Hi, we have a wedding in Ireland July of 2018 and are thinking of spending a week or so afterwards in Austria and Germany. Curious how crazy busy it is there that time of year. How fast do restaurants fill up? How much in advance do you need to make reservations for hotels, dinner or major attractions.
rough plan: Fly into Munich, visit Mittenwald to Hallstatt to Vienna and fly out of Munich.
appreciate your thoughts! Kathy
Posted by
The Heartland USA
8437 posts
Why not fly open-jaw: in to Munich, out of Vienna? Multi-city tickets can be almost the same as round trip, especially since it saves you the time and expense of getting back to Munich.
Posted by
1900 posts
Crowds should not be a problem, but ultimately it depends how particular you are in choosing the places for staying and dining.
Talking about Vienna, I would book the hotel first to have a larger choice. For sights it is normally not necessary to book in advance. The number of restaurants where you have to make a reservation well in advance is pretty small. Attending a good classical concert or a State Opera performance needs more consideration.
Posted by
OP
chicago, il, usa
84 posts
great thanks! don't think open jaw will work as we are driving and i think there are issues with renting a car in one country and returning in another??
Posted by
1900 posts
The bigger car rental companies are used to one-way rents. Because Germany and Austria are both in the EU the extra costs are not that high.
As an example I checked with Avis: pick up at Munich Airport, car return one week later at Vienna airport is less than €500. This includes already a surcharge of €168 for the one-way rent.
Posted by
Vienna, Austria
5381 posts
You say August in the header and September in the body of your post. Which is it?
Posted by
OP
chicago, il, usa
84 posts
apologies.. wedding is end of July. thanks for your rental observations... i will do the math on renting in Munich and returning in 'Vienna. it would save us time.