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Europe Family Trip
June 2026

Iceland · Switzerland · Germany · Austria · Slovenia · Italy · Liechtenstein

16Days
7Countries
4Travellers
Jun 19Departure
Jul 5Return
Flights A77762
Iceland Car ✓ Booked
Europe Car ✓ Booked
Gondola #238070
Zurich Hotel ⏳ Pending

Flights

Jun 19 Fri MCO → KEF FI686 · 10:00pm → 9:25am +1 · Non-stop 7h 25m
Jun 22 Mon KEF → ZRH FI568 · 7:20am → 1:05pm · Non-stop 3h 45m
Jul 5 Sun ZRH → MCO FI571/FI689 · 7:55am → 8:50pm · 18h 55m via KEF
✓ Booked · Ref A77762 · $4,087.92 Economy Light · Non-refundable · Carry-on only (22 lbs/person)

Car Rentals

🇮🇸 Iceland Budget · Keflavik KEF Jun 20 12pm → Jun 22 12pm · Conf. #42334482US1 · $289.00 · Pay at pick-up
🇨🇭 Europe Hertz · Zurich ZRH Jun 22 12pm → Jul 5 7am · Hertz conf. L5350959316 · CHF 575.92 · Due at pick-up · Jeep Compass or similar · Free cancellation
✓ Total car rentals: $1,181.50 · Both pay at pick-up

Accommodation

Nights Property Dates Ref Status
1 Guesthouse 77 🇮🇸
Eyrargata 77, 820 Eyrarbakki, Iceland		 Jun 20–21 Booking.com · $212.37 Free cancel Jun 18 ✓ Booked
2 BergOne 🇮🇸
1 Bergás, 260 Ytri-Njarðvík, Iceland		 Jun 21–22 Booking.com · $263.98 Free cancel Jun 19 ✓ Booked
3 Tiny House im schönen Diemtigtal 🇨🇭
Bächlen 362A, 3753 Oey, Diemtigtal		 Jun 22–23 Airbnb · $255.92 ✓ Confirmed
4 Munich 🇩🇪
Central or near A8/A99 motorway		 Jun 23–24 ~$150 est. ⏳ Book now
5 Wurznwirt 🇩🇪
Schneizlreuth 4, 83458 Schneizlreuth, Germany		 Jun 24–25 #72072251742511 9.0★ ✓ Booked
6–7 HOMEBOUND Apartments 🇦🇹
Schmiedgasse 15, 4822 Bad Goisern, Austria		 Jun 25–27 #72072198804917 9.6★ ✓ Booked
8–10 Pr' Matjon Pension 🇸🇮
Selo pri Bledu 35, 4260 Bled, Slovenia		 Jun 27–30 #72072265408188 9.4★ ✓ Booked
11–13 Das Auss.Zeit 🇦🇹
Außervillgraten 185, 9931 Außervillgraten, Tirol, Austria		 Jun 30–Jul 3 #72072265941383 10.0★ ✓ Booked
14 Vienna House Martinspark 🇦🇹
Mozartstrasse 2, A-6850 Dornbirn, Vorarlberg, Austria		 Jul 3–4 #72072266618761 8.6★ ✓ Booked
15 Zurich / Airport 🇨🇭
Near ZRH Airport, Zurich, Switzerland		 Jul 4–5 — ⏳ Pending

