WHITE PLAINS, NY — Rail Europe has partnered with Swiss Travel System and Switzerland Tourism to unveil the Switzerland Family Rail Sale.

Families who book the Switzerland Family Rail Sale can travel to Switzerland and save 50% off select Swiss Passes when travelling with children.

The Switzerland Family Rail Sale is a limited time offer and must be booked from April 21-27. Travel must take place within six months of purchase. Bookings can be made by visiting Rail Europe’s website or by calling Rail Europe’s contact centre.

The Swiss Pass is an inexpensive way to experience the country by allowing unlimited travel on all trains, boats and postal busses that make up the Swiss Travel System. It is particularly convenient for families, as kids up to 16 years of age always ride for free when accompanied by a parent and all Swiss Pass holders get free access to over 400 museums in Switzerland.

With the Switzerland Family Rail Sale, prices on the eight-day Swiss Pass start at Can$303 for first class and $203 for second class. Prices for the 3-day Swiss Flexi Pass start at $202 for first class and $135 for second class. Families may choose from a Swiss Pass, which offers eight consecutive days of travel, or a Swiss Flexi Pass, which allows passengers to select any three days for travel – consecutive or non-consecutive – within one month.

Also included in the Switzerland Family Rail Sale promotion are:

• one adult ticket for the Golden Round Trip from Lucerne to Mount Pilatus (the second adult gets 50% off and kids under 16 are free). The Golden Round Trip experience is a full or half-day family excursion that provides travel around Mount Pilatus by boat and over the mountain aboard the world’s steepest cogwheel railway and gondola cableway.
• one fast baggage voucher good for two pieces of luggage, providing baggage transfers between 45 train stations in Switzerland.
• one voucher good for two adults on Switzerland’s longest summer tobogganing run at the foot of Mount Pilatus.

Rail Europe and Switzerland Tourism have also joined forces to debut an online interactive sweepstakes. Starting on May 3, agents interested in visiting this destination, can go to http://blog.raileurope.com/sweepstake/ to enter for a chance to win a grand prize trip to Switzerland.

The Grand Prize winner will receive roundtrip airfare for two, compliments of Swiss International Air Lines, two 8-day Swiss Rail passes and hotel accommodations for two guests for a total of six nights (three nights at the 5-star Hotel Ferienart in Saas-Fee and three nights at the 4-star Hotel Schweizerhof in Lenzerheide). Runner-up sweepstakes prizes include a limited supply of unisex TAG Heuer watches and Nespresso coffee machines. For more information on the promotion, visit agent.raileurope.ca.

For more information on the sweepstakes, visit http://blog.raileurope.com/sweepstake/.