I like you, you've obviously put a bit of effort into this before asking for help!

Right, will you be on your own or is there a group? How late do you want to stay out night? Do you specifically want the city or is it OK to travel a bit as long as it's a cheap and simple journey??

And where are you starting from? This could be the killer, there aren't many cheap flight options to Munich except from the London area and there's no point finding a reasonably priced place to stay if it's going to cost £300 to get there.

Hi Steve, At the moment there will be 4 of us travelling. We live in the Newcastle area and i have already done my research on the flights!
We plan to fly out on or around 17th September and i can get a return flight from Edinburgh on 17th for £149!
We would prefer to stay in the city, one of our favourite hotels was the Herzog Wilhelm, not far from the Sendlinger Tor. It used to be quite a decent "bucket price" hotel but it looks like it has really gone upmarket since my last stay!
We aren't total party animals and are usually crashed out by about 1am (although don't hold us to that!)
We love Munich and just go with the flow......................i have on occasion ended up sleeping in parks!
That was when we stayed in Austria and were bussed up to Munich for the festival and i missed the return coach. Well, we are here to party!

John

Bit of a nightmare! Most places do treat the Fest as a licence to print money and those that don't seem to be filling up quickly. I suspect you should have asked this question last November!!

In the time I've got tonight the best I can come up with is the town of Tutzing which seems more reasonable and has a fair selection of places, some of which are showing available around your dates. Tutzing is the southern end of the line on the S6 trains which will be running until after midnight that weekend, takes about 45 minutes. A day pass covering the whole of Greater Munich is €18 for a group of 5 and is valid until 06:00 next day so would get you in and out of the city cheaply (the area also includes the airport for getting from and to)

The lists are at http://www.tutzing.de/tour2.asp but the next problem is that most of the links are only in German. Ferienhaus/wohnung are appartmenst and holiday homes, Pensions are the smaller hotels, Privat is B&B in houses and they may not like the idea of you turning up at 01:00 !!

Thanks Steve, you are probably right about starting to look in november! The guys really don't fancy staying outside of Munich but i'll see if i can sway them!
The link is interesting and i have managed to decipher bits of it with my little knowledge of German!
If i can't get them talked around, we may go for a break in Greece ......or maybe try the Belgian beer festival in Diksmude. (not a patch on Oktoberfest i know)
If we do that, we'll make plans to go for Oktoberfest next year straight after this years is over!

Thanks again for your help!

John

I did find a reasonably priced appartment within walking distance of the Wiesn but it was already shown as booked from the Saturday of your stay, let's start again in October!

In the meantime, a good alternative is any time in Bamberg - that place is one continuous beer festival without the hype. Although St Georges Day would be a good time, beer tastings at 10 different breweries!!

Their somewhat slow tourist site is at http://www.bamberg.info in German, if you can manage it there is a rather obvious link in the middle of the page. There is a less detailed version in English at http://bamberg.travel/www_tks/bamberg_eng_home_268_89_7_f.htm click Culture and then the bottom option.