Day-by-Day Itinerary

Trip at a Glance

Day Date Starting Place Night Stay Drive Time Highlights Bookings
1–2 Jun 20–21 Reykjavík / KEF 🇮🇸 Guesthouse 77 → BergOne — — Þingvellir NP · Geysir · Gullfoss · Seljalandsfoss · Skógafoss · Reynisfjara ✓ Guesthouse 77
✓ BergOne
✓ Budget car KEF
3 Jun 22 Zurich ZRH 🇨🇭 Tiny House Diemtigtal ~78 mi 1h 15m
+1h 15m stops		 Fly KEF→ZRH · Hertz pickup · Thun old town + castle · Spiez Castle (Lake Thun vineyards) · Diemtigtal ✓ Diemtigtal Airbnb
✓ Hertz ZRH
4 ⚠️ Jun 23 Diemtigtal 🇨🇭 Munich 🇩🇪 ~317 mi 6h 40m Oeschinensee gondola · Grindelwald First Cliff Walk · Bachalpsee · First Flyer/Glider ⏳ Munich hotel
✓ Gondola #238070
⏳ Oeschinensee slot
5 Jun 24 Munich 🇩🇪 Wurznwirt, Schneizlreuth 🇩🇪 ~100 mi 1h 55m Königssee electric boat · St. Bartholomä · Rothbach Waterfall · Wimbachklamm gorge ✓ Wurznwirt
⏳ Königssee boat
6 Jun 25 Schneizlreuth 🇩🇪 HOMEBOUND, Bad Goisern 🇦🇹 ~110 mi 2h 40m Liechtensteinklamm gorge (deepest in Alps) · Hallstatt evening walk ✓ HOMEBOUND
7 Jun 26 Bad Goisern 🇦🇹 HOMEBOUND, Bad Goisern 🇦🇹 ~10 mi ~20m Hallstatt full day · Echern Valley waterfall · Skywalk viewpoint · lakeside dinner ✓ HOMEBOUND
8 Jun 27 Bad Goisern 🇦🇹 Pr' Matjon, Lake Bled 🇸🇮 ~140 mi 2h 33m
+Grossglockner		 Grossglockner High Alpine Road · Pasterze glacier (2,504m) · Arrive Lake Bled ✓ Pr' Matjon
9 Jun 28 Lake Bled 🇸🇮 Pr' Matjon, Lake Bled 🇸🇮 ~25 mi ~45m Mala Osojnica viewpoint · Bled Castle · Mostnica Gorge · Vogel Cable Car at Bohinj ✓ Pr' Matjon
⏳ Vintgar entry
10 🎂 Jun 29 Lake Bled 🇸🇮 Pr' Matjon, Lake Bled 🇸🇮 ~30 mi ~1h 00m Vintgar Gorge · Savica Waterfall · Radovljica · Pletna boat · Veena's birthday dinner 🎉 ⏳ Vintgar entry (book May 1)
11 Jun 30 Lake Bled 🇸🇮 Das Auss.Zeit, Außervillgraten 🇦🇹 ~138 mi 3h 12m
+Lagazuoi		 Passo Falzarego · Lagazuoi cable car + WWI tunnels · Lago di Braies ✓ Das Auss.Zeit
⏳ Braies parking
12 Jul 1 Außervillgraten 🇮🇹 Das Auss.Zeit, Außervillgraten 🇦🇹 ~40 mi ~1h 00m Lago di Braies sunrise · Tre Cime di Lavaredo loop (4.5 miles) ⏳ Braies parking (mid-Apr)
13 Jul 2 Außervillgraten 🇮🇹 Das Auss.Zeit, Außervillgraten 🇦🇹 ~35 mi ~50m Cinque Torri hike · WWI trenches · Cortina d'Ampezzo · Tofana cable car ✓ Das Auss.Zeit
14 ⚠️ Jul 3 Außervillgraten 🇦🇹 Vienna House Martinspark, Dornbirn 🇦🇹 ~130 mi 3h 00m Nordkette cable car (2,300m) · Innsbruck Golden Roof · Old town · Drive to Dornbirn ✓ Vienna House
15 Jul 4 Dornbirn 🇦🇹 Zurich Airport Hotel 🇨🇭 ~86 mi 1h 40m Vaduz passport stamp 🇱🇮 · Rhine Falls boat · Zurich Altstadt · Lake Zurich ⏳ ZRH hotel
16 Jul 5 Zurich ZRH 🇨🇭 ✈ Home — Orlando MCO — — Hertz drop-off 7am · Depart 7:55am FI571 via KEF → MCO 8:50pm ✓ Hertz drop-off
Total Driving (Days 3–15) ~1,135 mi ~24h 56m ⚠️ = heavy driving days · red = 300+ mi or 5+ hrs
1–2
Iceland — Golden Circle & South Coast
Jun 20–21 · Selfoss base
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📍 Day 1 Map — Golden Circle 📍 Day 2 Map — South Coast

