Update for the event

Due to the changed situation, this event cannot be held as announced.

In order to enable planning security and not to endanger the personal safety of our guests and staff at our partner locations, we have decided to postpone the meeting by one year. We look forward to see you in Zurich at Whitsun 2021.

The Leather Meeting Switzerland

The Leathermen of Switzerland invite you to their 1st Leather Meeting Switzerland. We welcome all Leathermen and friends of the gay leather scene with a varied program in Zurich!

In line with the motto “A Beauty by Day – A Beast by Night”, the Whitsun weekend offers you exciting and interesting aspects of Zurich during the day. Diverse social events, aperos and dinners are a great opportunity to chat with your friends and get to know new buddies from all over the world.

The nights are going to be sleepless and wild with three Leather and Fetish parties – live your fantasies in the cruising areas and forget every day life during three days.

On this page, you will find general Information about the event, hotel and travel advice as well as the booking option for tickets.

You will find detailed information about each event in the calendar of events.

Tickets and Packages

We have designed attractive packages for you. From the party-goer package to the all-round carefree package.

Schedule and offer are subject to modifications (e.g. change of party location).

For advance reservations and questions please contact us via info@leathermen.ch.

The ticket sale will take place via the website and will be activated within the next few days. If you have reserved in advance, you will receive a notification as soon as the sale has started.

If available, separate tickets can be purchased for individual events. These will be activated at a later date. These will be activated at a later date.

Package “Party only”

• Night-Shift Rex Party Special
• “Play Room” Party Special
• Official Main Party & Award Night

Costs: CHF 35.00

Packages “L” and “XL”

• Welcome Apèro & Dinner
• Night-Shift Rex Party Special
• Swiss Food Journey + Cigar Lounge
• “Play Room” Party Special
• Gay History Tour (XL only)
• Coffee and Cake with Petra
• Rock’n’Roll Bingo
• Official Main Party & Award Night
• Farewell Brunch (XL only)

Tip for smart spenders: With the XL package you save another CHF 25.00: For a surcharge of CHF 30.00 compared to the L Package you benefit from services worth CHF 55.00.

Costs: 190.00 (L) / CHF 220.00 (XL)

Active members receive a 10% reduction on the XL Package when paying by bank transfer.

LMS Boat Tour

The boat tour must be booked separately. There are only 40 seats available. Make sure you secure a place in time before they are taken!

Costs: CHF 10.00

Further Events

The following events are free for all participants of the Leather Meeting Switzerland:

• Champagne Shopping
• Morning Service Rainbow Church

Look forward to more goodies and surprises!

Accommodation

For accommodation we provide you with discounted hotel offers.

• The selected hotels are located at tram line 2, with which you can easily reach most events.
• Regardless of the chosen hotel, a city tax of 2.50 CHF / night applies in Zurich.

Mercure Stoller Zürich

May 29 – June 01 2020 / 3 nights including breakfast:

• Double room for 2 persons: CHF 459.00 (153.00 per room/night or 76.50 per person)
• Double room for 1 person: CHF 394.50 (131.33 per night/person)
• Single room: CHF 379.50 (126.33 per night/person)

Cancellation: free of charge until 21 days before arrival

Booking: by mail to H5488@accor.com providing the following details:

• Last name, first name
• Discount code: Leathermen.ch
• 29.05.-01-06.2020
• Credit card number with validity

Further information: Mercure Stoller

Crowne Plaza

May 29 – June 01 2020 / 3 nights including rich breakfast buffet:

• Room for 2 persons: CHF 435.00 (CHF 145.00 per room/night or 72.50 per person) (best offer for 2 persons!)
• Room for single use: CHF 405.00 (CHF 135.00 per night/person)

Cancellation: free of charge until 21 days before arrival

Booking: by mail to groups.zrhha@ihg.com providing the following details:

• Last name, first name
• Discount code: Leathermen.ch
• 29.05.-01-06.2020
• Credit card number with validity

More information: Crowne Plaza

Placid Hotel

• Discount of up to 20 percent compared to Booking.com; dynamic price (early bookers get better prices than late bookers)
• Discount of 10% for the restaurant
• Breakfast and cancellation conditions according to selected offer
• On selection of member rate: free cancellation until 6 pm

Booking: via website of the Placid Hotel – use promotion code: “corflex10”

More information: Placid Hotel

Mobility and transportation

• Taxis are quite expensive in the city of Zurich (also applies to Uber).
• Practical and inexpensive, you can travel by public transport during the day and into the early night. We advise against using public transport without a ticket. This can be expensive. For booking, you can use the Fairtiq app. It offers a booking mechanism that will automatically calculate the cheapest fare based on your individual check-in and check-out.

If you don’t have a ticket yet, you can order one directly together with one of our packages. We will send it to you by e-mail before your arrival. The tickets are valid for 72 hours after arrival.

Zurich Card

• Mobility in the city, ride to the party at the Rage, airport transfer, ferry line, Uetliberg, free admission to museums etc.
• Zurich Card 72h
• Costs: CHF 53.00

Zurich Ticket Airport

• Mobility in the city, ride to the party at the Rage, airport transfer
• 3x City-Ticket 24h + 1x 24h extension ticket + 2x extension ticket to the airport
• Costs: CHF 31.00

Zurich Ticket +

• Mobility in the city and ride to the party at the Rage
• 3x City-Ticket 24h + 1x 24h extension ticket
• Costs: CHF 24.80

Nighttime surcharge

On weekends the ZVV offers additional night lines. If you want to use them, you have to buy a nightsurcharge in addition to your ticket (validity: 18 hours).

All lines subject to a surcharge are marked with an “N” and/or a “Z” in the online timetable. The vehicles are also marked with an “N” (e.g. SN7 instead of S7).

If you do not have access to the app or ticket shop, the fastest way to do this is to use the ticket machine or send an SMS with the subject “NZ” to the telephone number 988.

Costs: CHF 5.00