u/Cool_Candidate_3393

Hi Everyone,

Me and my sister are completing a tour starting from Paris and ending in Barcelona on Sep 26. I booked my flight out of Barcelona on Sep 30.

Appreciate any advice on things I could do within those 4 days to see other parts of Spain. Any (mini) tours, hotels, and other value-drive ideas! Right now it's a bit confusing for me.

So request for any pertinent information; and once again, appreciate anything.

NOTE: This is NOT spam or AI. Genuine tour operators or folks can DM me for contact info.

Any suggestions on good bank for a Swiss non-resident, and US Citizen? I've seen posts which discuss either, but not for both of the above (non-resident US citizen).

Appreciate any info and details.

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SUMMARY:: In general, the sense I get is unless you are have 7 or 8 digits worth of money to invest "right away", US Citizen (non-residents) shouldn't bother investing in Switzerland. Regulatory concerns is at the core of the issue.

If the above is correct, I hope at least the big Swiss banks put something like this on their website as general guidance., and then encourage them to contact the bank (with the right contact) if they want to discuss their specific case and confirm.

I still maintain, that in my view, the Swiss banks (like their luxury businesses) seem to have an extremely high sense of 'arrogance' (for lack of a better word) and will disregard/demean a customer or prospect to see if they get desperate; or walk away. The upcoming economic storm will be like none other and should teach them well. And, yes, the US govt too certainly doesn't make it at all easy for their citizens to bank in other countries such as Switzerland. They will most certainly also learn to ease regulation too due to economic reasons.

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Hi,

Me and my sister are travelling to Switzerland in July. We arrive on July 23 (my 50th Birthday); and leave for Vienna on July 30th.

Attached is a detailed itinerary for our 7 day trip, using Bern as base. We created it using all theoretical sources online and from the SBB app/Swiss pass details.

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1nNRPWc-QAVibU8_4cGo2VqMrbhd9tHZc?usp=drive_link

I know it can be exhausting to review all the details. It was exhausting for us too.

But would appreciate any and all feedback at a high level (or detailed level too!). I mentioned my birthday above only because I heard that some places have birthday offers but wouldn't know any details; so would definitely appreciate any feedback on that topic as well.

And if this itinerary can help others like us, who are using Bern as base; feel free to use any or all of it.

Thanks much, in advance, for any feedback!