Start with the entry price
The lowest listed price is the first number to set side by side, because it decides what the smallest sensible gift costs. DealToday lists entry prices at €1. Jochen Schweizer lists entry prices at €5.90 and mydays at €5.90, while Fever's entry price is £10, quoted in a different currency, so compare it with the euro figures deliberately rather than at a glance.
Entry prices across the listings in the data run €0 to €115.06. A gift bought at the bottom of that span has to stretch to cover the experience it pays for, while one bought higher up can carry a premium or a shared activity. These figures are entry points rather than typical spend, so treat them as the floor of the comparison.
Then add what sits on top of the price. Jochen Schweizer lists a shipping fee of €4.90, and on a small voucher that fee can erase the price gap between two brands. No shipping fee is listed for the other brands, and no subscription or annual plan appears for any of them, so every purchase stands on its own rather than committing you to a tier.
Voucher validity is the quietest risk
A voucher that expires before the recipient finds a date turns a generous gift into a refund conversation. Jochen Schweizer and mydays both give vouchers 36 months of validity, and DealToday gives 12 months.
Across the vouchers in the data, validity runs 12 to 39 months. The two longer windows sit well above the middle of that span, and DealToday sits at the bottom of it, which suits a gift for someone with firm holiday plans. Fever lists no validity period, and that gap is worth raising with them before you buy for a date-sensitive occasion.
Every brand here lists exchangeable vouchers: yes, so a mismatch between the gift and the recipient is recoverable rather than final. That single yes matters most when the catalogue is large, because a bigger catalogue also means a higher chance the first pick is not the one they want.
Catalogue size and product mix
Breadth matters more here than in ordinary shopping, because the recipient cannot be consulted before you pay. mydays lists 10,448 experiences and Jochen Schweizer lists 9,000 experiences, and both cover experience days, spa, driving, adventure, food and drink, attractions and gift cards. Driving is the one category that separates those two from the rest of this group, and it is often what people mean by an experience day.
DealToday covers experience days, spa, food and drink, attractions and gift cards. Fever covers experience days, spa, adventure, food and drink, attractions and gift cards, and does not list driving either. Catalogue counts are not listed for those two brands, so a buyer who wants sheer volume has to judge the category pages for themselves.
Where the gift can be used
Reach decides whether the gift works on the day. Jochen Schweizer and mydays both ship to Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Italy, and both are operated by German companies, Jochen Schweizer GmbH and mydays GmbH, founded in 1987 and 2003 respectively.
DealToday operates in Malta alone, through Lovin Malta Deals Limited, so it suits a buyer giving a local gift rather than a distant recipient. Fever is a US-headquartered operator, Fever Labs, Inc., and lists a set of markets far wider than the European group, which makes it the natural fit when the person receiving the voucher is abroad.
Delivery, returns and support
Delivery is where a voucher that arrives late has already lost value. Jochen Schweizer lists next day delivery: yes, alongside the shipping fee named above. No delivery speed is listed for the other brands, so timing has to be planned around rather than assumed.
Returns and refunds decide what happens when the gift is not usable. Jochen Schweizer, mydays and DealToday each list a 14 days return window, which makes a change of mind a routine process rather than an argument. Fever lists no return window, which is another reason to read its terms before ordering.
Support channels differ in a small but practical way. Fever lists email, chat, phone and a help centre, while Jochen Schweizer, mydays and DealToday list email, phone and a help centre without live chat.
Open questions to ask before paying
Some gaps matter more than the published numbers do. Fever lists no voucher validity period, no return window and no catalogue count. DealToday lists no catalogue count and no shipping fee. mydays lists no shipping fee and no delivery speed. Each of these is a question to put to a brand's support channels, and all four list email and phone contact.
Reliability also has a history component. DealToday and Fever do not list a founding year, so the track record of the two older names, Jochen Schweizer at 1987 and mydays at 2003, is the only tenure signal in the data.
How to run the comparison
Line the brands up in one column set and read it in a fixed order: entry price, shipping fee, voucher validity, catalogue size, market reach, return window, support channels. Price and validity decide affordability and forgiveness. Catalogue size and market reach decide whether the gift is usable at all. Returns and support decide what happens when it is not.
Then check the rankings for Experience days and gift experiences to see how these brands place against the wider field, and read the individual write-ups for Jochen Schweizer, mydays, Fever and DealToday for the detail the tables leave out.