When you are shopping around for hotels in Switzerland, it would be a good strategy for you to check with the hotel staff to see if, as a resident, you will be entitled to any free meals from their restaurant. Many hotels with a restaurant will allow their guests to eat one or more meals for free or at a greatly reduced cost — and as you know, meals are a significant source of travel expense. They may not allow you to get every meal free, but any meal that you can get for free or cheap will certainly save you money.