 Poster: A snowHead
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Booked a week at the Club Med in Wengen. Does anyone have experience of staying here.
In particular - can I get away with taking £ and € or will I need Swiss Francs? Also - if out with the ski schools, do they bring you back to the hotel for lunch or do they stay on the mountain?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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@SCollier1, can't speak for club med, but most places in Switzerland will happily take your euros off you at a horrendous exchange rate - and give you change in CHF. Personally I'd change the currency myself.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Current rate for Euros here is 1 for 1 vs the Swiss Franc, but not everywhere will take them. Bring Swiss Francs - it'll work out cheaper and you don't risk going hungry! Never stayed at the Palace, but we do see lots of people going back for lunch every day. We have also seen the CM children having lunch at Allmend, so maybe going back is optional.
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@SCollier1,
Having been on many Club Med (CM) holidays, I suggest that you take some local currency but you'll probably only need it for the following:-
Tipping your ski instructor (if you decide to)
Buying drinks locally if you decide not to drink at CM in the evenings
Buying anything locally
CM will feed you at lunch times especially if you stay in ski school - This may be back at the base or on the mountain.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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@SCollier1, agree with @skitrack, take Swiss Francs, from experience not everywhere will take them
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i. Take Swiss Francs or exchange in village at a bank (I've had better rates there than in UK before)
2. If out with the ski schools I think it will depend on your standard as to whether or not you are back to the village for Lunch, I have a vague feeling that club med skiers go all day with the ski school rather than mornings only, if so beginners will be back to the hotel for lunch as the nursery slopes are in the center of the village but more advanced skiers are likely to be somewhere higher up.
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