 Poster: A snowHead
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I'm arriving in Zermatt one day before my 7 day hotel reservation starts in March. How difficult will it be to find a room for one night? I'm assuming that once I get close to the date, the tourist office will be able to find me a room. Or can I just show up and pick up one of the hotel phones at the train station? Any advice, experience, insight would be appreciated. I've spent single nights in Zermatt many times on ski touring trips, but someone else always booked the room.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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go onto their website and book a room from there here is a link:
http://www.zermatt.ch/e/accommodation/
I dont know how easy its gonna be but trawl around the various options- Hotel, Apartment and Private room. The lazy way would be to drop the tourist office a line (contact details also on the site) and let them find it for you but do it sooner rather than later- I mean you've gone to the bother of posting here about it, you know your date so there is no reason not to. Leaving it till later greatly reduces your chances of finding something suitable. If Tasch or Randa are the only things available dont worry too much as its not that long in the train to Zermatt and its only for one night. Brig would be a pain in the ass
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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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I've contacted the tourist office and they say that nothing is open for that date right now. My guess is that once the hotel figures out that they don't have the room booked for the week, they'll make the room available for one night, but they will no doubt wait until the last minute to do so. Tasch or Randa would be fine options.
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choucas, try the Hotel Alpenstern www.alpenstern.ch we stayed there a few years ago for an 'odd' duration so they may be more accommodating than most hotels which have fairly strict 7 night sat-sat policies. They are friendly, it is a small hotel but perfectly clean and acceptable with a good breakfast. They have apartments too which are good. It is well placed about halfway between the station and Sunnega. All the best with it, it's not easy finding 'odd' nights accommodation in my experience!
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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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I was in exactly the same position at the end of this month and was able to book a friday night only in the hotel Rhodania.
http://www.zermatt.ch/e/hotels/list/rhodania.html
No idea what it's like, but it isn't too dear and is attached to quite a well known bar (north wall bar) so can't be all bad.
There are a couple of dormitory style hostels in Zermat which aren't too bad if it really is just a bed for the night you're after.
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choucas,
Good bet is the hotel bahnhof which is (guess what) right by the station, with variety of rooms & dortoir accommodation. Likely to be full of smelly tourers having just completed the Haute Route.... 
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One night in Zermatt.............and the world's your oyster 
Isn't that how the song goes?
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Or Bangkok. Thanks for all the info. It's back to the Bahnhof for me. I stayed there 26 years ago after finishing my first Haute Route. It will be a trip down memory lane. Ah, the sights and smells....mostly the smells. At least this time I'll have private facilites.
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