central Europe trip for 2 weeks

It's better to say how many nights you are staying. For Vienna, Munich, Prague and Budapest you need at least 3 full days each that means 4 nights. Innsbruck would be OK with one or two full days. There are many kinds of different city cards. Some of them covering museums, palaces, some of them (more expensive) covering also public transport. You get full information in Visitor centers and then you can decide what kind of card you want. I am aware of some discount railroad card for the Czech Republic but you won't be there long enough to take advantage of that. In C.R. (and maybe somewhere else) you can take advantage of group ticket discount. Excursions you mean day trips, right? From Prague castles Karlstejn or Konopiste or medieval Kutna Hora with silver mines.

Yes Ofcourse i mean nights, n i was wondering if I should add one more night to Prague and remove a night away from Innsbruck. the basic idea of staying more at Innsbruck is that I can avail a full week complimentary stay at Innsbruck. N By excursions i mean day trips, yes you are right in this sense.

City sightseeing cards are different for each city; they are rarely a really necessary purchase. I recommend stopping at the local tourist office in each city to pick up the details and get their advice. There is not anything else similar to the Vorteils card. I would not stay 4 days in Innsbruck unless you do plan to make some excursions from there.

Thanks Laura,
If you Remember the last topics i created, we were discussing about options available for excursions from Innsbruck, yeah I m planning excursions for Salzburg, zell am see and dolomites. i would be staying at igls by the way.

I used to poopoo the Budapest Card, but then someone convinced me to actually look up the benefits and do an analysis. For a first time visitor with a fairly general set of interests it can pay for its self. A 72hour Budapest Card is 8790ft a 72 hour Travel Card (public transportation access only) is 4150ft. So you have to save about $19 using the Budapest Card to break even. that's $6.33 a day. Very doable depending on your interests. http://budapest-card.com/en/

vikas,

when it comes to "city cards" its best to do the math. since you know where you will be going, you can look at each cities' card and add up the savings and see if its "worth it" to you and your pocket book. Sometimes they include public transportation, sometimes not.

I bought the Budapest Card since it penciled out for me. As far as Vienna and Prague, they didnt.

Happy trails.

Here is a helpful link for info on the Vienna Card (hint, it really isn't a good deal):

http://www.tripadvisor.com/Travel-g190454-c128091/Vienna:Austria:Should.I.Get.The.Vienna.Card.html

Emily, Emily, Emily,
I was Waiting For you, how come you are so late this time ? Anyway I Have read the article in the link you sent. i am sure I am not going to take the Card now. can U tell me if the 72 hrs ticket covers hop on hop off buses also ?thanks again for your cooperation and patience for your worthy advice.
Vikas

Hop on Hop off buses are private companies and not part of the Vienna public transportation system, so, no, they are not covered. If you are talking about regular city buses, then, yes, it is covered.

The HOHO buses in Budapest aren't a terrible idea but you can do nearly as good and have a lot more fun in the process by using the trams and walking.

Okay so,
Here's the final scenario what it looks like,
We fly in to Munich from Delhi on May 25th and move straight to Innsbruck and we have to stay at hotel bon alpina igls, so Please tell me which s bahn to take from Munich airport to which station of Munich to catch a fast ec train for Innsbruck ? After Staying 3 nights we've to head back to acom hotel in haar, Munich. kindly again fetch me the route via trains. On 31 st may we have to move to Prague, hotel aron Prague 3, kindly again advise for moving from haar Munich to this hotel. on 3rd June we move from here to hotel airo tower in favoriten Vienna, again the word of advice is appreciated for transport. the final destination is Budapest hotel drive inn in budasor. We Check out on 9th to fly back to Delhi. Now Please advise on moving from Vienna to my hotel and from there to Budapest airport.
P. s. We will be having a 15 days continuous eurail pass that makes travel free for the kids and 72 hrs travel pass for every city.
Come On now fire me with your advice.

If you are going from Munich airport to Munich Hbf (central station ), then take S-Bahn 8. The HoHo Bus can be boarded at eh Bahnhofsvorplatz, (directly opposite of the train station on the Bayerstrasse side), not far from the Karstadt dept, store.

To find train routes and schedules, use the Bahn (German Rail) website http://reiseauskunft.bahn.de/bin/query.exe/en, following Rick's tutorial: http://www.ricksteves.com/travel-tips/transportation/trains/online-schedules

I just Googled your Budapest hotel, and worldinbetween is right - it's miles from anything you want to see. Even if there is bus service, you'll spend hours getting to places of interest. I'd do whatever it takes to stay somewhere closer to the center, on the Pest side if possible.

Thanks Julie and Harold, i have already asked my agent to give a centrally located hotel not only in Budapest but Also in Munich. rest of them seem to be okay. Actually the Problem comes here, i am an Indian passport holder and schengen countries have got a higher rate of visa rejection if we apply by ourselves but If we put our application through a travel agent then they give visa without much problem and the agency always mediate for those people who book their flight and hotels from them. this is where they play tricks sometimes And give you hotels which are not good enough or poorly located. thanks guys.