Grab your 2026 Hungarian motorway vignettes – massive savings on the Budapest–Vienna stretch!

The pre-sale of 2026 motorway vignettes kicked off with a bang: travellers snapped up a whopping 23,000 annual e-vignettes in the first week, from 8 to 14 December, according to a statement released today by National Toll Payment Services Plc (NÚSZ Ltd).

Huge discounts for the Budapest-Vienna motorway

More than 8,500 national annual vignettes, 13,000 county-specific vignettes and nearly 1,500 M1 regional zone vignettes flew off the shelves, with 84% purchased for Hungarian-registered D1-category passenger cars, the Hungarian News Agency reported.

“Drivers are already taking advantage of the new M1 regional e-vignette, with almost 1,500 sold in the first seven days of pre-sales – 88% of them for domestic D1 passenger cars,” said Tamás Bartal, Chairman and CEO of NÚSZ Ltd, in the statement.

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“It is crucial that everyone planning to use the M1 motorway next year is aware of this option. If you are buying a vignette for any county along the route, rethink your habits – the M1 regional vignette could save you a significant amount of money,” he added.

Those who purchase county vignettes now and later decide to switch to the regional one may not be entitled to a refund. Once a county vignette becomes valid, there is no legal way to reclaim the cost, Bartal warned.