At least one Brit can still afford to holiday in Swiss Land :-)
Just watching the exchange rate hit a 52 week low as I type.
1.2625 mid rate CHF to the Pound.
Switzerland for a Brit was Expensive , now it's F*&ing Expensive.
Personally it makes my trips back to the UK a lot cheaper buying Tea Bags gets cheaper and cheaper everyday.
I gave up converting back to pounds three years ago.
The shock would stop me buying anything ....
But i did do a handy conversion when I had to buy a new chrome wire rack for the oven (Miele of course groan - Should have rented an apartment with cheaper appliances) and it cost ....drum roll .... 70 quid weep ...sorry 73 quid (pound fallen a bit more since then).
Don't you have a Poundstretchers? I would not like to pay that sort of money for a thing for the over - whether it is a posh name or not.
Are you staying there long-term or is it just a contract for a certain period? You must have have good skills to offer if you are off over to that part of the world. A friend's daughter has a chalet in Switzerland and she says that she winces at the prices - her daughter's oh is 'something in the city' so I suppose they can afford it.
Here for three years ...how can I put it ...myself and HMRC had a dispute , so I chucked my toys out of pram and vowed to never pay tax in uk again.
So here I am. Could do same job based in uk and pay tax at 40% plus or sit in Switzerland and pay at a rate of 13.5% and earn twice my uk salary.
It was a no Brainer :-)
It is expensive here for anyone not being paid in Swiss Francs.