Day 1 — Golden Circle

  • Pick up Iceland car at KEF ~10am
  • Þingvellir NP — UNESCO · walk between the tectonic plates
  • Geysir — Strokkur erupts every 5–10 min
  • Gullfoss waterfall
  • Drive ~45 min to Guesthouse 77, Eyrarbakki for overnight

Day 2 — South Coast

  • Seljalandsfoss — walk behind the falls · bring waterproofs!
  • Skógafoss waterfall
  • Reynisfjara black sand beach
  • Drive ~1hr to BergOne, Ytri-Njarðvík for overnight
⏰ Set alarm 5:15am Jun 22 — drive ~45 min to KEF ✓ Guesthouse 77 · Night 1 · Booking.com · $212.37 ✓ BergOne · Night 2 · Booking.com · $263.98
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Fly → Diemtigtal
Jun 22 · ZRH → Thun → Spiez → Diemtigtal
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📍 Day 3 Map
  • Return Iceland car at KEF · board 7:20am FI568
  • Land ZRH 1:05pm · pick up Hertz rental car — Hertz desk at Zurich Airport Terminal (Arrivals Hall) · Conf. L5350959316 · Jeep Compass or similar
  • Drive ~30 min → Thun — walk the medieval old town · covered bridge over the turquoise Aare · Thun Castle viewpoint (free to walk up, ~CHF 10 to enter) · Eiger/Jungfrau backdrop · ~45 min stop
  • Drive ~15 min → Spiez Castle — 12th-century castle surrounded by vineyards on Lake Thun · stunning Bernese Alps panorama · CHF 10/adult · ~30 min stop
  • Drive ~30 min → Diemtigtal · check in Tiny House · arrive ~5:30pm ✅
  • ⚠️ If customs/Hertz takes longer than 45 min, skip Thun and do Spiez only (or go straight to Diemtigtal)
✓ Tiny House im schönen Diemtigtal · Airbnb · $255.92 · Jun 22–23 · 1 night 🎟 Spiez Castle: CHF 10/adult · open May–Oct · no booking needed 🏷 At Hertz pick-up: confirm Swiss vignette (CHF 40) included · confirm cross-border approval for Italy + Slovenia · inspect car thoroughly before leaving
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Oeschinensee + Grindelwald First
Jun 23 · Diemtigtal → Kandersteg → Grindelwald → Munich
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📍 Day 4 Map
  • Leave 7:30am → drive ~30 min to Kandersteg (Rome2rio: Diemtigtal→Kandersteg ~30 min)
  • 🏔 Oeschinensee — gondola up to turquoise alpine lake at 1,578m · lake walk + photos (~2hrs) · one of Switzerland's most beautiful lakes
  • Gondola down · drive ~56 min to Grindelwald (Rome2rio) · arrive ~11am
  • ⭐ Firstbahn gondola up → First (2,166m) · Cliff Walk (~30 min) · Bachalpsee lake hike (~2.5 miles, Eiger reflections, ~1.5hrs)
  • ⭐ First Flyer or First Glider — pricey but a peak memory for the kids (especially the 13-year-old!) · book at the top
  • ⚠️ Leave Grindelwald by 4:30pm — take gondola down from Bort (8 min, saves 1hr vs hiking down)
  • Rösti lunch in Grindelwald · drive ~5hrs to Munich (Rome2rio: 5hr 7min) · arrive ~9:30pm
✓ Gondola Booked · #238070 · 2 adults + 2 children 🏨 Book Munich hotel Jun 23 · near A8/A99 · ~$100–150 est.
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Königssee + Wimbachklamm
Jun 24 · Munich → Königssee → Schneizlreuth
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📍 Day 5 Map
  • Leave Munich 8:00am → drive ~1hr 45min → Königssee · arrive ~9:45am · 15 min walk to Seelände dock
  • Königssee electric boat → trumpet echo at St. Bartholomä → Rothbach Waterfall hike (~3 miles)
  • Lunch at mountain hut · return boat 12:45pm
  • Wimbachklamm Gorge (~1 mile, €4/person) — optional, only if boat runs on time
