Switzerland for Small Groups, with a Driver at the Wheel
Lake Lucerne in the morning and a mountain railway after lunch, a wedding among the Lavaux vineyards, a ski week below the Eiger: Swiss days work best when the whole group travels together. Tell us who is coming and what you have in mind, and we line up a minibus and driver from one of our licensed partner operators.
Who does what
We are a booking service, not a bus company. The minibus, the person driving it and the permits for carrying passengers all belong to a partner operator. Our job is to listen to your plan, find an operator with the right vehicle free on your date, and send you one quote for vehicle and driver together. Questions and changes come to us until everyone is home.
Eight to twenty-four of you
Most groups we help would rattle around in a full-size coach. Groups of eight or fewer fit in a chauffeur-driven car, which Swiss law treats as a passenger car. From nine passengers the vehicle counts as a bus, and a minibus seats 9 to 16 plus the driver: a big family, the bridal party and its closest guests, a ski club.
For 17 to 24 people, two minibuses keep the day flexible, or a midi-coach with 25 to 35 seats keeps everyone in one place. A full-size coach comes in when the group really is large.
Days a small vehicle does well
Around Lake Lucerne, your driver can drop you at the boat and be waiting when you come down from Pilatus or the Rigi. In the Jungfrau region the road ends at Lauterbrunnen or Grindelwald and the railways climb on from there. North of Zurich, the Rhine Falls and the little town of Stein am Rhein, a short way upriver, fill a relaxed day.
On Lake Geneva, Chillon is about ten minutes from Montreux and the Lavaux terraces about half an hour, with Gruyères and its cheese under an hour away. In Ticino, Gandria and Morcote lie just along the lake from Lugano, with Bellinzona's castles roughly half an hour inland. You can also ride a panoramic train such as the Glacier Express or the Bernina Express for one leg and find the minibus at the station where you step off.
Weddings, birthdays and ski weeks
Celebrations run late, and the Swiss night and Sunday driving bans target heavy goods traffic, not passenger vehicles: guests can be taken home after midnight and collected again for Sunday brunch.
Ski weeks bring their own puzzle: boards and boots eat into the space, and car-free resorts decide where the drive ends. For Zermatt that is Täsch, where a shuttle train covers the last 12 minutes; for Wengen and Mürren it is the Lauterbrunnen valley.
Mountains keep their own timetable
In winter the operator routes around closed passes such as the Grimsel and the Furka, keeping to roads like the Julier into the Engadin or the Brünig towards Interlaken. A smaller vehicle also has a shortcut of its own: the Lötschberg car train between the Bernese Oberland and the Valais carries buses with no more than 22 seats, so your minibus can go through the mountain while a full-size coach drives the long way round.
Why there is no price list
Each trip is priced on its own date, hours, distance and vehicle. Asking costs nothing, and you decide only once you have seen the figure.
Questions travellers ask
Can a day trip cross the border?
Yes, as an outing from a Swiss base: Annecy or Chamonix from Geneva, Como from Lugano, Insel Mainau on Lake Constance from Schaffhausen or St. Gallen. The operator checks the other country's road rules for the route.
More places for your group
Other trips we arrange
- Company days out and congress weeks, one minibus at a time
- Ski week transfers: airport to chalet in one minibus
- Class outings sized to fit one vehicle
- Away days for clubs, squads and supporters
- Getting your wedding guests there, and home again
- Day trips by minibus: lakes, falls and panoramic trains
- From the gangway to your next stop by minibus
- Accessible trips for groups with wheelchair users
Tell us about your day
Who is travelling, on which date, and where you would love to go: that is enough for us to start.
Request a quote or call 35227647770