Planning a trip to Germany, not sure on what to do, ideas?

Question

I want to plan a trip to Germany, but I'm totally lost as how to plan this and the best place to book a flight and get a hotel without killing myself financially. I know I need a passport and money for spending on like food and drink but as to anything else, I don't know where to go or what to do. I'm planning on taking the trip in the off season so that things will be a bit cheaper for hotels and such, and will be next year because money isn't good right now.

A little guidance in the right direction is all I need. Thanks

Answer 1

Go during oktoberfest a lot of thing to do and your time will be naturally filled up

Answer 2

I care!  I think it depends on what you want to see and your age.  Are you into history and museums as well as architecture, or are you a party person and want to go clubbing.

First of all, it is expensive.  Even with our rising costs here, they have it too, and they were already expensive.  But then you might have money.

Are you traveling alone and into hostels, or are your traveling with other people, who need to have a nice room each night?

If you want some ideas that are a bit frugal, go online to Europe Through The Back Door, by Rick Steves.  He is a local travel guru from my area who does have great ideas, and much more affordable than most people.  He believes in meeting the people and not just touristy places.  He also shares information on when things are affordable.

My experiencs in mainly in Berlin, The Black Forest, and Munich.  I have family there and past exchange students so I have the best of all, home stays when we travel.  The times we have stayed in hotels were always in the $200 range.  A few times I think we kept it to $100 but this was in the east when the wall first opened.  

Answer 3

If you are interested in Zeppelins and techniques I would propose a trip to Munich or Stuttgart. Such bigger cities are advantageous because of near airports and a a good public transport network. So you can get to many locations around these cities without any problems. There are also "tourist-tickets" available, that are - compared to sstandardtickets - pretty cheap. If you search an economical housing you can either check in in an youth hostel or search cheap hotels. For example on this page you can get information about Stuttgart: http://www.stuttgart-tourist.de/index_EN... and here here Munich http://www.muenchen.de/home/60093/Homepa... .

In Stuttgart you can e.g. visit the Mercedes Benz Museum, thePorscheh Museum, or many other sights.

In Munich you can visit the Deutsche Museum (http://www.deutsches-museum.de/index.php... ), the Hofbräuhaus (http://www.hofbraeuhaus.de/en/index_en.h... ) or the Oktoberfest ( http://www.oktoberfest.de/en/index.php ).

There are pretty good train connections between Friedrichshafen and Stuttgart/Munich. Friedrichshafen is located close the Bodensee (Lake Constance). Maybe you can also stay there for some days.

Here is the web page of the Deutschen Bahn http://www.bahn.de/international/view/en... .

(Flights are about 600$. If you book in good time, it may be cheaper.)

Enjoy your trip!!!