We decided on a last minute trip to Munich for Oktoberfest - any ideas on places to stay? We got a great price for a flight - now we just need a bed (actually 2 of them!).

We stayed at a great place across the street from the fairgrounds that I got off of Fodor's guidebook-can't remember the name, but I may have it at home-I'll check and post back but in the meantime try the miniguides on the site.

We recently booked a room for a reasonable rate during Oktoberfest in Munich but I specifically wanted an airport hotel. However, during my research I found many hotels still had rooms, although a lot of them are expensive, most over $200.

The Munich tourism web site is a good place to start to at least find out who still has rooms available. You can go from there to the hotels directly and see if you can find a better deal. Their web site is:
http://www.muenchen-tourist.de/englisch/index_e.htm
If you put "discount Munich hotels" in Google you'll get a number of booking agency sites, at least a place to start to check availabilty and possible rates. Of course, you can also check with Expedia, Orbitz, etc.

we like the hahn hotel...a small hotel near the train station...very german ..they have a web site...i'll be staying there in november for a few days

I just booked yesterday through Discounthotels (thanks fodorites) after an all day search. The place is called Hotel Wallis, $179/double, about 5 miles from the wisen. I did a search here, and there was someone on the boards who stayed at the Wallis and gave good reviews. We may continue our search for a better place, but I feel like we got pretty lucky. Can you repost back if you find something better? (Wallis is a 3-star).

Why not use the largest German Hotel Reservation service?
www.hrs.de
There's an English version to it.

Good luck!

Sorry, here is the address for Wallis, just do a search:
http://www.Atel-Hotels.com

same answer I gave to expatmommy try the Marriott web site they show rooms open for all times.