Oberstdorf travel question

[daisies]

Hi everyone. I wanted to know if anyone has contacted the travel agency listed in the Oberstdorf announcement. Before I contact these people, I want to know what to expect. Do they set up your accommodations for you, or just tell you what is available? Do you have to pay them for their services? I wish I could just call a hotel directly and make my reservation, but I have no clue what hotels there are near the rink! Thanks for your help!

[sk8pics]

I'm vaguely remembering finding information on line the last time I went to Oberstdorf, about 4 1/2 years ago. It's not all that big a town, and we walked everywhere. There are a number of little hotels off the main town square, and all of those are a pretty short walk to the rink, at least as far as I can remember.

After I get back from Portland, I'll try to find all my old information, if no on else has gotten anything. We did make our reservations ourselves, not through a travel agent, and it was quite easy.

Pat

[daisies]

Thanks Pat!

[Mrs Redboots]

Do you have an equivalent site to http://www.expedia.co.uk which can sort your bookings, etc, out for you?

[flo]

Hi,
Are you also going to the Mountain cup? I'm thinking of it and may rent an apt. for the week and go to the camp.

[Mrs Redboots]

We haven't yet decided if we wish to share an apartment with anybody else this year, so if anybody would like the sitting-room bed at the Mountain Cup and camp (most of the apartments have a pull-out bed under the sofa in the sitting-room), now's the time to e-mail or PM me! The Résidence Le Diamant, where most people stay, isn't the cheapest, but it does have a swimming-pool, jacuzzi, gym, steam room and sauna for the residents' use, which is marvellous after a long day's skating!

Don't know about accommodation in Oberstdorf.

[flo]

Mrs Redboots,
Could you please tell me what the apartments are like? Our Studio's here are 1 room, yet the announcement had a 6 person studio. Is it bunk beds?
I'd be interested in more info on the pull out. What size apt is it? Thanks

[Mrs Redboots]

They have varied sizes of apartment, ranging from a studio (which would sleep a family, but not suited to a mixed group of friends) to one with several double bedrooms that can sleep 10 or more. We usually take a one-bedroom one, which has a double bedroom, then a living room with a sofa and a pull-out bed that pushes under the sofa during the day. At a pinch, you could sleep 2 people in the living-room, but it would be horrendously cramped, as there's not all that much storage space. But it's good to share costs - and cooking - with someone else.

There is also a kitchen unit, containing 2-hob electric cooker, oven/grill unit(sometimes not working very well), washing-up machine and fridge, plus the usual crockery, cutlery, glasses etc. And a couple of saucepans. And each apartment has a bathroom with small bathtub, shower & basin and separate loo in a room on its own.

I think it's well worth getting an apartment if you don't want to eat out all the time - the hotels are great for a couple of nights, but I, for one, can't digest restaurant cooking every night! Especially there, where the local specialities are all creamy, cheesy, potatoey things.... gorgeous, but......

[flo]

Thanks - It sounds interesting. I like the idea of cooking in. My favorite Nationals are the ones in Lake Placid where we've rented a house for a week.
Have to make some decisions soon.........

[daisies]

Are you also going to the Mountain cup?
No, I can't take that much time off. So I am going directly to Germany.

Do you have an equivalent site to http://www.expedia.co.uk which can sort your bookings, etc, out for you?
Yes, there is expedia.com, but that wouldn't tell me which hotels are right by the ice rink, would it?

[jenlyon60]

I would think that Oberstdorf would have a Tourist office that would keep a list of gasthauses and hotels.

Try this (in English...)

http://www.oberstdorf.de/index.shtml?en_homepage


This link from the page above will give you a room request form, but it's in German. You can specify exact dates or approximate dates of stay, category (Kurhotel [healthspa], hotel, hotel garni [hotel w/ breakfast], gasthoefe, pension/gasthaus, or private rental), number of people in which size room (single-bed, double-bed, 3-bed, hotel apartment [suite]) meal options (breakfast only, half-pension, full pension), en-suite bathroom or shared.

http://www.oberstdorf.de/index.shtml?en_travel_room

and here is a similar link in English...with a few more options

http://www.oberstdorf.de/en_quartier_room.shtml


Hope this helps...

[starskate6.0]

Does someone have the announcement for the event in germany :?:
and does it have any hotel info.
I need to see this.

Thanks.

[daisies]

Try this (in English...)
Thanks for your help!

Does someone have the announcement for the event in germany :?: and does it have any hotel info.
It's on the USFSA site:
http://www.usfsa.org/event_details.asp?id=27945

As for hotels, it only has contact info for a travel agency, hence my original question at the top of this thread.

[jenlyon60]

The agency listed in the announcement is the city tourist bureau (Kurverwaltung).

The web links I posted earlier are for the Kurverwaltung. In many German tourist cities/towns, the KVW will have information on local lodging and often be able to make reservations as needed.