Swiss Vignette

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I'll be driving from Lake Garda to Rigny, France (NE of Dijon) next month, and we'd like to go via the Stelvio, just because we can. However, most routes seem to suggest going through Switzerland, which of course entails a vignette purchase unless we stick to minor roads. Anyone got any other suggestions for a route to avoid the vignette? I don't mind the principle of paying but I'm not likely to go back through CH this year so it seems something of a waste really. Shame they don't do a day ticket, maybe something like a scratch-the-date parking ticket, for a fiver or so.

Thanks.

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Ah, that's a good point! Hadn't thought of it that way. Thinking about it, isn't there something similar which you're supposed to have in Austria anyway?

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Thanks very much for that! It's quite a big time and distance difference, there's getting on for half the price of the vignette in fuel for the extra distance anyway, and as we're looking to do that in a day, 9 hrs will be better than 11! Thanks for the help. Is it best to just buy the vignette over there, or in advance?

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Puggit said:

If you enter Switzerland on a motorway, they tend to pull you over and make you buy the vignette then and there. I believe you can acquire 2nd hand ones on ebay

I heard they fined you €200 or some such? Yes, there are some on eBay but they seem to be selling for something very very close to the cost of a new one! €33 = £28 new vs £26-27 on eBay! Crazy....

I'll have to remember the clingfilm trick, don't want it stuck on anyway, I'd probably have stuck it in the tax disc holder otherwise.

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eyebeebe said:

Have you done major pass driving before? The reason I ask is that it's physically draining. I normally find that the drive home from the major Swiss passes to Zurich (which is about an hour and a half) is plenty. Maybe I'm just a wuss but I'd consider stopping somewhere cheap enroute for the night if you can spare the time.

As Puggit says at any major border crossing you'll be able to buy them or get a second hand one online.

I have, yes. Not too concerned about my own staying power, more whether MrsC will put up a journey that long!

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In the end I bought a vignette from a petrol station in Davos, but we ended up changing our route and therefore the vignette is still in pristine, un-peeled, unstuck condition. Decided to follow the suit of many others and sell it on eBay. Halfway through the listing, an email pops up from eBay saying that it contravenes their policies and they've pulled the listing - despite there being 16 completed sales in the past two weeks! And in addition, none of the banned items which they sent me a list of bears any relevance to the vignette. I tried to respond to their email and got a convoluted "you can call us if you have 27 hours of your life to waste" reply. Bloody annoying!

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Al - I'm sure we can come to some arrangement! . Will PM you.