Jacob Posted December 11, 2023 Share Posted December 11, 2023 Looking for any cost effective advice on how to travel to Munich or surrounding areas from Edinburgh. anything at all would be appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Steve Posted December 11, 2023 Share Posted December 11, 2023 I'm going from Heathrow on the 14th at 0830hrs to Frankfurt (currently £97) then ICE train to Munich at 1230hrs (around £30 and 3hr 30) into Munich by 4pm. You obviously would need an easy jet to London or something similar first, I work down here, so didn't have to worry about that part. Have a look at the Lufthansa app, if you haven't already got it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spider pig Posted December 12, 2023 Share Posted December 12, 2023 Fly to Wroclaw Thursday 13th to Monday 17th £130 return with Ryanair. Hire a car for about £50 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoganRoy Posted December 12, 2023 Share Posted December 12, 2023 10 hours ago, spider pig said: Fly to Wroclaw Thursday 13th to Monday 17th £130 return with Ryanair. Hire a car for about £50 Just the 8 hour drive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spider pig Posted December 12, 2023 Share Posted December 12, 2023 1 hour ago, LoganRoy said: Just the 8 hour drive. They asked for cost effective, not quick. If they asked for quick I'd have said Easyjet Edinburgh to Munich 13th to the 17th direct return flights. 🤷♂️ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ally Bongo Posted December 12, 2023 Share Posted December 12, 2023 (edited) https://www.skyscanner.net/flights-to/muc/cheap-flights-to-munich-airport.html £247 from London leaving 13th returning 25th is the cheapest direct At this stage, unless extra flights are put on, the cheapest flying will be from England Maybe look to see who flys to obscure airports nearer - not Wroclow Example - When Scotland were playing Holland in Amsterdam we got cheap flights to Groningen for about £40 and then a 2 hour train journey You will need to spend a day/night at it googling massively Edited December 12, 2023 by Ally Bongo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ally Bongo Posted December 12, 2023 Share Posted December 12, 2023 (edited) https://www.rome2rio.com/s/Nearby-Airports/Munich https://www.travelmath.com/nearest-airport/MUC Edited December 12, 2023 by Ally Bongo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoganRoy Posted December 12, 2023 Share Posted December 12, 2023 3 hours ago, spider pig said: They asked for cost effective, not quick. If they asked for quick I'd have said Easyjet Edinburgh to Munich 13th to the 17th direct return flights. 🤷♂️ OK, how much is fuel on that journey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsPeartree Posted December 12, 2023 Share Posted December 12, 2023 Look at Austrian airlines flying Manchester to Munich. Earlier today it was £150 return 12 - 15 june not sure on time's or number of connections at that price. We are flying with them. They have a bad habit of losing luggage but we will only have carry on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich NATA Posted December 12, 2023 Share Posted December 12, 2023 Jacob, are you still searching flights? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintsparky Posted December 13, 2023 Share Posted December 13, 2023 I fly into Munich from EDI at midday on 14th. Getting an overnight train after the match to my digs in Gelsenkirchen. I know the train station has left luggage lockers for my suitcase, but I suspect these might be busy. Is there any other 24 hour left luggage options near the station.. all online options that i can see are not 24 hour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TA-West Germany Posted December 13, 2023 Share Posted December 13, 2023 1 hour ago, saintsparky said: I fly into Munich from EDI at midday on 14th. Getting an overnight train after the match to my digs in Gelsenkirchen. I know the train station has left luggage lockers for my suitcase, but I suspect these might be busy. Is there any other 24 hour left luggage options near the station.. all online options that i can see are not 24 hour. https://www.mvv-muenchen.de/mvv-und-service/service/gepaeckaufbewahrung/index.html#:~:text=Am Ostbahnhof befinden sich 112,je nach Größe und Leihdauer. Munich main railway station offers 1416 lockers for short term storage for up to 3 days. So you should be fine to get one there. Else Ostbahnhof or Pasing station Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintsparky Posted December 13, 2023 Share Posted December 13, 2023 36 minutes ago, TA-West Germany said: https://www.mvv-muenchen.de/mvv-und-service/service/gepaeckaufbewahrung/index.html#:~:text=Am Ostbahnhof befinden sich 112,je nach Größe und Leihdauer. Munich main railway station offers 1416 lockers for short term storage for up to 3 days. So you should be fine to get one there. Else Ostbahnhof or Pasing station Cheers mate. Just not sure how available they will be with 60 thousand fans visiting.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goozay Posted December 13, 2023 Share Posted December 13, 2023 Having had a look at these answers, the most cost-effective way is probably with an Interrail Pass. A 4-day pass is €258 (£222.20) if your over 27 years old and €194 (£167.08) if you’re aged 12-27. If you’re travelling with a child under 11, they get their pass for free. Match ticket holders get 25% off their Interrail pass, so you're looking at £166.65 for auld yins and £125.31 if you’re 27 or under. You’ll arrive in the city centre - none of the extra cost or hassle of getting to and from the airport. And if you got the Sleeper (seat-only, a cabin with a bed cost more) from Edinburgh on the Wednesday, you would arrive in Munich 24 hours before kickoff. Interrail passes for match ticket holders go on sale on 17 January, more information here: https://www.uefa.com/euro2024/event-guide/ticket-holders/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TA-West Germany Posted December 13, 2023 Share Posted December 13, 2023 40 minutes ago, saintsparky said: Cheers mate. Just not sure how available they will be with 60 thousand fans visiting.... Aye, could get tricky mate... