Information - Euro Road Trip 2008

[postmanpat]

Participents:

APD007 PAID and ferry booked
SimonSheil + 1 PAID and Ferry booked
PostmanPat + MrsPostmanPat PAID and ferry booked
Kaiserb_ukPAID and ferry booked
Vacant Place available PAID

Everyone as now paid for their accomodation

In order to find accomodation in budget and with enough room our destinations have changed slightly adding a little driving time here and there, the essential route remains unchanged though, the biggest differance is I have decided to stay in Chur rather than Davos, This means the stelvio pass driving day is nearer 6 hours and the Bernidino/ Gothard pass day drops to nearer 5 hours rather than vice versa, looking at the actual roads this seemed like a good idea (famous last words. )

Nimes :Translated version of http://www.hotel-imperator.com/
Cannes:Hotel Cannes Riviera Cannes
Baratier:Arcantis Hotel Les Peupliers - Baratier, 05200
Crans Montana:Minotel La Prairie - Crans Montana (Valais)
Chur:ABC Chur Hotel - Swiss Quality Chur Hotel
Bolzano:Four Points Sheraton Bolzano Bozen, Bolzano, Italy - 54 Guest reviews - Booking.com online hotel reservations
Zell am see:Gasthof Schutthof hotel, Zell Am See hotels, Salzburg hotels, AUSTRIA hotels - Dilos Holiday World
Koblenz:Scholz hotel, Koblenz hotels, Rhineland-Palatinate hotels, GERMANY hotels - Dilos Holiday World

All accomodation now confirmed, all includes breakfast.

It will not be possible to have any further rooms held for people wanting to join later, however to anyone wishing to book indipendantly either with the hotels we are using or others nearby, I will give the utmost assistance

Travel requirements

Norfolkline Ferries I have used these folks to book my ferry tickets as they have a lower surcharge than the ferry company themselves for Visa

Sailing times to book ARE: Dover - Dunkerque THURS 4 SEPT 23:59 Personally I have opted to return on the 18:01 sailing on SUN 14th SEPT, but if you wish to spend more or less time at 'ring' then you may wish to alter accordingley

You will require:

Passport
Proof of insurance/ Green Card
E111 european health card (reccomended, free from post office, don't leave it too late to send form off)
Travel insurance (reccomended in case of emergency )
European Breakdown Cover
Currency: France, Italy, Austria and Germany all use Euros. we will be spending 7 nights in these countries and travelling approx 2,500 miles. Switzerland use swiss Francs. We are spending 2 nights in Switzerland and will be traveling through the country (approx 300 miles), please bring enough currency to cover road tolls, fuel and food. (oh an drink and spend) Please note ALL the countries we are travelling in have stricter drink drive tolerances than the UK and we will be setting of fairly early each morning (9am)

Road tolls: The following toll prices have been taken from a route planner, please note this WILL NOT BE a complete list but is designed to give some idea of what the road toll costs may be.

Travel to millau 55 euro
millau to nimes 5 euros
Millau bridge crossing 5 euros

day 2 20 euro
day 4 3 euros
day 5 70 euros inc(Mont Blanc Tunnel 35 euros)
day 6 27 euros
day 8
day 9 33 euros Not sure if the old pass that we are using IS the toll road or wether the toll road refers to the new pass?

Swiss motorway Vignette is available to purchase on line to save time at the border, cost including shipping is £20.50 and lasts a year (given that at the border it is CHF 40 (£19.98, don't think this is bad)https://www.swisstravelsystem.com/pr...e.php?passid=5 Austrian Vignette must be bought at border

Switzerland, in addition to road tolls "Vignette" an annual road tax of 40 Swiss Francs, in the form of a sticker is charged on all vehicles using the freeways.
Austrian motorways and expressways you vehicle must display a motorway tax sticker (vignette). These stickers, valid for a year, two months or 10 days, can be purchased at many petrol stations close to the border in neighbouring countries, at the frontier in Austria, or in AMTC offices. Cost 2007 for a car 10 days euro 7.60 or 2 months euro 21.80.


Sat Nav reccomended, a good map a must at least in case we get seperated (I have provided a comprehensive route for each day with simple map here http://briskoda.net/forums/internati...s-maps/113400/)

Adapter plug for laptop/phone/camera charging

A **** load of Red Bull
Swimming trunks (it is the south of France after all)

Driving requirements

Fire Extinguisher (reccomended)
Spare glasses (if required for driving)
First aid kit
Drivers license
V5 (log book)
Spare bulb kit
2 warning triangles
Fluorescent jacket )one each for ALL occupents)
GB stickers if not on no. plates
Headlight convertors

France: Italy: Austria: Germany: Switzerland (in tunnels regardless of illumination) lights ON

Spare oil

Please note in all countries it is ileagal to carry radar detection equipment and they can seize the vehicle if such is found wether it is being used or not! (Last year in France we got pulled by the customs and believe me they search the car when they pull you)

[simonsheil]

Good going, is a first aid kit required in Germany?

