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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Punta Cana at an all inclusive in February. Never need to do an AI again.

Switzerland in early July. Absolute perfection for a four year old, and we immediately all wanted to go again the second we got home. [/quote]

Would love to know your Switzerland itinerary and how many days you stayed! Thinking of doing the same with my tweens next year. [/quote]

We stayed in Wengen for 5 days, 2 days in Lucerne, then 1 in Zurich. Itinerary was heavily influenced by Busy Toddler, who I think has some tween-aged kids. Looking back, I would have skipped Lucerne and re-allocated that time to stay in a base town in the mountains and did day trips from there. We chose Wengen, but Murren is also cute but more isolated. Lauterbrunnen is a lot more convenient, but not as charming.

For day-by-day activities, basically looked up where the best alpine playgrounds are and built the trip around that. For tweens, I'd make sure to spend a bit of time in the Bernese Oberland area and then branch off from there based on interests (lakes, tobogganing, etc.) and hikes the kids can do. Swiss Family Fun website would be a great start to identify what's kid friendly.[/quote]

NP who also did a Punta Cana AI in Feb for the first time, and Switzerland this summer.  We followed a similar itinerary also influenced by Busy Toddler -- I was wondering as we were roaming around how many others were out there.  We had a FANTASTIC time. Landed in Zurich, train to Lucerne for a night, then a full week based in Wengen before heading on to Italy.  Agree with all of the advice and takeaways of the PP above.

We stayed in an apartment in Wengen that worked out perfectly, booked through Alpine Holidays.  For 7 nights it came to about $3000 USD and had 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, a full kitchen, laundry, and an incredible balcony with views.  We tended to eat breakfasts and dinners there, with big lunches out.  One thing we all loved about the hiking there is how so many substantial hikes could end at a big playground with wonderful restaurants.  My kids are 7 and 9 and we are all dying to go back.

Booked all flights on points so the cost to fly there and back was negligible, and everything else came to about $6500 total for food, other transportation, lodging, etc.  It was a 10 night trip and I think we got a lot of bank for our buck on this one.[/quote]

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