The Salzburg Card website has FAQs but two questions seem to provide different answers, but I may be missing a nuance.
Here's the specific question I'm trying to answer. If I order the Salzburg Card online and I drive in, dropping the rental car at the airport, how do I get to my hotel using free bus ride granted by the Salzburg card?
The FAQs below seem to indicate I can get my Salzburg card at the airport, but I have to activate it at one of the two Tourist Offices in town. But there's also a mention of a voucher that the bus will take (only once), but when/where do I get the voucher? And why would I use the voucher if I can get the card at the airport?
When I book my Salzburg Card online, can I use it immediately?
No. When you book online, you receive a voucher which you will then
have to exchange for the actual card at one of our two tourist
information centers in Salzburg, either on Mozart Square (at No. 5
Mozartplatz) or at the main station (No. 1 Südtirolerplatz). The
voucher itself is valid as a one-time bus ticket from the airport or
from Park & Ride car parks in the city.Do I have to book/reserve the Salzburg Card online before I actually
arrive in Salzburg?No. You can obtain your personal Salzburg Card after you get here,
from virtually all hotels in the city, at ticket offices, all tourist
information offices in and around the city, at the airport, the main
station etc.