We are getting married Sept 07 and have thought about going to Munich for our honeymoon. Can anyone recommend a great place to stay? I am also the picky eater of the two of us. Can anyone recommend some good restaurants? Any other tips/advice you can provide would be great.

You might want to consider traveling a bit outside Munich, that is, someplace more scenic, romantic and quiet than a big city, perhaps one of the nearby lake town, Starnberger See, Ammersee, Tegernsee, etc.

Can I recommend you read the current "Bier und Pretzels'" thread - this is a brilliant trip report of a journey in this area, with plenty of romantic ideas of what to do in Germany. sounds as if it would be a great idea. Congrats, & good luck!

What sort of picky eater are you? That would help with the restaurant recommendations.

Also, regarding lodging - what sort are you looking for? What is your budget?

As for picky eating goes. I am a meat a potatoes kind of girl. I like my steak with a baked potato. I don't eat a lot of ethnic foods. Our budget would be about $2k for the both of us for air and hotel and food. It would be cool to stay more in the mountains but is there a lot of restrictions when you have to rent a car? Do you have to get extra insurance. We have never traveled out the of the country before so I have a lot of questions.

Since it is your honeymoon, I would keep it fairly simple. Maybe stay in Munich a few days, and then rent a car and drive into the Alps. The area around Berchtesgarten is very pretty. Driving is fairly easy in Germany. No, in general you don't need extra insurance, check with your car insurance company here and see what coverage they offer. Also, if you rent a car with a visa or mastercard, there is usually coverage. Again, check with your credit card to see.

As far as eating, you can always find Italian places to eat in Europe, and eat pizza or spaghetti every meal. But if you eat in a German restaurant, order Wienerschnitzel and fries, it is basically a pork cutlet.

Get Fodor's guide to Germany and research the Bavarian Alps.

You might also consider a few days in Munich, then take the train to Salzburg Austria for a few days.

Sounds like Germany will be right up your eating alley, if your a meat and potatoes kind of girl.
Do you like pork? The food we had was pretty simple and delicious.
Like someone else said, driving in Germany is a pleasure, just follow the rules of staying to the right lane. You'll find plenty of threads about the topic right here. Just use the search box for Germany.
There is a website http://www.bensbauernhof.com that I found extremely helpful while planning trips to Germany.
Best Wishes

Only a $2K budget for the two of you INCLUDING airfare?

Better take a night job for some extra cash. Airfare may eat-up the biggest part of that.

Definitely check out Ben's website L84SKY recommends. Berchtesgaden may be just what you're looking for, especially the farm-stay (Bauernhof) way. Travel by train if you really need to keep the cost down. I'm sure Ben would be helpful for your planning phase. Larryincolorado can assist with keeping the train costs at their lowest.

MvK

My friend who is heading to Germany was talking to me yesterday on the topic of driving in Germany.

Please get specific directions for the places you want to go. My friend commented that expressways and roads there often are not labelled by directions - like say I-90 east or whatever - like they are here. My friend said that they were more like towards a city or place or only by name of the road.

So, get good step by step directions to specific places before you go.

Sorry, if this advice is not explained well. I tried my best.

By the way, my friend travels internationally, will drive almost anywhere and is way better at reading maps and following directions that I am (or a lot of people I know). So, I think it's good advice.

As far as food goes for your style of picky eater, I think you will be okay. However, best to check into how you like the breakfast offerings there. My friend commented on how things like sliced cold meat, fish and plain yogurt were served for breakfast. They may or may not appeal to you. My friend commented on how different breakfast fare was at hotels there as opposed from what is offered in the US. Where is home for you?

Congrats and best wishes for your wedding and honeymoon.

Is that budget $2K each or total? It it is each, you can probably pull it off if you get good airfare, if it is for the both of you, then I think you need to rethink things.

My husband and I went to Germany over the summer, and although we didn't travel completely economy, we didn't travel lavishly either. Not including airfare, our expenses averaged about $140/day per person. We went to Munich, Nuremberg, and the Bavarian aplps, with day trips to Ansbach and Rothenberg.

Our hotels were $100-120/night. We spent 100E ($125) per day for food, drinks, general sightseeing, and small souveniers, and inner-city transportation. We had a rental car for about 4 days, plus we bought some train tickets and additional souveniers that didn't come out of our 100E/day budget.

This was my first experience driving out of the US and it was really easy. As for insurance, my personal policy didn't cover it, but my credit card has loss damage waiver coverage and the rental car company had liability coverage. Really easy. If your credit card doesn't cover the damage waiver, you can buy that from the rental company.

I wrote a trip report for our trip - click on my screen name and scroll down to find it is you want more details about our trip.

Germany was terrific and I definitely recommend it. Your budget might be the sticking point.

Food will be NO problem for you though, so don't even worry about that. Germany is a meat and potatoes type of place

Hi,
Just to let you know that Germany can be done on a tight budget. We have travelled to Germany, Austria and Italy (Sud Tirol) 4 times in the last 6 years. For the 2 of us to stay 10 nights I don't think we've gone over 3k per trip, all in Oct. Maybe you could put off your trip until Oct., it may be cheaper. This year we paid $1088 for 2 r/t tix.to Munich this Oct. Car is approx. $400 for 13 days and we have reservations in nice 2* Pensions (B$B) all less than E55 per night. The typical breakfast is rolls, breads, jams, cold cuts, fruit, yoghurt, museli, cereal, juice and of course coffee and tea. Of course we do not stay in big cities as we prfer the mountains and countryside. Hopefully you can add to your budget a bit more before next year, 2k sounds very tight. I hope this helps.

Hi t,

>have thought about going to Munich for our honeymoon. <

Munich is a nice town for a 2-3 day visit.

How long will you have?

> am a meat a potatoes kind of girl. I like my steak with a baked potato. I don't eat a lot of ethnic foods.<

Well, Germany is well known for meat and potatoes.