When do you validate the Venicecard?

Some friends are going to Venice for two days, and will get a Venicecard. They are trying to choose between a twelve and a forty-eight hour card. They think that, aside from the trip from the airport to the hotel, they will not use the card the first day. They know you have to validate the card the first time you travel, but they wonder whether that applies to the trip from the airport to the City. They have heard that you can travel from the City to the airport on an expired card, and wonder if that works both ways.

Grazie

I hope this helps:
http://www.venicecard.com

VENICEcard is YOUR DISCOUNT TICKET TO THE CITY'S MAJOR TOURIST ATTRACTIONS

VENICEcard Senior for cardholders 30 years and over

VENICEcard Junior for cardholders up to 29 years old

Choose your VENICEcard :

VENICEcard BLUE Basic
offers
PUBLIC TRANSPORT, PUBLIC TOILETS, AND MANY OTHER DISCOUNTS

VENICEcard ORANGE Culture
offers
FREEE ACCESS TO PUBLIC TRANSPORT, TO THE MUNICIPAL MUSEUMS AND PUBLIC TOILETS AND ON THE 48hours AND 7 DAYS CARD, FREE ACCESS TO THE 16 CHURCHES OF CHORUS ASSOCIATION, TO THE QUERINI STAMPALIA FOUNDATION AND TO THE JEWISH MUSEUM:

It is valid for
- 12 HOURS (consecutive hours)

- 48 HOURS (consecutive hours)

- 7 DAYS (168 consecutive hours)

ARRIVING AT THE MARCO POLO AIRPORT?Choose the added benefit of the ALILAGUNA shuttle service in your VENICEcard.

ARRIVING BY CAR? Show your VENICEcard to the personnel at "Venice Tronchetto Parking" and you will receive a 20% discount on car park over 鈧?0,00.

VENICEcard WHEN, HOW, WHERE

BOOK

FROM HOME, up to 48 hours before picking it up, www.venicecard.it
After you make your reservation, print out the voucher to take with you to Venice;
or
call the Call Center +39 0412424 from 8:00 am to 7:30 pm every day.
The operator will tell you the code number of your reservation.


Pick up your reserved VENICEcard at:

VELA ticket offices

Piazzale Roma, from 7:00 am to 9:00 pm every day.

Train station, from 7:00 am to 9:00 pm every day

Tronchetto, from 7:00 am to 8:00 pm every day

Punta Sabbioni terminal from 6:15 am to 8:00 pm every day



Marco Polo Airportin Venice:

VELA ticket offices from 9:00 am to 7:00 pm every day;

ALILAGUNA/ATVO ticket offices, every day from 7:00 pm to midnight




PURCHASE

AT HOME, up to 48 hours before pick up

Visit www.venicecard.it. Pay by credit card and enjoy a slight discount!
After you purchase the card, print out the receipt to take with you to Venice for pick up.



WHEN YOU ARRIVE IN VENICE

VENICE

VELA ticket-offices ( call center 041.24.24 )
APT Tourist board ( info@turismovenezia.it )
Chorus Association ( info@chorusvenezia.it )
Welcome Desk VeneziaS矛 ( info@veneziasi.it )
VTP - Terminal Cruises ( vtp@vtp.it )
OLTREX Viaggi
AIG Hostel ( 041.52.38.211 - vehostel@tin.it )
Book-shop Querini Stampalia ( 041.52.34.411 )
TREVISO

ATVO Ticket office c/o Aeroporto di Treviso