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Fly Rail Baggage Coupons
Now there's an easy way for North American travelers to check luggage from their home airports to any of 126 Swiss railroad stations--without claiming bags or going through customs at the airport in Switzerland.

Bern Airport (Flughafen Bern-Belp)
If you're headed for Bern or the Bernese Oberland from London, Amsterdam, or a handful of other European cities, the Swiss capital's airport is worth investigating.

Geneva Airport
French Switzerland's largest airport is only six minutes from downtown Geneva, with direct railway connections to Lausanne, the Rhône Valley, and Italy.

Zürich Airport
Where but in Switzerland would engineers have invented a baggage cart that goes down escalators to an underground train station? 

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Need a car in Europe?

Auto Europe guarantees the lowest rental rates for standard cars, sports cars, SUVs, luxury cars, chauffered sedans, and RVs. Its Web site also has driving information for 38 countries.

If you live outside the EU, a tax-free Renault or Peugeot tourist lease can be cheaper than renting. Minimum driver age is 18, there' s no upper age limit, and rates include insurance. See: Short-term car leasing.


European train

Traveling by train?
Rail Europe has schedules, maps, and guides for 50+ European railroads. (Residents of North and Central America can buy tickets and rail passes online.)