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Old 11-18-2009, 10:58 AM
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UK to Austria trip checklist.

So next feb will be taking the new car to Austria and I have the following checklist.
1) Snow tyres
2) Chains in car
3) Dayglow vest to hand inside the car
4) Space saver, gunk and compressor, just to make sure.
5) Medical kit
6) Some kind of compact shovel
7) Emergency warm clothing
8) Torch
9) European insurance cover
10) Remember to get permitt for motorways when arrive in Austria.
Anything else I need to think of? We have a now 17 week old son so need to make sure he can be kept warm in an emergency.
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Old 11-18-2009, 11:27 AM
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dont forget to update us with pics/vids while on the road.... would love to get update info as you go, so it will seem like we are there in the back seat.

As for your son.... bring a portable bottle warmer. Its gold!



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Anything else I need to think of?
Headlight beam pattern switched for driving on the other side of the road. Spare bulbs carried in the boot if required by the countries you will be driving in. And do you still need the GB sticker on the back of your vehicle, or has that regulation been changed?
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JCL - Thanks, forgot about that. I have EU plates on now so I think that replaces the old GB sticker, will check it out though.
Redridge - again thanks, will see if I can source one in the UK.
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Old 11-19-2009, 01:49 PM
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Don't forget your toll vignette, and a high speed run in Germany.
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So next feb will be taking the new car to Austria and I have the following checklist.
1) Snow tyres
2) Chains in car
3) Dayglow vest to hand inside the car
4) Space saver, gunk and compressor, just to make sure.
5) Medical kit
6) Some kind of compact shovel
7) Emergency warm clothing
8) Torch
9) European insurance cover
10) Remember to get permitt for motorways when arrive in Austria.
Anything else I need to think of? We have a now 17 week old son so need to make sure he can be kept warm in an emergency.
You should be more than OK with this, Austria and Germany are loaded with Guesthouses should you run into troubles so there's always the possibility to seek refuge, so no need to worry at all, and überfriendly people, especially with kids, you'll be fine!
We were stuck in a 3 day snow blizzard a few years ago in Austria, together with half of Germany, France, The Netherlands etc returning from ski holidays, and we still managed to find a good meal and a decent hotel to spend the night (thanks to the INFO part on the nav DVD however not always accurate or up to date...)
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Old 11-20-2009, 10:34 AM
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You should be more than OK with this, Austria and Germany are loaded with Guesthouses should you run into troubles so there's always the possibility to seek refuge, so no need to worry at all, and überfriendly people, especially with kids, you'll be fine!
We were stuck in a 3 day snow blizzard a few years ago in Austria, together with half of Germany, France, The Netherlands etc returning from ski holidays, and we still managed to find a good meal and a decent hotel to spend the night (thanks to the INFO part on the nav DVD however not always accurate or up to date...)
Thanks, thats good to know. We plan on travelling across on the Eurostar and then straight to Aachen where there is, I am reliably informed, an okay Holiday Inn with securish parking for around €60 a night. Then the balance of the journey the next day.
Is the toll Vignette the pass that you have to buy for travelling on Austrian motorways and if so is there a way to get it in advance or is it just a case of get it from the first petrol station?
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Thanks, thats good to know. We plan on travelling across on the Eurostar and then straight to Aachen where there is, I am reliably informed, an okay Holiday Inn with securish parking for around €60 a night. Then the balance of the journey the next day.
Is the toll Vignette the pass that you have to buy for travelling on Austrian motorways and if so is there a way to get it in advance or is it just a case of get it from the first petrol station?
You can get the toll sticker in advance from your local 'road side assistance company' like AA (at least in Belgium we can), or you can get it in any gas station in the proximity of the border or at the border control (prepare for a long line, so my advice is to get it in advance)
they are available for fixed periods (10 days is the minimum, a month, 6 months or a year)

or do as we do: leave the highway upon entering Austria (depends on where you're going of course) but we have only some 30km of Austria highway before we need to exit anyway, so we don't bother to buy the sticker and don't use Austrian Highways (overcrowded during the ski season, so secondary roads are faster anyway)

and on your trip from Calais to Aachen, watch your speed from Calais to Brussels, beyond Leuven and further down to Aachen, you should be fine with some 'light' speeding (stay on E40 via Liège, avoid E314 at all cost)
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