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Travel plans, routes and timetables / munich-vienna-prague-budapest-berlin
« on: February 25, 2010, 11:14:22 pm »
I have read some posts and are am impressed with the advice people have received. I am planning a trip in early May and would like travel advice. My destinations are Munich, Berlin, Vienna, Budapest and Prague. For flight from US, it is best to fly into Munich or Berlin and then take trains to the above places. There are two scenarios. I may arrive May 1 and leave May 16, or arrive May 4 and leave May 18. If I do May 4 to 18 I fear that I may not be able to visit all the above cities and may eliminate Prague. In any case, what is the best route for doing all the above? I was thinking of flying into Berlin, then trains to Prague, then to Budapest, then to Vienna, then to Munich. Whether I start in Berlin or Munich I would not need to return to the destination city to fly home. I would book one way flights from and back to Boston.
Here is what I have figured out. Let me know if this looks like a good plan. I tried to see fares for Prague to Budapest on www.eshop.cd.cz but the Purchase button didn't appear for my dates. I used dates in the more recent future just to see the process, and found that the fares were 35Kc which is $1.80. Is that correct? Also the website says that there is no way to guarantee seats together. Is that true? I will be with one other person. We are 27 and 28. The Prague to Budapest is the longest train ride. If I did an overnight, how much are sleeper cars? Can those be purchased online?
Date Departure Dep Time Arrival Arr Time Fare Via
4/30/2010 Boston 8:05 PM Berlin 12:15 PM $927.36 Air Lufthansa
5/16/2010 Munich 3:50 PM Boston 6:20 PM
5/4/2010 Berlin 8:36 AM Prague 1:27 PM € 29.00 Train http://bahn.hafas.de/bin/query.exe/en
5/7/2010 Prague 12:37 AM Budapest 8:32 AM ? Train http://www.oebb.at/en/index.jsp
5/7/2010 Prague 5:39 AM Budapest 12:32 PM ? Train www.eshop.cd.cz
5/7/2010 Prague 7:39 AM Budapest 2:32 PM ? Train www.eshop.cd.cz
5/10/2010 Budapest 7:10 AM Vienna 10:08 AM € 19.00 Train http://www.oebb.at/en/index.jsp
5/10/2010 Budapest 9:10 AM Vienna 12:08 PM € 19.00 Train http://www.oebb.at/en/index.jsp
5/13/2010 Vienna 8:40 AM Munich 1:37 PM € 29.00 Train http://bahn.hafas.de/bin/query.exe/en
Here is what I have figured out. Let me know if this looks like a good plan. I tried to see fares for Prague to Budapest on www.eshop.cd.cz but the Purchase button didn't appear for my dates. I used dates in the more recent future just to see the process, and found that the fares were 35Kc which is $1.80. Is that correct? Also the website says that there is no way to guarantee seats together. Is that true? I will be with one other person. We are 27 and 28. The Prague to Budapest is the longest train ride. If I did an overnight, how much are sleeper cars? Can those be purchased online?
Date Departure Dep Time Arrival Arr Time Fare Via
4/30/2010 Boston 8:05 PM Berlin 12:15 PM $927.36 Air Lufthansa
5/16/2010 Munich 3:50 PM Boston 6:20 PM
5/4/2010 Berlin 8:36 AM Prague 1:27 PM € 29.00 Train http://bahn.hafas.de/bin/query.exe/en
5/7/2010 Prague 12:37 AM Budapest 8:32 AM ? Train http://www.oebb.at/en/index.jsp
5/7/2010 Prague 5:39 AM Budapest 12:32 PM ? Train www.eshop.cd.cz
5/7/2010 Prague 7:39 AM Budapest 2:32 PM ? Train www.eshop.cd.cz
5/10/2010 Budapest 7:10 AM Vienna 10:08 AM € 19.00 Train http://www.oebb.at/en/index.jsp
5/10/2010 Budapest 9:10 AM Vienna 12:08 PM € 19.00 Train http://www.oebb.at/en/index.jsp
5/13/2010 Vienna 8:40 AM Munich 1:37 PM € 29.00 Train http://bahn.hafas.de/bin/query.exe/en