  • Drive ~10 min → Wurznwirt, Schneizlreuth · check in · short evening · easy end to a full day ✅
✓ Wurznwirt · #72072251742511 · Family Suite ⛵ Boat: book at seenschifffahrt.de · May/Jun ⏰ Book Königssee boat in advance at seenschifffahrt.de — fills up fast in summer 🏷 Austria Vignette: entering from Germany — buy 10-day digital vignette at asfinag.at at least 18 days before entry, or buy physical sticker at last German petrol station
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Liechtensteinklamm Gorge
Jun 25 · Schneizlreuth → Bad Goisern
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📍 Day 6 Map
  • Leave Schneizlreuth 7:30am → ~1hr 30min (Rome2rio) to Liechtensteinklamm Gorge · arrive ~9am
  • Deepest gorge in Alps — Helix staircase, 400 stairs, thundering waterfall (~2.5hrs, ~€15/adult)
  • Drive ~1hr 20min back → check in at HOMEBOUND Apartments, Bad Goisern · arrive ~1:30pm ✅
  • Afternoon: 10 min to Hallstatt for evening lakeside walk
✓ HOMEBOUND Apartments · Expedia #72072198804917
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Hallstatt Full Day
Jun 26 · Bad Goisern base
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📍 Day 7 Map
  • Arrive Hallstatt 8:45am (before crowds)
  • Echern Valley → Waldbachstrub Waterfall (~3 miles, ~2.5hrs)
  • Hallstatt Skywalk (Welterbeblick) — free viewpoint, best panoramic view of lake and village
  • Lunch lakeside · afternoon: lake boat or relax
  • Dinner lakeside — try local char (Saibling)
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Grossglockner → Lake Bled
Jun 27 · Bad Goisern → Slovenia
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📍 Day 8 Map
  • Checkout 10am
  • Gosausee — optional (2.85-mile flat loop) · only if energy allows
  • Drive south → Grossglockner High Alpine Road · arrive ~1pm · glacier views at Pasterze · toll €45/car · pack warm layers · ~2hrs on the road
  • Drive ~2hrs 30min (Rome2rio: 2hr 33min direct) → arrive Lake Bled ~8:30pm ✅
  • 🧺 Laundry #2 — use washing machine at Pr' Matjon Pension on arrival night
👕 Laundry #2 — hand in at Pr' Matjon on arrival ✓ Pr' Matjon Pension · Expedia #72072265408188 🏷 Slovenia Dars e-Vignette required — buy online before crossing at evinjeta.dars.si · Automated cameras at border · Fine €300+ if missing
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Lake Bled
Jun 28 · Bled base
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📍 Day 9 Map
  • 7:30am — Mala Osojnica viewpoint (20-min hike, best view of Bled Island)
  • Bled Castle — clifftop fortress, panoramic views (~1.5hrs, €13/adult)
  • Mostnica Gorge — forest trail, Devil's Bridge, ~2 miles
  • Late afternoon: drive ~20 min (Rome2rio: Bled→Bohinj ~20min) to Vogel Cable Car at Bohinj — panoramic Julian Alps views
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Vintgar + Savica + Radovljica 🎂
Jun 29 · Bled base · Veena's Birthday! 🎉
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🎂 Happy Birthday Veena! — celebrated in one of the most beautiful places on Earth, Lake Bled, Slovenia.
📍 Day 10 Map
  • 9:00am — Vintgar Gorge (pre-booked timed entry mandatory) · 1.6-mile boardwalk over blue-green water (~1.5hrs)
  • Drive 30 min → Savica Waterfall (78m cascade, 558 steps, ~1.5hrs)
  • Radovljica old town — medieval town, gingerbread workshop, beekeeping museum (~1hr)
  • Back to Bled for overnight