[bumble]

yes it is m8 plus a fire extinguisher is to. not a massive one 2kg ive got but i had to have one when i went to germany.

[cheezemonkhai]

You don't require the extinguisher for Germany.

I did fit one to mine when visiting Belgium, and there is a how to for the Octy II (probably similar for other skoda cars) on how to fit the skoda one in the tech guides are.

EDIT: http://www.briskoda.net/forums/techn...her-how/97083/

Linked to the how to.

[bumble]

yeah ur right my bad. it just says its advised sorry!

[ric04vrs]

Swiss Francs , WTF? why have they always got to be different

i can deal with Euros , but where do you get Swiss Francs from ?

Andy , isn't the E111 now called a EHIC ?

anyway i've got all the items required ,(unless i'm not in the Fabia, highly likely) will sort european breakdown cover closer to the time

Andy , cheque posted today

swimming trunks , lol

[Kaiserb_uk]

I was also thinking that Speedo's might be the last thing I try and source...

Cheezemonkhai - so the extinguisher goes underneath the driver's seat? I can't see that being particularly easy to get to in the Fabia, if I have to mount one I might try in the passenger footwell?

[ric04vrs]

Originally Posted by Kaiserb_uk

I was also thinking that Speedo's might be the last thing I try and source...

Cheezemonkhai - so the extinguisher goes underneath the driver's seat? I can't see that being particularly easy to get to in the Fabia, if I have to mount one I might try in the passenger footwell?

isn't there a nice Velcro strap in the boot , which is ideal for an Extinguisher

[cheezemonkhai]

The extinguisher has to be with in reach of the driver. Eg in the cabin

I put mine under the drivers seat as I didn't want to lose the storage under the passenger seat (for storing the high vis jackets ) The vague instructions I have were for a LHD where the picture shows it under the drivers seat.

With it under my seat it is much easier to get at that it would be if under the passenger seat and there is plenty of room to get to it should you need to use it.

You could mount it under the passenger seat if you wanted. If you look at the last image in that thread you will see that the piece of plastic trip at the front of the seat if removed to fit the thing, and it' pulls out forward.

If anyone is at WSM or maybe JKM you're welcome to have a look at it.

[simonsheil]

If anyone needs hi vis jacket let me know and I can bring some along.

[Tigger_1979]

When you going to post up details as to what hotels your going to?
Links to how I can pay for them at a later date would be kool as well

Also how many cars are going at the moment?

[postmanpat]

I am still in the process of selecting the hotels, problems have arose in that it is out of the ski season/ minimum stays/ single sex group/ hotels too full to find 4 rooms etc etc for these reasons I am using a tour operator and once all the hotels are sourced I will book them and put them up on the thread. (6 locations have been sorted with choices of hotels, but the actual hotel chosen will depend on final two locations budget)

If you are wanting to go on your own let me know now because at the moment I am looking to book triple and single rooms due to odd numbers. If you are planning on going with someone Then when you have the cash either give me a shout and I will ask the operator if there is an extra room available at the time, otherwise you will have to book individual hotels yourself and find alternatives for the hotels that are fully booked. I would add that one of our problems as allready been finding places with enough vacant accomodation.

At the moment there are five cars on the trip.

[Tigger_1979]

Originally Posted by postmanpat

... single sex group...

nooooo we want more that one sex

[Neo_VR]

Originally Posted by Tigger_1979

nooooo we want more that one sex

Will the bi-sexual

[ric04vrs]

or asexual

[postmanpat]

transexual?

[Tigger_1979]

nope I am Try- Sexual
I try but get none

[postmanpat]

Just a quick update on accomodation

Nimes, Cannes, Bolzano, Zell am See, Found a good shortlist of hotels that together come in on Budget, all are B&B, At the moment there is looking like there will be a daily parking charge of around 14 Euros in Cannes and Bolzano (Hotels with free parking are much much dearer )

The choices for the hotels in Gap and Sion are much more limited due to the size of the towns and most seem to be a long way outside or Vexpensive, The favorit option at the moment looks like an Ibis hotel in these locations.

Davos as also prooved to be a bit of a pain again with very litlle choice, and the hotel closest to our budget is still a tad expensive, if the budget allows after finalising the other resorts I will opt for this dearer option, else we may stay in Chur, giving a slightly shorter day 6 and longer day 7, I hope to avoid this tho as day 7 is Stelvio pass day.

Cochem is looking less and less likely as our final resting place due to lack of availability/ cost, This is not such a problem, as our only real interest is to be within 1/2 hours drive of Nurburgring

Andrew

[ric04vrs]

just PM me if you need more money Andy

[andy2407]

Originally Posted by ric04vrs

just PM me if you need more money Andy

Thanks - £50 'til payday wouldn't go amiss