I have been looking over various train schedules and options for our Easter week trip to Munich and would love some input regarding the order of our train travel. We are starting and ending the week (Sunday-Sunday) in Munich. There are 3 of us.
Tuesday: day trip to Hohenschwangau/Neuschwanstein, looks like we could use a Bayern ticket?
Wednesday - Friday Option A:
Early morning train to Salzburg arriving around 9 am--store luggage at train station luggage lockers, do SOM bike tour, lunch, late afternoon train Salzburg to Innsbruck where we have 2 nights booked. Morning (TBD time) train return to Munich.
Wednesday Option B:
Morning (TBD time) to Innsbruck, sightsee, check into hotel for 2 nights.
Thursday: early morning train to Salzburg to make 9:30 SOM bike tour, lunch, sightsee, return train to Innsbruck late afternoon/early evening.
Friday morning return train to Munich.
We did not want to change hotels another time mid-week and group preferred to stay in Innsbruck vs Salzburg for a home base. While the Wednesday Option A seems more logical route vs out and back to Salzburg, I am concerned about the hassle of storing luggage as one person in our group will be in Germany for a month for work and therefore will have either a larger suitcase or 2 carry on size bags.
I would greatly appreciate any thoughts on both the route as well as train ticket options we should consider. I am not sure if we can purchase a complete round trip option Munich-Salzburg-Innsbruck-Munich or Munich-Innsbruck with on/off in Salzburg or if we need to divide these up into a few one way tickets. Once we decide route details, is there any reason I should wait to purchase tickets or just move forward with tickets and seat reservations given the holiday week?