RichR
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Registered: 17th Oct 01
Location: Waterhouses, Staffordshire
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I'm working a couple of miles outside Geneva in a couple of weeks time, there is a huge premium to pay on hotels in Switzerland but if we drop just across the border into France, the room rates are roughly 50% of what they're asking in Switzerland.
It appears that you can drive between the countries easily enough with no border patrols or checkpoints. Is this the case? The hotel in France is actually closer to where we'll be working than any of the more reasonable hotels in Switzerland and so long as it doesn't cause us a delay by crossing, I'll book there instead.
Any help will be much appreciated!!!
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Nath
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Registered: 3rd Apr 02
Location: MK
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I have to work in Switzerland from time to time and a lot of the staff live in Austria and Germany and drive across every day. I've walked into Austria before without any checks, so can't imagine France will be any different.
[Edited on 08-07-2013 by Nath]
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Robin
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Registered: 7th Jan 04
Location: Northants Drives: Clio 182 Cup
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I've cycled from Nijmegen to Germany.
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ed
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Registered: 10th Sep 03
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Get the hire car from Switzerland to save you having to buy a Swiss tax disk for the time you're there.
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RichR
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Registered: 17th Oct 01
Location: Waterhouses, Staffordshire
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we're not hiring a car, I'm driving down from the UK, through France and into North Geneva. We shouldn't need the Vignette (sp) as we won't be using motorways in Switzerland.
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ed
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Registered: 10th Sep 03
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Ah I see. You ought to be fine crossing the borders though, once you're in the Schengen Area you're free to pass borders as you please.
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