Poland to Croatia — which vignettes do you need?

The corridor the route planner uses for Poland → Croatia runs through Slovakia and Hungary. Two vignette systems sit on that route: Slovakia and Hungary both require a digital vignette tied to your plate. Poland charges tolls only on certain motorways, and Croatia charges tolls per section instead of a vignette.

Route breakdown and charging systems

What the two vignette legs cost

Full tables and vehicle categories are on the Slovakia vignette guide and the Hungary vignette guide.

Key tips for the corridor

1. Slovakia: the plate is the vignette

The Slovak e-vignette is registered to your licence plate in the eznamka system, so check the plate number and country code before you pay. The 1-day product ends at 23:59:59 on the selected day; it is not a 24-hour pass, and the 10-day product includes the starting day. A transit through Slovakia is short, but the vignette must be valid before you enter a road that requires it.

2. Hungary: the category comes from the registration document

Hungary's e-matrica category follows the registration certificate, not the size of the vehicle. A car registered as M1 with up to seven seats is D1; a van registered as N1, or any vehicle with eight or more seats, is D2. The 1-day vignette ends at 23:59 on the selected day, so a same-day purchase covers only the remaining hours. For anything beyond a same-day crossing, the 10-day vignette is the safer choice.

3. Motorcycles: Slovakia and Hungary differ

Slovakia exempts motorcycles from the vignette. Hungary does not: motorcycles buy the D1M product (€9.45 (HUF 3,450) for 10 days). For Poland and Croatia, check the operator's own rules before you ride.

4. Croatia: tolls, not a vignette

Croatia still uses toll barriers on many sections. Have a valid card or a local ENC device ready — full details in the Croatia toll guide.

5. The Czech–Austrian–Slovenian drive is a different route

Many drivers from southern Poland head south through Czechia, Austria and Slovenia instead. That is not the planner's corridor and it changes the bill completely: it replaces the Slovak and Hungarian vignettes with the Czech, Austrian and Slovenian vignettes, plus any Alpine section toll you use (for example the Karawanken tunnel). Work out which road you will actually drive before you buy anything.

Practical route checklist

1. 1 Register the plate correctly in Slovakia and keep the confirmation until you have left the country.
2. 2 Vehicle class: if your van or camper is over 3.5 t, Slovakia (Mýto SK) and Hungary (HU-GO) use distance-based tolling instead of the vignettes above.
3. 3 Confirm the route: the vignettes on this page apply to the Poland → Slovakia → Hungary → Croatia corridor only.

The purpose of this guide is to simplify the planning logic before departure. Once you know which countries matter on your route, open the linked country guides and confirm the current rules on the official operator websites.