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Extra Pass Benefits in Austria

Discounts for Eurail Pass Holders

If your Eurail Pass is valid in Austria you can profit from reduced boat crossings, hotel discounts and other benefits  offered by our partners.

Benefits can be obtained locally by showing your Pass, or through a call centre or website of the company concerned.

Boat Discounts

Blaue Danube Schiffahrt (DDSG)

20% discount on the boat trips:

  • Melk - Krems
  • Vienna - Dürnstein (on Sunday only)
  • Sightseeing trips by boat in Vienna

More information: www.ddsg-blue-danube.at

Donauschiffahrt Wurm & Köck (boat trips on the Danube)

Special price on the route:

  • Linz - Passau (reservation compulsory)

More information: www.donauschiffahrt.de

BSB, SBS & ÖBB

50% discount from May to October on:

  • Trips on Lake Constance (Bodensee)

More information: www.bsb-online.com.

Travel Discounts

Private railway
A Eurail Pass valid in Austria is also valid on the private railway lines operated by ROeEE (known as GYSEV in Hungary). They are active on the routes Ebenfurth - Sopron (Hungary) and Neusiedl/See – Fertöszentmiklós (Hungary).
See also the timetables on gysev.hu.

Bus service
Free transportation on the comfortable ÖBB Intercitybus on the routes:

  • Graz - Klagenfurt
  • Klagenfurt - Villach - Udine - Venice (your Pass needs to be valid in Austria and Italy)

Various discounts

Meininger Hostels & Hotels
logo Meininger hostels Book directly with Meininger City Hostels & Hotels and get 10% off on your stay and 10 minutes Internet for free. All-you-can-eat breakfast is only 3,50 Euro and WiFi Internet is free at the hostel. 
There is a Meininger Hostel in Vienna (10. Bezirk, Columbusgasse). 
For reservations, mail to welcome@meininger-hostels.com.
Or call: +49  30 666 36 100.
More info: www.meininger-hostels.com.

 

Eurail Passes for Austria
(incl. Liechtenstein)

Eurail tipPass Benefit Rules
There are a few rules concerning benefits. Free benefits can only be used during travel days, discounted benefits can be used during the overall validity of the Pass. When using free international ferries, the Pass must be valid in the country of departure and the country of arrival. For reduced international ferries, the Pass must be valid in the country of departure or the country of arrival. Benefits can be obtained locally from the involved companies. More info on Pass Benefits

Hotel voucher discount
A special benefit for Eurail.com customers:
10% discount on hotel vouchers from Hotel Voucher Shop.
You can use the vouchers to make reservations in over 70.000 hotels! To book: visit www.hotelvouchershop.com and insert ‘er10’ as Promotional Code to get the benefit. Or call 08446 606 007 and mention the promotional discount code ‘er10’.