Hello internet, I've been asked by a couple of friends who were curious about the expenses of my Germany trip and how it could had been so inexpensive and affordable. Well, I got to start somewhere to become a proper blogger so here goes. If I fail then I fail, if I don't then hurra. I was travelling in a group of seven for Berlin, a group of nine in Hamburg and a group of five in Munich. They were the same people along the way, not different groups for every city, that would be too tiresome for me. Anyways, the total of my whole nine days and eight nights trip was £198.83. This total only include the flights, buses and accommodation. My spending on food, souvenirs and other items are not included. I, however, did not take photos like proper bloggers do to go along with the details so you guys have to do a little googling. If it makes it any better, I included group photos I left out from my previous Germany post. Enjoy!
First of all, we started planning late October so that is one month and half before the initial trip. The flight from London to Berlin which took about two hours and a half was £45 with Norwegian airlines. Wombat's city hostel was our accommodation for four days and three nights, it was rather cozy with two bunk beds, great facilities and my favourite was the strong hot water that was extra soothing after a day of travelling. I even made a pillow fort to amuse myself. After splitting the cost, it was £32.10 per person.
After that, two hours and a half to Hamburg by bus was £7.03. Readers that suffer motion sickness easily as I do, I recommend getting motion sickness tablets from Boots or any pharmacy near you. It was not as bad as I thought it would be plus having friends around makes time pass really quickly or a quick nap can do too.
For our stay in Hamburg, it was at Meininger Hotel Hamburg City Center for three days, two nights. It came to an amount of £21.10 per person for five people in a spacious six beds room for that two nights. Friendly staff, lovely lobby and of course, a pretty decent shower with hot water.
I hope it has not been too boring of a post by now, Hamburg to Munich was hell of a ride because it was a total of ten hours in the bus. We travelled overnight so that saved us the expenses of a night in a hostel, two birds with one stone maybe? The rest of my group had the energy to strike a conversation with the people they were sitting next to during the ride if you like that sort of thing, you can do that. I, on the other hand, took my motion sickness tablets so I was out for the whole ride. I would like to add that it was a little hard to get comfortable so I must have been squirming like a worm to try to get into a comfortable position most of the time. I almost forgot, it was £28.10.
By the time we have arrived, it was early in the morning so we had to drop off our luggage at the hostel and do a little exploring before officially checking in. We only had a day to explore and one night stay in Meininger Hostel Müchen City Center so everything we did was on a fast pace except enjoying our sweet time in our last Christmas Market for our trip. That hostel was £14.30 per person for five people in a smaller six beds room, still cozy though. The flight back to London was £51.20 with Monarch airlines, they had us delayed with no reason at all or anyone to answer our questions for more than two hours so you guys can be the one to judge that.
Advice?
I do recommend to travel in fours or any even number so you can have the whole room to your group unless you like making travelling buddies then do otherwise. Buy travel bottle set in Poundland to fill up with your body wash, shampoo and conditioner so you don't need to get foreign shampoo that you can't read. Highly recommend that one or two of your travel companions are extremely good with the map because it would save a whole load of time. Try to booked accommodations that are close to the train station so you can move around the city at ease.
Any regrets?
Not preparing a pair of waterproof boots for rainy days which soaked my favourite trainers but I manage to borrow a pair from one of my friend so that saved me a day of wet trainers. Not having enough money to buy myself a Germany national football jersey. Not having more of freshly baked kürtöskalács in the market at Berlin which was no doubt clearly better than the one I had in Hamburg. Just little things but that did not make a dent to such a great trip. Overall, my biggest advice would be to just let loose when you're travelling. Don't worry what others think of you if you want to do a little dancing in public, remember to smile at strangers and respect the country you're travelling at. I hope this helped in any way if you're planning a trip to Germany. Till next time, look forward for more proper blogger type of posts instead of just my rants and complains, have a nice day, internet.