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich NATA Posted December 14, 2023 Share Posted December 14, 2023 There are still bargains to be had - Out of Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted. Direct to Munich was a bit pricey, so l started looking at other places in Germany (Stuttgart was about 90 pounds) and then Austria (Innsbruck, Salzburg, Vienna) and Switzerland (Basel and Zurich). The cheapest I have seen today is Stansted to Vienna for 40 pounds. From Vienna Airport Station you can get a train to Munich with 1 change (in Salzburg). From Innsbruck; quick bus from the airport to the Hauptbahnhof, then a direct train to Munich (1.5 hours). And from Zurich Airport Station you can get a train direct to Munich. The latter is what I have just booked. Heathrow to Zurich was 60+ pounds, but I paid 80+ pounds with 23KG of hold luggage. Once again, Zurich Airport to Munich by direct train. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart07 Posted December 14, 2023 Share Posted December 14, 2023 Return flight from Manchester to Frankfurt, 13th - 15th, £245, which I thought was decent. Train journey onto Munich. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlfieMoon Posted December 15, 2023 Share Posted December 15, 2023 On 12/13/2023 at 12:56 PM, Goozay said: Having had a look at these answers, the most cost-effective way is probably with an Interrail Pass. A 4-day pass is €258 (£222.20) if your over 27 years old and €194 (£167.08) if you’re aged 12-27. If you’re travelling with a child under 11, they get their pass for free. Match ticket holders get 25% off their Interrail pass, so you're looking at £166.65 for auld yins and £125.31 if you’re 27 or under. You’ll arrive in the city centre - none of the extra cost or hassle of getting to and from the airport. And if you got the Sleeper (seat-only, a cabin with a bed cost more) from Edinburgh on the Wednesday, you would arrive in Munich 24 hours before kickoff. Interrail passes for match ticket holders go on sale on 17 January, more information here: https://www.uefa.com/euro2024/event-guide/ticket-holders/ I bought an interrail pass on the black Friday sale. I think you can only have 1 day for outbound journey in home country, and 1 inbound day. Reason I mention that is the sleeper would be 1 day and then you’d be using UK travel again the following day for Eurostar so that wouldn’t work - I don’t think. I am going to check that to be sure though so will report back. We currently plan to go Glasgow-London 6:30am on 12th. Eurostar at 1pm gets us to Cologne 6:15pm. Train the next morning to Munich. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stocky Posted December 15, 2023 Share Posted December 15, 2023 18 minutes ago, AlfieMoon said: I bought an interrail pass on the black Friday sale. I think you can only have 1 day for outbound journey in home country, and 1 inbound day. Reason I mention that is the sleeper would be 1 day and then you’d be using UK travel again the following day for Eurostar so that wouldn’t work - I don’t think. I am going to check that to be sure though so will report back. We currently plan to go Glasgow-London 6:30am on 12th. Eurostar at 1pm gets us to Cologne 6:15pm. Train the next morning to Munich. If you join the train as Carstairs or Lockerbie. It counts as same day as you are boarding after midnight.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlfieMoon Posted December 15, 2023 Share Posted December 15, 2023 8 hours ago, stocky said: If you join the train as Carstairs or Lockerbie. It counts as same day as you are boarding after midnight.. Just spotted someone say that very suggestion on a different forum. 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macwomble Posted December 15, 2023 Share Posted December 15, 2023 37 minutes ago, AlfieMoon said: Just spotted someone say that very suggestion on a different forum. 👍 Or alternatively use the slightly later arriving train from the North from Falkirk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul D Posted December 17, 2023 Share Posted December 17, 2023 Is anybody thinking of getting the train down to Munich? I'm based in Southampton now so I'll be a bit closer than most. Not having much luck booking train tickets though. Any advice would be great 😃 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich NATA Posted December 17, 2023 Share Posted December 17, 2023 1 hour ago, Paul D said: Is anybody thinking of getting the train down to Munich? I'm based in Southampton now so I'll be a bit closer than most. Not having much luck booking train tickets though. Any advice would be great 😃 I'm in Southampton too, but I've already booked (scroll up). If you really want to train it, your first two journeys will obviously be Southampton to London Waterloo and then the Eurostar from London St. Pancreas to Brussels or Paris (your choice which). That's half the journey, so get your Eurostar booked. From Brussels or Paris, you can then get to Germany. Use the Deutsche Bahn website for times, prices and bookings. The Deutsche Bahn website seems to cover everything in Europe. Earlier tonight, I used that very website to book my train into Germany (Zurich Airport to Munich). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delirious Nomad Posted December 17, 2023 Share Posted December 17, 2023 Just booked the ICE train from Dortmund to Munich on the day of the game for £27. Bargain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich NATA Posted December 17, 2023 Share Posted December 17, 2023 11 minutes ago, Delirious Nomad said: Just booked the ICE train from Dortmund to Munich on the day of the game for £27. Bargain Tonight, I also paid £27 but for Zurich Airport to Munich. Good value for 3.5 hours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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