is also possible.

Tour Escort-Guide
You will be met as you clear Customs at the Meeting Point sign at the Zurich, Geneva or Munich Airport by your tour escort. Your tour escort will be with the group until check-in at the Zurich or Munich Airport for the light home.

Price Does Not Include
Air tickets; expenses of your passport; lunches; midmorning or afternoon coffee breaks; cost of items of a personal nature such as laundry; excess baggage charges; mineral water and beverages not included with meals such as after dinner tea or coffee, wines or liquors; items not on the regular menu; travel independent from group or on free-days; entertainment not included in the itinerary; health, accident or baggage insurance; airport taxes; or optional gratuities to hotel staff and assistant guide.

Tour Insurance Special insurance is available and encouraged covering such items as baggage, emergency evacuation, health, accident, and trip cancellation. A descriptive brochure will be sent to each tour member after booking.

Passports
All tour members must have valid passports. Your passport must be valid for at least 90 days after your arrival date in Switzerland or Austria. No visa or vaccinations are required for holders of U.S. passports.

Your Air Arrangements Our cooperating travel agency is Personal Travel Consultants in Macon, Georgia. Their telephone number is (478) 474- 0505, or email Deborah Adler at deborahtravel@cox.net. They can handle all air transportation reservations, ticketing, and billing; however, the use of Personal Travel Consultants is not mandatory. Payment for air transportation is to be made directly to the ticketing agent. By purchasing your ticket early, you can protect your airfare from any price increase and be certain that space is available on the dates you need. Ms. Deborah Adler, owner of Personal Travel Consultants, has been in the travel business since 1988. She and her staff have the ability to help find the best air arrangements for your hiking trip.

Cancellation & Refund of Land Arrangements
Cancellations must be received in writing to Alpine Adventure Trails Tours, Inc. A full refund, less a $75 cancellation fee per person, will be made for cancellations received up to 60 days before departure. Up to 33 days before departure a service charge of $250 per person will be retained. If a cancellation is received fewer than 33 days before departure, we will refund up to 50% of tour cost, less any cable or telephone expenses, rail ticket expenses and hotel penalty. For all refunds a fee will be withheld from the refund equal to the amount charged by the credit card company to process your credit card for payment received by Alpine Adventure Trails Tours, Inc. for your tour and the credit card fee charged to return amounts to your credit card. There is no refund for unused tour portions.

Responsibility
Alpine Adventure Trails Tours, Inc. and/or Personal Travel Consultants and/or its agents act only in the capacity of agent for the passengers, tour members, in all matters pertaining to travel or accommodations whether by plane, rail, bus, boat, cable car, chairlift or any other means of conveyance. They shall not be liable for injury, damage or loss occasioned by neglect or default of any company or person engaged in conveying the tour, any hotel proprietor, car rental organization or other persons supplying services or materials in connection with the tour. Alpine Adventure Trails Tours, Inc., reserves the right to withdraw a tour or to make changes in the published itinerary whenever in its sole judgment conditions warrant, or if deemed necessary for the comfort, convenience or safety of the tour members. Alpine Adventure Trails Tours, Inc. is the principal and is coordinating the ground arrangements for all accommodations, services, and programs as constituting the tours. The tour participant waives any claim against the tour operator for any damages to or loss of property, delays, acts of God, injury or death of persons, substitution of equipment, beyond the control of the tour operator.

If you have questions please call me directly at (888) 478-4004. I hope to see you in The Alps.

Happy Hiking,
Shannon Harris
President, Alpine Adventure Trails Tours, Inc.