For students 18–20
Too old for camp? Exactly.
Gap year, just graduated, or one application season away from university — this is a summer programme in Switzerland for people deciding what comes next. Not a kids’ camp with older kids in it.
What this actually is
A two-week career taster on the campus of BHMS Business & Hotel Management School in Lucerne — the same building, instructors and standards its degree students get.
QS World Ranking #12 — Hospitality & Leisure Management 2026. Think of it as a pre-college programme: mornings inside one industry, afternoons out in Switzerland with the whole cohort.
- One cohort, ages 16–20. No children’s groups on the programme.
- Taught entirely in English. Pre-intermediate level is enough.
- A working hotel school. Real kitchens, real hotels, real workshops.
- Two weeks. 18 July – 1 August 2027 (final dates confirmed at registration).
Three doors, two weeks
Pick one morning track. See the other two up close. Afternoons and excursions are shared.
Culinary Foundations
Knife skills to plating, taught by expert chefs in real kitchens.
Explore the track →Hospitality Experiences
Luxury service, guest experience and hotel tech — inside real 5-star hotels.
Explore the track →Business Innovation
Startups, brands, strategy and emerging tech — build and pitch your own ideas.
Explore the track →The gap-year maths
Price a solo fortnight in Switzerland — beds, meals, trains, boat trips, excursions, each booked and paid separately. Then compare.
Here one figure covers everything: daily workshops and materials, shared accommodation, all meals, afternoon excursions and airport transfers. Nothing extra to budget for.
And the fee is not simply spent — it can convert. Every participant receives a CHF 3,300 scholarship voucher — the full camp fee — applied to your tuition when you join a BHMS degree programme within two years.
Credit conditions apply — see how it works.
CHF 3'300
All-in for two weeks — stay, meals, workshops, excursions, transfers
100%
Of the fee credited toward BHMS Bachelor tuition — if you enrol within two years
Lucerne, not a lecture hall
Afternoons leave campus: the lake, the Alps, Swiss cities. Half the programme happens outside.
Straight answers
Am I too old at 20?
No. The cohort is 16–20 by design — people finishing school, on a gap year, or a year out from university. Most Swiss summer camps stop at 17; this one is built for exactly your stage.
Is this a party camp?
Honestly, no. Mornings are real workshops at a hotel school, afternoons are excursions, and evenings are social — games nights, film night, a river cruise — but the programme is supervised and structured. If you want two weeks of nightlife, this is the wrong booking.
Will two weeks actually help me decide what to study?
That is the point of the format. You work inside one industry every morning and see the other two up close, on the campus where BHMS teaches its Bachelor students. You leave with a Certificate of Attendance and a much sharper answer to "what next".
I have already graduated. Does that matter?
Not at all — it is normal in this cohort. The programme assumes no prior subject knowledge. You need pre-intermediate English and genuine curiosity about hospitality, culinary arts or business.
Two weeks now. A clearer decision after.
18 July – 1 August 2027 (final dates confirmed at registration) · CHF 3'300 all-inclusive · Ages 16–20
Every participant receives a CHF 3,300 scholarship voucher — the full camp fee — applied to your tuition when you join a BHMS degree programme within two years. How the credit works →