Fitness & Wellness Excursions: Switzerland December 2022
In the winter of 2023, the Department of Fitness and Wellness will betaking their annual trip to Switzerland!. Check back here for regular updates regarding trip cost, application requirements, itinerary, and more.
Tentative* Trip Dates: December 27, 2022 – January 4, 2023
*Trip dates are dependent on current pandemic conditions related to COVID-19. Due to the pandemic, the trip may be cancelled if conditions necessitate for the safety of the chaperones and the participants.
Please find below all of the information you need to know about the Switzerland trip. Should you have any additional questions that aren't answered here, please email us at fitwell@wit.edu
The Switzerland trip will cost $2,040 per person with double occupancy. Should you choose to have a single room, the room cost will be $2,480. This price includes:
- Round trip airfare from Boston to Zurich via Swiss
- 7 nights lodging at the Hotel Savoy in Bern
- Chocolate Factory Tour with a chocolate making class
- Breakfast each day
- All travel related taxes
- Travel Insurance provided by the COF
What's NOT Included:
- Dinner each evening
- Any excursions you choose to participate in
*Price subject to change until all deposits are made
The first deposit of $500 is due on Friday, October 7th. Final payment is due on Friday, November 4th.
The goal of the Switzerland trip is to provide students an opportunity to travel internationally and explore one of the most beautiful countries in the world. Switzerland has a very diverse array of landscapes, but one's eyes are naturally drawn to the mountains and all of the activities that they offer.
Being a country with 4 official languages, you will wake up in the morning in a part of the country that speaks German primarily, and a short 30 minute train ride away you will be in a city that speaks French. Travel to the south and you will hear Italian and see palm trees, and head to a small pocket of the country to hear and see Romansch, a form of Latin.
Students have often said that this trip is the best thing that they have done in their 4 years of college, and I have no doubt that you will find the same if you are willing to step out of your comfort zone and explore all that Switzerland has to offer.
We will be staying at the Hotel Savoy in Bern, a 4 star hotel that is conveniently located near the main train station in Bern. Being close to the train station will provide us with easy opportunities to hop on a train to any destination within the country in a short period of time.
Being in the capital of Bern also offers you a chance to explore this small capital that has been named a UNESCO World Heritage site. It's not hard to see why once you have visited it. Bern was also the longtime home to such luminaries as Albert Einstein and painter Paul Klee.
Here is a link to our hotel: https://www.hotelsavoy-bern.ch/content/hotelsavoy/en.html
To join us on the Switzerland trip, please complete the application that you will find linked below.
Completing the application does NOT mean that you are on the trip. Once your application has been approved and you have paid your deposit, then your space on the trip will be confirmed.
https://wentworth.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_cLMISQtg73yU3H0