Riding abroad and budgets

[Ollie]

right so that means my Link cards are useless?

[Ollie]

and are breil really that cheap over there?? cool, as i paid almost £400 for mine!

[998gsb]

pretty much - you need visa / visa delta / maestro or mastercard

[Ollie]

Originally Posted by 998gsb

pretty much - you need visa / visa delta / maestro or mastercard

Ahh just my luck!!!

[stan the man]

Originally Posted by crazy harry

Anybody know what it costs to enter Switzerland?, i am told you have to buy a road permit???

i know it,s more than three shillings and six pence , have you a tanner or two thrupeny bits

[Paivi]

Originally Posted by Ollie

Ahh just my luck!!!

Well, get a new one, your bank should be able to get you one within days (a maestro one) or a couple of weeks the latest (visa/mastercard). Or, better still, get one of those deals where for the first x months, balance transfer and purchases are interest free.

Here you'll see the Breil/Ducati watches available at the Ducati store, the most expensive one is 300 euros, so about exactly 200 quid.

Here's a very handy FX conversion site: XE.com

[Ollie]

Originally Posted by stan the man

i know it,s more than three shillings and six pence , have you a tanner or two thrupeny bits

speak english please you 2 OAPS!!

this is turning in to such a SAGA trip!!!

i feel so young at 26!! PMSL!! think you should all bring me a nice blonde 18 year old baby sitter i can stay in with! lol

[998gsb]

It'll be Mrs Doubtfire for you young fella me lad, and make no mistake...

[Paivi]

The Swiss motorway vignette costs £18 for the year (Jan to Dec, so you'll pay for the whole year even if you only use the motorways for a couple of days in July) and is compulsory for riding on the motorways. You can buy this in advance, as well as at all border crossings, as well as post offices and newsagents near the border.

Failure to display will cost you CHF100 fine, as well as CHF40 for the vignette, so all in all GBP56.

[Ollie]

NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!


Oh and i have just checked my card, It says

Co-Op Debit Card

Visa

then has the link and Delta sign on back!

any good?

[998gsb]

didn't the swiss subscribe to Euros then....?

[Paivi]

Originally Posted by 998gsb

didn't the swiss subscribe to Euros then....?

No, quite annoyingly they didn't. But then, had they done so, we would have been deprived of one of the most amusingly named currencies: the swizzies!

You can use euros there, though, at proper exchange rates, too. The Swiss may be the best bankers in the world, but I didn't notice any funny rates when I was dipping in and out of Switzerland last September. Pity it was too hot to stock up on chocolate; I had to eat it as soon as I bought it...

[royum]

Originally Posted by 998gsb

when I was the gofer for a race team - we got invited to a party in a brothel in Austria, after racing at Oestereichring and en route to Brno (all of the GP Paddock was there!!!) and a danish mechanic who shall remain nameless blew his life savings in there in one night.... - still he came out a happy boy!!! :wink:

Opportunity for earning then???? :wink:

[Paivi]

Originally Posted by Ollie

NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!


Oh and i have just checked my card, It says

Co-Op Debit Card

Visa

then has the link and Delta sign on back!

any good?

Check this link

"Delta Debit Card
The Delta Debit card can be used to withdraw funds from machines which display the Link/Visa logo and which are situated around the world. For details of the ATMs locations please use the Cash machine locator.

In addition to cash withdrawal, which is £250 sterling equivalent in the local currency, the card can also be used to purchase goods at any outlet that carries the Visa logo."

So, it looks like you'll be covered.

[Ollie]

Paivi your getting a top presant from this trip from me your a Star
!!!!

cool, looks like i will be ok then! Phew!!

All this money and no way of spending it lol!!