Vienna Tourist Trap Tips by WStat

If you walk by the Vienna Opera or in the pedestrian-zone between the opera-house and St Stephens you will meet dozens of mozart-like, baroquish clad men and women, trying to sell you tickets for "Original Viennese" concerts.
As long as you like the rather "light" type of music, Strauss walzes, operette-melodies or if you savor small orchestras of (nice) young ladies performing those kind of music-styles, as long as you want to watch 1 or 2 ballet-couples doing the Vienna-waltz, everything is ok, although the tickets are rather expensive (about 40-60 EUR)
BUT do NOT expect performances, like you might know from the Viennese Opera or our NEW YEARS CONCERT !!

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At Least Do This: If you cant get away without savoring some music in "the city of music" Vienna, check the program and location, before booking your tickets. Compare prices and do NOT book with the first "Mozart", you meet.
BETTER check with your reception-desk clerks, who might get you better prices and better concerts!
Alternative: One thing you should do, if you are a serious lover of classical music: check the online- ticket-site of
WIENER KONZERTHAUSGESELLSCHAFT and WIENER MUSIKVEREIN at

http://www.viennaclassic.com/wien-musikverein/

Here you could easily book your tickets several weeks or days in advance at nearly the same price, you would have to pay for the above mentioned "Viennese" concerts !

Viennas airport is situated in the small town of Schwechat, 18kms from Viennas city center and lies in the federal state of Lower Austria.
Due to an old, non-EU-conform law Vienna taxis are NOT allowed to take up passengers in Schwechat, and Schwechat Taxis NOT in Vienna.
Therefore each ( uninformed) traveller has to pay BOTH rides - from AND to Schwechat or v.v.

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At Least Do This: You can avoid this either by taking the CAT (City airport train) from Schwechat to Central Vienna (and hire a taxi there to your hotel) OR by making a reservation by phone in advance at one of the cheaper taxi companies, like most Viennese already do !
At the moment the best rates are by Airport-Service (+43 699 1666 1666) one way EUR 23,-(19,- for companies), and C&K (+43(1) 44 444) EUR 29,- The drivers will expect you in the arrival-hall,carrying your name-plate
If you don`t reserve in advance or just flag a taxi in Vienna or at the airport, you may pay at least around EUR 40,- !!
The first address does not have a website yet. Both companies are most reliable, tried them out several times !
Alternative: Another choice would be to take the CAT or the (slower and cheaper) train to the citiy:
See more details on trains and CAT at
http://www.virtualtourist.com/travel/Europe/Austria/Bundesland_Wien/Vienna-320332/Transportation-Vienna-by_airplane_to_Vienna-R-1.html
on Schnuck30 Vienna-page !