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    • Get Travel Insurance and complete form E111 (available from Post Offices).  
       
       
    • Check FCO Travel Advice.  
       
       
    • Bring enough money: note that credit cards are not as widely accepted in Austria as in the UK.  
       
       
    • Keep belongings in a safe place.  
       
       
    • Beware of pickpockets in popular tourist areas.  
       
       
    • If you plan to spend time in forested areas, take medical advice on inoculations for Tick-Borne Encephalitis.  
       
       
    • Obtain a motorway vignette before using Austrian motorways. Heavy fines are levied on the spot to offenders.  
       
       
    • Leave a copy of your passport and travel insurance details with a contact in the UK.  
       
       
    • Enter next of kin details into the back of your passport.  
       
       
    • Don't carry drugs.  
       
       
    • Do not ski off-piste. Seek out information on avalanche conditions and follow instructions given to you by local authorities at all times.