🎂 Birthday Extras

  • Bled cream cake at Park Café — the iconic local dessert, perfect as a birthday treat!
  • Pletna boat to Bled Island — traditional hand-rowed wooden boat, ring the wishing bell
  • Special birthday dinner lakeside — try Vila Bled or Restavracija Belvedere for the occasion
⏰ Book Vintgar timed entry by May 1 — vintgar.si
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Drive → Dolomites via Lagazuoi
Jun 30 · Bled → Außervillgraten
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📍 Day 11 Map
  • Early checkout (10:30am) · drive west via Passo Falzarego (allow ~3hrs including photo stops at the pass)
  • Lagazuoi cable car (3-min ride to 2,752m · WWI military tunnels with headlamps · ~1.5hrs)
  • Continue to Außervillgraten · ⚠️ Total drive Bled→Außervillgraten ~3hrs (Rome2rio) + Lagazuoi stop ~2hrs = check in ~6pm
  • Late afternoon: drive 25 min to Lago di Braies — or save for sunrise Day 12
⏰ Book Braies parking by May 1 — prags.bz ✓ Das Auss.Zeit · Expedia #72072265941383 · 10.0★
12–13
Dolomites ⭐ Tre Cime + Cinque Torri
Jul 1–2 · Außervillgraten base
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📍 Day 12 Map 📍 Day 13 Map

Day 12 — Tre Cime di Lavaredo

  • Optional Lago di Braies sunrise — leave 5:00am · arrive ~6am · magical reflections · back by 8am
  • Tre Cime di Lavaredo loop (~4.5 miles) — always take Misurina shuttle (€10, fills by 9am)

Day 13 — Cinque Torri

  • Cinque Torri hike (~3 miles) — five dramatic rock towers, WWI trenches, chairlift up
  • Long Italian lunch in Cortina d'Ampezzo
🧺 Laundry #3 — self-service laundromat in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Jul 2 afternoon
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Innsbruck → Dornbirn
Jul 3 · Außervillgraten → Dornbirn
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📍 Day 14 Map
  • Checkout 10am · drive ~1hr 30min (Rome2rio: Außervillgraten→Innsbruck ~1.5hrs) → Innsbruck
  • Nordkette cable car first — up to 2,300m, panoramic Alps views (~2hrs) · weather-dependent, go first
  • Innsbruck old town — Golden Roof, Maria-Theresien-Strasse, Tyrolean dinner
  • Drive ~1hr 30min (Rome2rio: Innsbruck→Dornbirn) west → Dornbirn · check in ~5:30pm
  • 🧺 Laundry #4 — hotel laundry service at Vienna House Martinspark, Dornbirn
👕 Laundry #4 — self-service laundromat in Dornbirn evening ✓ Vienna House Martinspark · Expedia #72072266618761
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Liechtenstein → Rhine Falls → Zurich
Jul 4 · Dornbirn → Zurich
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📍 Day 15 Map
  • Leave 9am · drive ~25 min (Rome2rio: Dornbirn→Vaduz ~25min) → Vaduz, Liechtenstein (border crossing) 🇱🇮
  • Vaduz Castle viewpoint · passport stamp at tourist office (€3 — the girls will love this!)
  • Drive ~45 min → Rhine Falls — take the boat to the central rock (~5 CHF) for the best view
  • Drive ~30 min (Rome2rio) → Zurich — Altstadt, Lake Zurich, Grossmünster, Bahnhofstrasse · dinner
  • Overnight near ZRH airport — Radisson Blu or Hyatt Place (both walkable to terminal)
🏨 Book Zurich Airport hotel Jul 4 · Radisson Blu ZRH or Hyatt Place · walkable to terminal ⏰ Set alarm 5:30am Jul 5
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Fly Home
Jul 5 · ZRH → MCO
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  • Return Hertz car at ZRH ~6:30am · drop-off deadline 7:00am · Hertz desk in Arrivals/Ground Transport level · Conf. L5350959316
  • Depart 7:55am FI571/FI689 via Reykjavík → Orlando MCO 8:50pm

