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Getting There Make your own travel arrangements or handle them through a travel agency. If you have questions or need help please contact Tyrolian Tours. St. Johann is located about 100 miles from the international airport in Munich, Germany, which is the most convenient international airport from which to reach Tyrol. If you rent a car in Munich, you will travel southeast from Munich to the Munich-Innsbruck autobahn (highway). St. Johann is located only 35 kilometers (km) - about 20 miles - off this autobahn and is connected by well maintained roads.
The villages of Kirchdorf and Oberndorf are situated only 4 km - about 2 1/2 miles - from St. Johann/Tirol. If you decide
not to take rental car, Tyrolian Tours will arrange transfers
from the airports in Munich, Salzburg, or Innsbruck. We can also
assist you with reserving reasonably-priced accommodations at a
hotel near the airport. Details will be provided upon request. Foreign Exchange Bring at least a few hundred dollars in U.S. currency or travelers checks. Also bring your personal check book. Tyrolian Tours will cash your personal checks and sell you EURO currency. Credit cards, may be used in many places throughout Austria and Germany, but you should be aware that their general acceptance is not as great as in the United States. Tyrolian Tours accepts VISA & MASTERCARD ONLY FOR PAYING THE DEPOSIT AND THE BALANCE. If payment for optional extras (ski lessons, lift tickets, etc.) is done by credit card(s), 2,2% will be added to cover bank- and service charges. Personal USD- check(s) are also acceptable. There are ATM’s /cash points at all ski resorts.
Automobile Insurance: If you reside outside of Europe, check with your motor vehicle insurance carrier and your credit card company about your insurance coverage while driving a rental vehicle in Europe. This may save you money that might otherwise be spent on purchasing unnecessary insurance from car rental agencies. You can also enjoy considerable savings on the cost of a rental car in Europe by making your reservations for a rental car before departing the United States. Ski Accident Insurance: If you reside outside of Europe, check with your medical insurance carrier and credit card company about your medical insurance coverage while in Europe. Although ski slopes in Austria are very well groomed, you may, if you desire, purchase inexpensive ski accident insurance through Tyrolian Tours for coverage beyond that provided by your present medical insurance policy. Hotel Cancellation Insurance: At the time of making your booking, you may, if you desire, purchase hotel cancellation insurance through Tyrolian Tours or directly through Europaeische Hotel Cancellation Cover. (The purchase through this insurance carrier website can only be made by credit card.) This insurance covers the full amount of your hotel (or self-catering apartment/condominium) booking (minus applicable insurance deductibles). The cost of hotel cancellation insurance is about four to five percent of the total cost of your hotel booking. This insurance covers cancellations caused by the death, serious accident, or unexpected serious illness of the insured person making the hotel booking or his or her spouse, live-in partner in a joint household, children, stepchildren, children-in-law, grandchildren, parents, step-parents, parents-in-law, grandparents, and siblings. The exact legal details of this coverage and the applicable insurance deductibles are provided at the insurance carrier website.
Passports Last, but not least, before you do anything, make sure you have a current passport for yourself and current passports for each member of your family traveling with you to Austria. Check the expiration dates and pack these in your bags before you pack anything else. Air Travel Information The following toll-free telephone numbers and internet web sites are provided to assist you in making air travel arrangements to and from the international airport in Munich, and to rent a vehicle in Munich for the remainder of your trip to Tirol:
Rental Car Information
As you depart the rental car garage in Munich, set the kilometer (km) odometer at "0" and follow the Ausfahrt (exit) signs and blue arrow out of the airport to the Münchenallee Richtungen 4 km from the airport. Follow the sign to Salzburg. At 13 km (from the airport) follow the Salzburg/München sign to Autobahn 9 (marked A-I for Austria and Italy). At 24 km follow the Salzburg/Innsbruck (A-I) sign to autobahn 99. At 53 km follow the Salzburg/Innsbruck (A-I) sign to Autobahn 8 and proceed southeast. At 100 km (near Bad Aibling) follow the Innsbruck/Kufstein/Brenner (I) sign to Autobahn 93 and proceed south. At 125 km cross the border into Austria; stay on the autobahn. At 132 km exit the autobahn at Kufstein Süd and follow the signs southeast to Felbertauern and St. Johann i.T. on route 173. At 142 km merge onto route B 178 and follow the sign east to St. Johann i.T. At 158 km follow the signs to Salzburg/St. Johann i.T./Lofer through the tunnel. At 160 km as you depart St. Johann continue on route B 178 and proceed north following the signs to Lofer/Salzburg. Just past the first sign indicating a left turn into Kirchdorf, turn right to the Tyrolian Tours office at 164 km (102 miles) from the Munich airport. If you drive to Tirol, make sure you have snow tires on your motor vehicle. If you rent a vehicle, insist that the rental car company provide you a car with snow tires. Do not allow rental car companies talk you out of requesting snow tires. Do not accept offers of so-called “all-weather tires.” Snow tires are necessary, not only for your safety, but also for your convenience, such as moving about freely on snow-covered parking lots at hotels, restaurants, and ski areas. You can expect to pay about $15.00 to $20.00 extra per day for snow tires. We have found recently that KEMWEL/EUROCAR is the most accommodating rental car company when requesting snow tires. You can save money on all rental cars if you make your rental car reservations while you are in the United States.
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