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Oktoberfest Question - Staying in Dießen am Ammersee

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Hello,
I am going to be traveling to Munich for Oktoberfest with two other people during the weekend of September 26-28th. We are three students studying abroad and none of us have ever been to Oktoberfest before. We were looking for the most affordable place to stay apart from campsites, which obviously is sort of difficult to find during Oktoberfest.

I ended up booking a place in Dießen am Ammersee after reading that it was a quiet place to stay that was accessible to Munich, yet far enough away to mostly avoid raised prices during Oktoberfest. However, I am worried that the cost of transportation to and from Oktoberfest and the airport will end up just costing the same amount as it would to stay closer to Munich. That being said, the place I booked seems very nice and quiet which we all like. What will be the easiest and cheapest way to travel to and from Munich during the weekend? I saw that someone suggested a regional day ticket for Bavaria (I can't remember exactly what it's called). How often do these trains run, and do you think it's worth staying in Dießen am Ammersee?

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It is called the Bayern-Ticket, just buy it the day you need it. For the three of you, it would be 32 euro, good all day on regional trains plus the S Bahn, U Bahn, and buses, so all transport within Munich.

The catches are, you have to wait until after 9:00 AM to travel on weekdays, and if you buy the ticket for three, you three need to be together.

There is also the Deutschland Ticket, no time restriction, costs ~60 euro each, but is good for a month (Not sure what your other plans are, where you are coming from, so can't say if it would be better)

I would check though what the schedule looks like getting back to Dießen am Ammersee, some towns can be difficult to get to later at night.

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Just checked the MVgo app (Munich's free public transport app). You can use it to view the connection from Theresienwiese to Dießen am Ammersee. As an example, I chose 11pm departure from Theresienwiese. The app then suggests the following connection:

11pm U4 (subway) from 'Theresienwiese' to 'Munich Central' (Hauptbahnhof)
11:20pm RE70 (regional train) from 'Munich Central' to 'Geltendorf'
12am RB67 (regional train) from 'Geltendorf' to Dießen

So it's definitely possible, even if it takes about 1 hour and 15 minutes in total. And the Bayern-Ticket has already been mentioned. So the trip is also very cheap for the three of you. It is important to find out what the last possible connection is because the trains do not run all night.

If you take a taxi, the trip home to Dießen would cost in total about 100-120 Euros. Honestly, in the worst-case scenario, it wouldn't be a big deal.

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The catches are, you have to wait until after 9:00 AM to travel on weekdays

However, the OP wants to travel on a weekend where no such restrictions apply on the Bayernticket.

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We visited Bavaria last Summer for a few days before our Danube River cruise.
We purchased a Bavaria rail ticket that was a real bargain.
Still, note that almost every time we took the "regional trains" we had to stand up most of the time. Not a huge problem, but I had a bad hip that I later had a hip replacement and at times it was a bit painful.

Also, we had two regional trains (you are limited to regional trains) that we cancelled and we almost missed our connection to the riverboat on the Danube.

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