Booking Checklist

✓
Icelandair flights × 4
Ref A77762 · $4,087.92
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Grindelwald gondola — Jun 23
Booking #238070
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Cancel Kópavogur booking
Done
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Check 4 passports (valid Oct 2026+)
Done
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Notify bank of travel dates
Done
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Zurich / Airport — Jul 4–5
When ready · Booking.com / Expedia
⏳ Pending
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🎟 Vintgar Gorge timed entry — Jun 29
By May 1 · vintgar.si
⏳ Pending
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🅿 Lago di Braies parking — Jul 1
By May 1 · prags.bz
⏳ Pending
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⛵ Königssee boat — Jun 24
May/Jun · seenschifffahrt.de · non-refundable
⏳ Pending
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🛡 Travel insurance × 4
By May 15 · any provider
⏳ Pending
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🚗 Ask rental company re vignettes
Before travel — Swiss + Austrian motorway stickers
⏳ Pending

Budget

Flights ✅
$4,088
Accommodation — 8 nights ✅
$2,706
Accommodation — Zurich ⏳
~$200 est.
Car Rentals ✅
$1,182
Food & Drinks
$1,500–$2,200
Activities & Entry Fees
$950–$1,250
Fuel, Tolls & Misc
$850–$1,150
Confirmed so far · Total Estimated
$7,958 · ~$11,500–$13,600

Accommodation Breakdown

PropertyPaid
Guesthouse 77, Eyrarbakki 🇮🇸 · Night 1$212.37
BergOne, Ytri-Njarðvík 🇮🇸 · Night 2$263.98
Tiny House Diemtigtal, Oey 🇨🇭 · Night 3$255.92
Munich 🇩🇪 · Night 4⏳ ~$150 est.
Wurznwirt, Schneizlreuth 🇩🇪$156.88
HOMEBOUND Apartments, Bad Goisern 🇦🇹$429.83
Pr' Matjon Pension, Bled 🇸🇮$467.57
Das Auss.Zeit, Außervillgraten 🇦🇹€515.38 (~$562)
Vienna House Martinspark, Dornbirn 🇦🇹€162.00 (~$177)
Zurich / Airport 🇨🇭⏳ ~$200 est.
Total~$2,888

Cash & Currency Guide

Country Currency Days Bring Needed for
🇮🇸 IcelandISK1–2~$30Snacks, tips
🇨🇭 SwitzerlandCHF3–4, 15–16~$150Hut lunches, Rhine Falls boat, laundromat, Nordkette
🇩🇪 GermanyEUR5~$30Wimbachklamm €4/person
🇦🇹 AustriaEUR6–8, 11–14~$200Grossglockner toll €45, Liechtensteinklamm, gorge entries
🇸🇮 SloveniaEUR8–10~$80Vintgar, Vogel cable car, Bled Castle
🇮🇹 ItalyEUR11–13~$100Lagazuoi, Tre Cime shuttle, Cinque Torri, Braies parking
🇱🇮 LiechtensteinCHF15—Passport stamp €3 (use CHF)
Total~$590~$385 EUR + ~$150 CHF + ~$30 ISK

Key Reminders

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Bring waterproof jackets for Iceland — especially Seljalandsfoss (walk behind the falls)
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Late June Iceland = 24hr daylight — bring eye masks
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Grossglockner toll €45/car — pack warm layers at 2,504m even in summer
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Tre Cime: always take Misurina shuttle (€10), fills by 9am
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Hallstatt: arrive before 9am, crowds arrive fast
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Nordkette Innsbruck: weather-dependent — go first before old town
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ETIAS not required — launches Q4 2026 after your return
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Slovenia Dars e-Vignette — buy at evinjeta.dars.si before crossing. Automated cameras, fine €300+ if missing
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Zurich Airport hotel still needed (Jul 4–5). Consider Radisson Blu Zurich Airport (walkable to terminal) or Hyatt Place Zurich Airport — worth the extra $50 vs a 4:30am shuttle
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Use the HOMEBOUND (Bad Goisern) and Das Auss.Zeit (Außervillgraten) kitchens for dinners — a single restaurant dinner in Switzerland for 4 easily hits $180
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Liechtenstein passport stamp €3 at Vaduz tourist office — worth every cent!