Simple solutions if you are driving: dont go at such busy times, and avoid the notorious roads as suggested.
Driving overnight reduces times substantially.
Avoiding Munich and much of Bavaria is also a good idea.
There are some non motorway routes into Austria which can be just as bad though.
Ever thought about flying.......??????
Driving from Austria - "I spy with my little eye, something beginning with Q"
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Sometimes, then I wake up in a cold sweat :wink:
Trough France is faster, trough Germany - cheaper.
I like this map http://www.viamichelin.co.uk/ Gives you the toll charges as well :) You wasted time but you saved around 100 pounds.
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Started by Pennyqss in Austria 22-Feb-2010 - 37 Replies
Tony_H
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Ian Wickham
reply to 'Driving from Austria - "I spy with my little eye, something beginning with Q"' posted Feb-2010
Tony_H wrote:Simple solutions if you are driving: dont go at such busy times, and avoid the notorious roads as suggested.
Driving overnight reduces times substantially.
Avoiding Munich and much of Bavaria is also a good idea.
There are some non motorway routes into Austria which can be just as bad though.
Ever thought about flying.......??????
Sometimes, then I wake up in a cold sweat :wink:
Pennyqss
reply to 'Driving from Austria - "I spy with my little eye, something beginning with Q"' posted Feb-2010
We drive for £500 return. Fly for £1600 for a family of four at half term. We rented an apartment (2 bedroomed) for £400. Whole half term holiday for £2400 all in (inc kids ski school, ski rental, lift passes and meals/spending etc). That's why we drove. I have taken on board the busy times, but as another person said, Belgium, Holland, some Eastern Europe and Germans all need to drive through Germany. I just blogged to give information and warn others. Thanks anyway.
Finn
reply to 'Driving from Austria - "I spy with my little eye, something beginning with Q"' posted Feb-2010
Have drove to Austria many times from the uk normally choosing to do the north sea ferry crossing from Hull to Rotterdam. The onwards route is normally to head towards Arnheim > Duisburg > Koln > Frankfurt > Wurzburg > Munich > Austria. The route is approx 100km from Rotterdam Europort to the Tirol & takes approx 9.5hrs.
This year because of some unplanned travel changes, we were forced to do the Belgium > Luxemburg > Struggart > Munich > Tirol route & I can confirm that this route is definetly slower. Granted we had terrible weather to contend with but the 1000km journey took an incredible 18hrs.
Is this a record?
Finn
This year because of some unplanned travel changes, we were forced to do the Belgium > Luxemburg > Struggart > Munich > Tirol route & I can confirm that this route is definetly slower. Granted we had terrible weather to contend with but the 1000km journey took an incredible 18hrs.
Is this a record?
Finn
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Merry
reply to 'Driving from Austria - "I spy with my little eye, something beginning with Q"' posted Feb-2010
pennyqss wrote:Next time we will - or go through France.
Trough France is faster, trough Germany - cheaper.
I like this map http://www.viamichelin.co.uk/ Gives you the toll charges as well :) You wasted time but you saved around 100 pounds.
Picky
reply to 'Driving from Austria - "I spy with my little eye, something beginning with Q"' posted Feb-2010
from my house to Manchester airport 15 mins, flight to Austria 1 hour 15 mins, transfer to Abtenau 30 mins, on the slopes quicker than driving !!!!!! lol
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Bandit
reply to 'Driving from Austria - "I spy with my little eye, something beginning with Q"' posted Feb-2010
You have omitted the lost time spent:
Queueing for check in
Queueing for the ritual humiliation that is airport security
Queueing to board
Queueing at Immigration on arrival, since you are from a non Schengen country
Waiting for luggage to arrive, assuming it got loaded on the plane
Waiting for coach to resort/queueing to get hire car
et al.....
Queueing for check in
Queueing for the ritual humiliation that is airport security
Queueing to board
Queueing at Immigration on arrival, since you are from a non Schengen country
Waiting for luggage to arrive, assuming it got loaded on the plane
Waiting for coach to resort/queueing to get hire car
et al.....
Topic last updated on 02-March-2010 at 17:08