These general terms and conditions apply likewise to all categories of Kärnten Card (Kärnten Card for tourists, Kärnten Card for local residents, Wörthersee Kärnten Card and Nationalpark Kärnten Card), unless otherwise expressly stipulated within the single regulations.

1. Service:
 With the purchase of the Kärnten Card the purchaser is entitled, according to the respective card category, to take advantage of the offers presented in this brochure. Those are Kärnten Card inclusive benefits offered by Kärnten Card inclusive partners, Kärnten Card bonus benefits offered by Kärnten Card bonus partners or benefits offered by Verkehrsverbund Kärnten

Benefits offered by Verkehrsverbund Kärnten are excluded from the Kärnten Card for local residents.

Kärnten Card inclusive benefits include the use of the offered service, which has already been compensated by purchasing the Kärnten Card.

Kärnten Card bonus benefits entitle to a reduction of at least 10% off the price which is to be paid for the particular service used. 

The content of the brochure and the card category are always authoritative for the extent and kind of service which can be claimed.

2. Scope of services/Liability:
 All Kärnten Card partners are obligated to put their as Kärnten Card offers marked services at the disposal of Kärnten Card holders, within promotion period, normal business hours and general terms and conditions of business or transport, unlimited in time and with full quality and quantity. 

Kärnten Card bonus partners are subject to the best price guarantee and are not allowed to grant any other individual costumer better conditions than Kärnten Card holders. 

Limitations in the use of Kärnten Card offers can generally arise due to the opening hours of some Kärnten Card partners which, mainly due to circumstances attributed to weather and season, do not cover the full promotion period of Kärnten Card offers. Further limitations may occur due to individual closure periods. The opening hours given in the brochure are therefore to be observed. 

Moreover, the Interessensgemeinschaft Kärnten Card reserves the right to end the agreement with individual Kärnten Card partners, Kärnten Card bonus partners and with Verkehrsverbund Kärnten at any time, even within the promotion period, due to important reasons, without having to compensate Kärnten Card holders for the subsequently omitted possibility to use the offered services. 

In general, the Interessensgemeinschaft Kärnten Card and her cooperation partner Anzeigen & Marketing Kleine Zeitung GmbH & Co KG do not assume any liability for any damage Kärnten Card holders might sustain while using the offered services. 

When using such services, the Kärnten Card holder becomes a contractual partner of the particular Kärnten Card partner, so that claims, whatever they may be, are to be asserted exclusively to the respective Kärnten Card partner. 

For services of Wörthersee Kärnten Card and Nationalpark Kärnten Card the terms and conditions of the Wörthersee Tourismus GmbH and the Großglockner Tourismus GmbH may apply.

3. Toll Roads/Boat Lines/Cable Cars:
 On toll roads every car or bus passenger has to have a valid Kärnten Card, otherwise a proportional toll is charged. 

Boat line offers relate to scheduled trips according to timetable, but not to special events and special services. 

The Kärnten Card is a leisure card and not a sports card. Cable car offers does therefore not refer do daily repeated rides for the purpose of sport activity (among others paragliding, tobogganing, cycling).

4. Issuing Conditions:
 The Kärnten Card for tourists and the Kärnten Card for local residents are issued by authorized issuing offices. Already issued Kärnten Cards for local residents can be topped-up in authorized top-up points and internet portals.

The Kärnten Card for local residents can be purchased only by persons resident in Carinthia or East Tyrol.
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The Nationalpark Kärnten Card is issued free of charge by certain accommodation facilities for the duration of stay and cannot be acquired by purchase.

5. Validity Conditions:
 The Kärnten Card is non-transferable and is only valid in conjunction with valid photo identification. All Kärnten Card services can therefore be used exclusively by the named holder within The Kärnten Card validity period (promotion period). 

The promotion period, within which guests can take advantage of the services after purchasing the Kärnten Card, is defined in the annually issued Kärnten Card brochure. The validity period of every single Kärnten Card depends on the acquired service package.

The Kärnten Card and her service packages are valid only within the legal year of their purchase. A refund for unused or only partly used cards and packages is excluded.

6. Use:
 To obtain the services related to the Kärnten Card, the card holder exhibits his card to the respective partner facility or member of Verkehrsverbund Kärnten, who will check its validity. The card holder is obligated to show valid photo identification upon request. If the card holder is not able to do so, the Kärnten Card services can be refused.

7. Misuse:
 In case of misuse or suspected misuse the Kärnten Card partners and Verkehrsverbund Kärnten are entitled and obligated to confiscate the card without compensation. 

Transferring the Kärnten Card to a third person is not allowed and may result in consequences under criminal law!

8. Prices and Reductions for Children:
 The listed prices for the single card categories quoted annually in the Kärnten Card brochure apply. The reductions related to certain age groups comply with the years of birth, quoted in the Kärnten Card brochure for the respective legal year.

Children, who reach the age of six in the legal year of the card purchase, get a free Kärnten Card.

Children, who reach the age of at least seven and at most fifteen in the legal year of the card purchase, are entitled to a reduced fee.

Senior citizens, who reach the age of sixty-one in the legal year of the card purchase, can take advantage of the senior rate.

When buying a Kärnten Card for at least one adult (parents or grandparents) and two children, who reach the age of at least seven and at most fifteen in the legal year of the card purchase, the Kärnten Card for any additional child is free of charge. This arrangement does not apply to the Kärnten Card for local residents.

9. Use of Personal Data:
 At the purchase of Kärnten Card for local residents the card holder agrees with the transmission of his personal data (name, date of birth, postal and e-mail address and telephone number) to the Kärnten Card cooperation partner Anzeigen & Marketing Kleine Zeitung GmbH & Co KG.

At the purchase of a “Kärnten Card – Kleine Zeitung Vorteilsclubkarte “ (card with combined functions of “Kärnten Card for local residents” and those of the member card of Kleine Zeitung Vorteilsclub – the so called “Kombikarte”) the card holder agrees with the transmission of the stored user data of his “Kombikarte” during the electronic data processing to the cooperation partner Anzeigen & Marketing Kleine Zeitung GmbH & Co KG.

The card holder agrees furthermore to receive information via telephone, fax, e-mail or SMS from the cooperation partner for advertising purposes, direct marketing or as bulk mail. The card holder has the right to revoke the agreement for data use at any time in written form.

10. Theft/Loss:
 In case of theft or loss of the card, the card holder can report this occurrence to any issuing office. The Interessensgemeinschaft Kärnten Card and her cooperation partner Anzeigen & Marketing Kleine Zeitung GmbH & Co KG are not liable in case of theft or loss.