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Delayed baggage delivery and your Zurich Airport–Davos taxi

If the airline will deliver delayed baggage, keep that arrangement separate from your Zurich Airport to Davos taxi. Confirm where passengers and remaining bags travel.

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Local pickup time: Europe/Zurich. A request becomes a booking after written confirmation.

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After reporting a delayed bag, you may be able to continue to Davos while the airline or its handling service traces the item. At that point there are two different journeys to organise: your road transfer and the suitcase’s later delivery. Keeping them separate avoids promising a collection or handover that nobody has actually arranged.

Finish the baggage-service conversation first

Follow the airline’s instructions for reporting the missing item and keep the reference supplied by the baggage service. SWISS directs passengers to report delayed baggage online or through the airport tracing office. Whatever the airline, confirm the next practical step with the responsible service rather than leaving on the assumption that a transfer driver can complete the report. Tell dispatch if the reporting process delays your readiness for the booked car.

Give the baggage service a usable delivery address

The delivery address should identify where somebody can receive the item during the relevant part of your stay. Check the property name, full street address and recipient contact with the person responsible there. If you will move before the bag is expected, explain that to the baggage service. The address in your taxi request does not automatically update an airline’s baggage file, so make the correction through each service’s own channel.

Update the car’s actual luggage load

Tell the transfer team which items are physically travelling with the passengers. This helps the driver understand the load that will appear at the meeting point. Do not treat one missing bag as permission to add unreported equipment or another traveller without checking capacity. If all other arrangements remain unchanged, say that clearly. A concise message can separate the delayed suitcase problem from the straightforward task of collecting the party that is ready to leave.

Do not promise an independent airport collection

A later trip to retrieve luggage is a different service from the original passenger transfer. It may involve permissions, release requirements, collection arrangements and a separate quotation. Ask the baggage service what is possible before asking any third party to travel to the airport. Sharing a reference number alone may not authorise another person to collect the item. Keep responsibility clear and do not assume the driver has access to airline or passenger-only areas.

Maintain the delivery contact after arrival

Once in Davos, keep the baggage service’s messages and your current receiving address accessible. If the delivery plan changes, update that service directly and inform whoever will receive the bag. Contact Davos Taxi only if you need a separately reviewed transport arrangement; the transfer team does not control airline tracing. Before the return flight, check that the bag has actually reached you and include it in the luggage count for the airport departure.

Questions about this journey

Does my passenger transfer include collecting a delayed bag later?

No. Any separate collection would require a new arrangement, permissions and quotation.

Will changing my taxi destination update the airline’s baggage file?

No. Update the delivery address directly with the responsible baggage service.

Should I still tell dispatch that a bag is missing?

Yes. Explain whether the reporting process affects your readiness and state the luggage actually travelling in the car.

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FARES & CONDITIONS

Zurich Airport or Zurich city ↔ Davos

One-way price per vehicle
EconomyCHF 420
Van / V-ClassCHF 550
E-ClassCHF 550
S-ClassCHF 780

Other routes use actual driving distance: Economy CHF 3/km, Van and E-Class CHF 4/km, S-Class CHF 6/km. Other airports to or from Davos use the Zurich fare multiplied by their road-distance ratio to the Zurich Airport–Davos reference route. No guessed distances are used.

Child seats: CHF 15 each per booking. Return pickup from 00:00 to 05:59 (Europe/Zurich): +20% on the return-leg fare only. Hourly chauffeur: minimum 8 hours, price on request. Additional vehicles and special arrangements are quoted separately.

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