I looked at flying in to Munich and taking the train to Berlin, but the nonstop flights from Toronto are really expensive, and then the train was more expensive than I expected as well. :(
I ended up booking a room at the Holiday Inn on Prenzlauer Allee; it's definitely more than €80 cheap, but it's rated well and is less than 2 km from the venue. (And actually has availability for that week) On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 3:07 PM, Christian Grobmeier <[email protected]> wrote: > On 13 Aug 2014, at 18:25, Joe Bowser wrote: > >> On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 9:15 AM, Christian Grobmeier <[email protected] >> > >> wrote: >> >> On 13 Aug 2014, at 17:35, Joe Bowser wrote: >>> I have no idea. I booked the flight, but I'm assuming that I'm sleeping >>> on >>> >>>> someone's floor. The hotels are $500+ a night because of Oktoberfest. >>>> >>> >>> Oktoberfest is in Munich, not in Berlin. Thats around 560 km far. >>> >>> I know, I'm heading to Munich right after PhoneGap Day. I assumed that >> other North Americans are doing the same thing, and that's why the corp >> travel site is borked. >> > > Aha, it was not possible to know this just from the email. > In this case i have another tipp for you, if you are fine with traveling > after > going to the fest. > > If you would stay in Augsburg, then you could take a hotel 2 minutes by > feet from > central station. From there its just a 45 minutes to the Wiesn. > > You can travel the same way back, trains go at 00:00, 2am, 3.30am, 5.30am > and so on. > Plenty of time to have a nice drink and not worrying about how to come > home. > However if you plan a full reboot, sitting another 30 minutes in a train > might > be problematic. > > If you folks actually stay in Augsburg, feel free to ping me. I am always > happy to show my city to fellow-Apache guys. > > Cheers > Christian > > > > > >> >> I usually book my hotels in germany via http://www.hrs.de/ >>> >>> This: >>> http://www.hrs.de/web3/searchWeb1000.do?activity= >>> showHotellistWithPromotion&showOverlay=true&clientId= >>> ZGVfX05FWFQ-&cid=62-1#initialLoaded >>> <http://www.hrs.de/web3/searchWeb1000.do?activity= >>> showHotellistWithPromotion&showOverlay=true&clientId= >>> ZGVfX05FWFQ-&cid=62-1#initialLoaded> >>> >>> says there are actually rooms at a good rate (60 Euro is cheap in >>> germany, >>> 80 i consider normal, >>> everthing above 100 is really luxury). >>> >>> >>> Thanks! >> >> >> Regards, >>> Christian >>> >>> >>> >>> Basically, book a hostel, because a Hotel is probably not going to >>>> happen, >>>> and even then you might need to bring a tent. :S >>>> >>>> >>>> On Tue, Aug 12, 2014 at 7:47 PM, Ian Clelland <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> I'm booking this in the next day or so -- does anyone have any >>>> >>>>> recommendations for good nearby hotels? >>>>> >>>>> (The best recommendation is if you're coming, too and staying there >>>>> yourself!) >>>>> >>>>> Ian >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>> --- >>> http://www.grobmeier.de >>> The Zen Programmer: http://bit.ly/12lC6DL >>> @grobmeier >>> GPG: 0xA5CC90DB >>> >>> > > --- > http://www.grobmeier.de > The Zen Programmer: http://bit.ly/12lC6DL > @grobmeier > GPG: 0xA5CC90DB >
