100+ Free Befähigungsprüfung Reisebüro Practice Questions

It is the trade competence examination for the regulated travel agency trade, which appears at § 94 Z 56 of the Gewerbeordnung 1994. The examination regulation, the Reisebürogewerbe-Befähigungsprüfungsordnung, is issued by the Fachverband der Reisebüros, and the examination is run by the Meisterprüfungsstellen of the provincial Economic Chambers. Passing it establishes the professional qualification (Befähigungsnachweis) needed to run or legally manage a travel agency in Austria.

Two. Under the examination regulation in force since 1 January 2023, Modul 1 is a written examination in four subjects — Vertrieb von Reiseleistungen schriftlich, Unternehmensmanagement schriftlich, Reisekalkulation und Kostenrechnung, and Tarifwesen aus dem Flugbereich — and Modul 2 is an oral examination in Vertrieb von Reiseleistungen mündlich and Unternehmensmanagement mündlich, taken before the full commission. The modules are assessed separately and may be taken in either order. Older sources describing four or five modules refer to the regulation that applied until the end of 2022.

Nothing for the first and second attempt. Since 1 January 2024 the Meisterprüfungsstellen charge no examination fee for first and second attempts at Austrian Meister- und Befähigungsprüfungen. Optional preparation is charged separately: the WIFI intensive course including the flight tariff subject costs about €3,420 in Innsbruck and about €3,900 in St. Pölten for 2026.

Where a trader supplies a travel service in its own name using bought-in services from third parties (Reisevorleistungen), VAT is charged on the margin — the difference between what the customer pays and the cost of those bought-in services — rather than on the full price. The trader cannot deduct input VAT on the bought-in services, and the invoice must indicate that the special scheme for travel agents was applied. Since 1 January 2022 the scheme also applies to business customers, and the margin must be determined for each individual travel service rather than pooled across a return period.

Candidates who want the trade licence restricted to Bodentourismus do not have to sit the subject Tarifwesen aus dem Flugbereich within Modul 1 (§ 12 of the Prüfungsordnung). Sitting that subject as well qualifies the candidate for the unrestricted travel agency trade, which covers organising and selling air travel. Note that this is a subject within the written module, not a separate module of its own.

The official examination is written and oral, conducted in German, and develops its tasks from operational practice rather than from a fixed set of multiple-choice items. This 100-question bank is an English-language multiple-choice study adaptation, not an official translation and not a simulation of the exam format — in particular it cannot rehearse the oral module before the commission. It is designed to consolidate the underlying law and numeracy: the PRG and Pauschalreiseverordnung, the GewO trade rules, § 23 UStG margin calculations, tour costing formulas, IATA tariff rules and Austrian labour law.