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05/9/2017 at 12:14pm
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are there any restrictions any more in driving, as in the past was aware of a vignette ?? although never drove there before only from geneva airport to annecy in a hire car
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05/9/2017 at 12:20pm
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You only need a vignette if you are driving on their motorways otherwise just the same as any other continental roads.
I don't know if it is still true but the vignettes used to be cheaper if you bought them before you went from the Swiss tourist office.
Don't forget you need two : one for the car and one for the caravan.
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05/9/2017 at 12:24pm
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Price of vignettes is 40 Swiss francs each. They are valid for one calendar year.
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09/9/2017 at 7:01pm
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Turn your engine off the traffic lights and dont leave your engine running when youre not moving, they really hate it, its a big cultural no-no.
I loved the views and the mountains but the prices and the people put me off going back. £4.50 for a loaf of bread in the campsite shop! Good job we only stayed one night.
this site might help:
http://www.myswissalps.com/car/trafficregulations
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11/9/2017 at 9:40am
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Quote: Originally posted by sweetrunninggir on 09/9/2017
I loved the views and the mountains but the prices and the people put me off going back. £4.50 for a loaf of bread in the campsite shop! Good job we only stayed one night.
10 years ago the exchange rate was almost 2.5 francs to the £, by the time we went in 2010 it was down to 1.5 francs, and now it's around 1.25. Not cheap in the first place, it's no surprise that it now feels like a very expensive country to visit !
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13/9/2017 at 6:06pm
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I have 2 unused vignettes doing nothing
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Doing whatever the rice krispies tell me to.
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13/9/2017 at 7:51pm
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Quote: Originally posted by Nellie72 on 13/9/2017
I have 2 unused vignettes doing nothing
how long do they last then ?
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14/9/2017 at 12:41pm
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until the end of january 2018
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Doing whatever the rice krispies tell me to.
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22/9/2017 at 9:34pm
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Our first trip to Switzerland this year (staying around Interlaken) and on entering the country at Basel, there was a nice (official) man standing at the border post who sold us the required vignette. I was going to stop at a petrol station to buy one but this made it so much easier and he even stuck on the windscreen for us!
Driving was generally easy though we hit the rush hour traffic as we arrived in the country around 5pm. I did enjoy driving the winding roads like the Susten Pass even if the weather was not the best for the views.
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