Octoberfest Accomodations

I think it would take great courage to show up in Munich at Octoberfest without a reservation for a room.

I can recommend from experience the Hotel Platzl just around the corner from the Marienplatz.

Thanks for the suggestion... looks like they are booked though. :(

I recently was in the same situation, being in Munich the exact same days. Our flight is scheduled to leave October 4th. I made reservations about 2 weeks ago at a hotel in a small city closer to the airport (which is 45 minutes away).

My personal advice, since it is so close and EVERYTHING is going to be booked, I would consider taking the train into the city, even if it is 30 minutes. I would look at several of the smaller cities outside of Munich. Hotels are much less expensive there too.

Good luck !!!

I will also be there for Oktoberfest. I requested prices from a couple places months ago and they were ridiculous! Around $200-$300 for tiny singles. I ended up using some hotel reward points for a room - no jacking prices up on points :) If you have any hotel points, I would suggest looking into that.

You can go to Tripadvisor in the Munich hotel pages, type in your dates, and it will give you a list of all availability and prices. I just did it with dates of checkin on Oct 1 for 3 nights...it came back with lots and lots of hotels.

Try the towns of Erding, Freising, Hallbergmoos...near the airport but serviced by public transport into Munich. It is still going to be a challange, I think.

I am going the weekend before Oktoberfest and even then I couldn't find anything in Munich proper for less than 250euros...With the 1.4x conversion factor, that was getting a bit out of my budget, so I found something much cheaper (around 100euros) near the town of Neufarn (near the airport). It remains to be seen how good the place is, but I am hoping for the best.

Nandan

I booked only a few days ago at etap hotels. $126 euro for 2 people for 2 nights.

two years ago we stayed at the hotel royal in Munich for Oktoberfest. It was about $100usd including a good breakfast in the morning. it is across the street basically from the main train station and about a 15-20 min walk to the Oktoberfest sight. If you put in google hotel royal munich it will come up. It is next to a couple of strip joints. But we never had any problems feeling unsafe. Good luck and enjoy Oktoberfest.

Help!!!! My husband and I will be there for 1 night, Sept. 25, and we can't find a thing! What are some other towns I could try? We will be going to Rothenburg in the morning. I've tried Erding, Freising, and Hallbergmoos, no luck. (for under $150 that is) Thanks!

Jenny - how are you going to Rothenburg? Train or auto?

You should make arrangements before you get there. Everything will be booked, and/or very expensive. But going from hotel to hotel to find something will waste time while you could be enjoying the city.

Allison, Jenny:

Augsburg is an attractive city about 35-45 minutes north of Munich (and on the way to Rothenburg, roughly.) There are several hotels near the train station if that's how you're traveling; trains from Munich run until midnight or so, roughly.

I've stayed at the hostel in Augsburg with my family. It's been newly remodeled to be more like a hotel - most rooms there have 2 beds. The website (in German) shows availability for a 2-bed room w/ breakfast buffet on 9/25, 10/1, and 10/3 for under 50 Euros. The hostel is about 15-20 minutes' walk as I recall. You can see some photos here:

http://www.jugendherberge.de/jh/bayern/augsburg/galerie/03960.shtml.de

I would contact them soon if this suits you.

Jugendherberge Augsburg Unterer Graben 6 86152 Augsburg Tel. 0821/78 08 89-0 Fax 0821/78 08 89-29

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Good luck! Russ

Thank you everyone! (Oh, and we will be taking the train to Rothenberg in the morning.)

I just checked the hotel suggested above and there is a problem- they only accept people under 27 unless you have an underage child! My husband is 30, so then he would be turned away???

Jenny: In Bavarian hostels, under 27s are supposed to get booking priority. However, the online booking system seems to hold a certain number of rooms for "oldsters" like your husband and me. Try this page:

http://djh-ris.de/ris.php3?lang=E

I think you can book it online for 9/25 here. You must stipulate your ages by checking boxes, but when I did that (one 27+, one under) for your dates, it offered a double room.

Good luck!
Russ

We found a place in Augsburg, Germany. It's about 30 min. by train from Munich and we are staying at Hotel Terratel for EUR 89 for a double room, one night. Not a bad deal at all, considering it's Oktoberfest.

Jenny - sounds like a good find. If you are arriving in Augsburg late by train and leaving early - as it sounds - you may want to make sure your room is near the station. I'm not sure where the Terratel is.