We took the Glacier Express in First Class for FREE
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 30 ก.ค. 2024
- This right here is the whole reason that we spent the extra money on our First Class Eurail pass - to be able to take this once-in-a-lifetime train - the Glacier Express. This legendary train ride goes over 8 hours from the incredible Zermatt to the underrated St. Moritz across some of the most breathtaking scenery imaginable. This is Switzerland at it's finest, and most comfortable.
The Glacier Express is usually not cheap - it costs ~$300 at any time of year, and it can be easy to think that it's not worth it. However, with the Eurail pass, the Glacier Express is included (with a mandatory seat reservation fee, you know how Eurail do) and we think it's an absolute must-do if you are in Switzerland and have a Eurail pass.
As far as if it's worth it if you're just buying the ticket yourself? Well, watch this and see for yourself... :)
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We stayed here: booking.tp.st/95HuJ7ZS
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00:00 - The Glacier Express Awaits
01:00 - Eurail Pass makes this free
01:50 - First Class Experience
02:25 - Excellence Class is too fancy for us
02:55 - The sound of the bell
03:11 - Swiss chocolate on the Swiss train
03:55 - The View is INSANE
05:40 - Waterfalls and Interiors
07:00 - Up, up, and away
07:40 - The way to Innsbruck
08:20 - How it feels to ride the Glacier Express
10:58 - Chur not Chur
11:35 - 15 hours on trains is too much
12:00 - This hotel was also free
12:40 - Money
12:57 - Bloopers
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Thank you so much for your thoughtfulness! We appreciate your support :)
Hello and thanks for the fun video. I have reservations for 08/2022! I'm super excited and have been watching videos of others who have traveled in the summer. I giggled at how excited you got when you heard the "gong"! I already know that I will have the same excitement. We're starting with the Bernina Express then onto the Glacier Express. Similar to you, we have the Eurail pass so I'm glad that we will save the money for these special trips!
that's awesome! the Bernina express looks amazing. it was such a fun experience, hope you have the best time :)
Great video, Lisa and Josh!😃
Nice shot with the drone too.
thank you :)
Fantastic blog guys thanks for sharing your experiences and enjoy your travels! ❤️❤️❤️
Thank you so much!! :)
Thank you guys for sharing along with th e pricing. Awesome trip!
Like your choice of music. What a beautiful experience!! God Bless!!
thank you so much :)
Great Cheers Josh, LOL! Love it!
haha thank you :)
Travel Thursday, Travel Thursday !!!! I hear Lisa’s voice.!!! LOL Love this channel!!!
hahah - thank you so much :)
Thanks guys! You gave April and I a must for travel next summer 😁👍
Hey Mark! You guys would love the Glacier Express!!
Love your videos, perfect when we're not travelling very far ourselves.
thanks so much :)
Looks beautiful. Lucky you! 😉 😀
we are super lucky :) and thank you!
Travel Thursday....Travel Thursday more like train Thursday loving these videos guys.
haha, we've been taking so, so many trains lately. we're tired of it, honestly, too :)
Nice video! Train ride looked amazing! -Anthony
it was really amazing - just the perfect way to spend a day (especially if, like us, you've been walking like 10 miles every day and need a rest day)
Innsbruck is my favorite city in Europe! Hope you loved it and get to hike the Zirbenveg trail!! A favored east hike if you ride the gondola up and back down at the other end. Fun Alma along the way!
Alms! Not Alma
That was so nice, I wish I could go in 1st class, miss u guys!
1st class was super nice :) maybe a bit overpriced for some trains, but this one was worth it. miss you too!!
ahhh what a dream 🥰
It really is :)
Hi guys! I watch Eurail vids all the time, as I was going to Europe in 2020(lockdown🤦🏼♀️). Now I will still be going as soon as I can get the trip back together.. with one month in German language school & a two month Eurail pass(have to get that fixed too.) I have to congratulate both of you for, in my opinion, the best Eurail videos I have seen! Thank you so much! Of course as a 👵🏻 it will be a much s l o w e r trip!😂❤️👵🏻 do hire yourselves out to Seniors as guides? That would be great! We may be old, but not dead yet & still wanna have fun!😆😁
Hi Jane! Hope you are able to make that trip soon! That's so great you are learning German! Thanks for your kind comment :) and honestly, we think it would be so fun to be tour guides for seniors! we actively try to take slower trips!
I feel for you with such a long train journey. I’ve done similar (tho not the GE) and it does make you very tired just sitting all the time. Our bodies need to move each day!
Exactly! We're not meant to just sit and look at stuff all day, we're meant to go out and interact with the world :)
such a nice country
Do you think the Glacier Express is worth it?
No
Travel Thursday, Travel Thursday rolling on a slow train. I saw my name on a train!!!🚄🚆🚉🚇🚞🚋
:) sloooowwwww train
I love trains too and Switzerland!!! I remember being on a train around Interlaken in Grindelwald and the windows were so small and i was so disappointed 😂 Definitely need to take this the next time we’re in Switzerland 😊 It definitely looks worth it 😍 - Andrew
Switzerland definitely needs that biiiiiiiigggggggg window energy while you're traveling here - I can totally feel how having a small window would just ruin it. :) we think it's worth it for sure
Awesome
thank you! :)
I managed to see it, what a lovely train
it really is :)
Bucket list.
Gotta do it.
Hi guys! Fantastic video - thank you so much for sharing your Glacier Express experience. I am heading to Switzerland in a months' time and wanting to do the Glacier Express using the Swiss Travel Pass which is free. Which website did you use to make a seat reservation? And was there a reservation fee of 49 CHF which you had to pay in addition? Thank you!
Hi Lisa and Josh, Well that is an interesting day trip. It may have worked out a better idea to catch the Glacier Express in Brig at 10.18 that way you could leave Interlaken at 9.00 and connect in Brig then on the Glacier Express to Chur then continue to Innsbruck. You need to at least overnight in Zermatt and see the Matterhorn at a minimum it is such a beautiful place.As it was I'm guessing you were only in Zermatt for an hour or less? Not to mention not as many connections along the way, maybe next time? Thanks
yeah - I wish... well, that we had more money, staying in zermatt was EXPENSIVE - way outside our budget. it looked beautiful though - next time hopefully :)
Hi, what month of the year was it? Looks amazing 😍
Hi, just wanna ask what requirements they're looking if your traveling by train from italy to Switzerland? Thanks and enjoy.
they sometimes check your vaccination card, but other than that, nothing!
@@LisaAndJosh thanks, excited to see the place next month...enjoy 😉
In what month was the trip? and what do you think of the Andermatt to Zermatt route?
do i need a 1st class eurail to book 1st class glacier exp?
While the pringles are fine, it seems you missed on eating the best potato chips in the world: the Zweifel Paprika chips. Oh man, I feel so sorry for you now! ;-))
Ok we gotta get those now - i'll keep an eye out for em
@@LisaAndJosh You MUST. You have not lived a full life if you haven't had Zweifel Paprika chips. This is a widely shared, fundamental semi-religious truth in the Swiss society and not even open to debate. It is possibly THE ONLY thing all Swiss agree upon. 😄🙏😂
Can we ride glacier express without seat reservation?
not when we booked it - COVID has required the whole train to be reserved seating
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thank you so much :)
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Lifetime train? The jungfrau joch
also that :)
I have problems in seeing the video 😭😭😭😭
oh no! I see that it started working - sorry for the weirdness!
@@LisaAndJosh it is not your fault don't worry, I opened it later and it worked 😁