GigGleR Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 Does anyone know if we are going to require vignettes for our trips through switzerland and germany this time? I'd like to get them oredered in advance if we do :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howard Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 Most certainly need them for Austria - but can get them at the border as I learnt out when I was stopped! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Jones Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 eh? what are these.......If you mean the motorway stickers I've still got a Swiss one on the screen from '93....... I only used it for 6 days so I ought to be allowed a few more days.... oughtn't I? :PNick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveJP Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 I would imagine it would depend on the routes through Switzerland and Austria - the Vignettes are only required if you use the Swiss and Austrian Autobahn. The Swiss one is a bit of a rip off as its for a year whereas the Austrian one can be bought for a few days. You don't currently need them in GermanyMore info here:http://www.german-way.com/autobahn2.htmlPerhaps Paul or Ellis would care to comment! :)Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Jones Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 Looks like Austria and Switzerland then.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vignette_(road_tax)Pity the Swiss don't do a short one..... rather unreasonable for a few hours! I'm there for a couple of weeks beforehand so I'll get slightly better value.... :-/Nick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnD Posted July 21, 2009 Share Posted July 21, 2009 The answer is, follow the market!(That's "market", not "meerkat", simps!)Don't go through Switzerland. The Mont Blanc tunnel gets you to Italy and you can go arounf it to the North into Austria.You're not taking a trailer, are you Nick?The Swiss are very picky. We were warned off taking the car trailer through to Monza, as they can demand you offload everything for customs check, and then tell you that you don't have time to get through their country before dark and trailers not allowed in the dark, so stay there at the border until tomorrow! True story!John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deleted User Posted July 21, 2009 Share Posted July 21, 2009 Vignettes are only needed if you intend to use the Swiss or Austrian motorway networks.Cross into Switzerland on the motorway and customs will make you buy a vignette.Cross the border elsewhere and you can avoid paying.However, the fine for being caught on a Swiss motorway without a vignette is CHF 100 and then you have to buy a vignette which costs a further CHF 40 (around £30).The Swiss vignette lasts from the beginning of January to the end of December that year.It is not transferable, in theory, and you can't reclaim money if you are only use it for a day. However, they do turn up on Ebay which may recoup some of the costs.Last time I was in Austria on the 2007 10CR, the 10 day vignette cost 11 euros.Cheaper to avoid the motorways - if you have the time. :)Jim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
32valves Posted July 21, 2009 Share Posted July 21, 2009 Will hopefully do what we did last time and spend the absolute minimum time in Switzerland, hateful place ! (In 2007 we crossed the border from France, turned immediately right and came straight back out again ;D and went to Annecy for breakfast with Don Cook, very pleasant !) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
don cook1 Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 If I remember we had a bloody good drive there and afterward until we met up with Colin at that cafe looking up to Mont Blanc.Only 48 days.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellis Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 Austria won't be a problem, as we won't be going there (unless you're waaaay off course). Switzerland may be needed, will depend of which route you decide to take, and how much time you have.There are a couple of passes planned around the alps, and you may need to use the motorways in order to have the time to do them, so it's basically your choice (and I would suggest not making the call until you get there - you may need to weigh up a lot of factors by that time.Might have known McJim suggest the cheap option, typical Scotlandshire person !!! ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raider Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 32valves wrote:Will hopefully do what we did last time and spend the absolute minimum time in Switzerland, hateful place ! Why do you say that Carl? I have thoroughly enjoyed driving there in the past. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
don cook1 Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 Switzerland - spent a day at Geneva a couple of years ago...a city of frightful taste...International organisations have spoilt the place; real bunker mentality! On a separate tour in the GT6 a Swiss border guard that looked just like Laura Croft demanded we pay up for a vignette...I'd have done anything she asked!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 32valves wrote:Don Cook, very pleasant !)Is there another Don Cook we don't know then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
don cook1 Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 Yeah - I think Carl meant peasant? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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