Hotel “Zum Taunus” (Wehrheim)

If you’re prepared to stay even further out of Frankfurt, then Hotel “Zum Taunus” is the other hotel I used when I was flat hunting.

Wehrheim is reachable using the Taunusbahn.  Some trains go through to Frankfurt, others end in Bad Homburg where you can change to the S-Bahn.  By road it is easily reached using the B456.
For more information, visit the Wehrheim homepage or call direct on +49 6081 5168.

Haus von Noorden (Bad Homburg)

If you’re flat hunting in Germany or just here on a short visit, then you’ll need somewhere to stay.

One of the hotels that I stayed in was “Haus von Noorden” in the Dornholzhausen part of Bad Homburg.  It’s worth considering, even if you want to be in Frankfurt as it’s only about 20km away and accessible by S-Bahn and bus – and probably a lot cheaper than staying in Frankfurt itself.

For more details, visit Hotels Bad Homburg or call them direct on +49 6172 32895.

Buying rail tickets

Deutsche Bahn (DB Regio in Bavaria to be precise) has announced that they will stop selling tickets in the trains – you must buy your ticket before entering. This has already been the case when travelling within so-called “Verkehrsverbund” situations, but now this is being extended to long-distance trains as well. Here is the original press release.

There are two important exceptions given:

  1. If there is no machine at the station, you can still by a ticket on the train.
  2. If the machine isn’t working, then you can buy a ticket on the train without being fined. However, they will check your story to make sure the machine really isn’t working.

What’s important is that you go straight to the conductor when you get on the train – don’t wait for them to come through the carriages as this may not be before the next stop. Also, the machines here have serial numbers on them which you should take a note of to backup your story. I’ve even experienced a station with 3 machines where none were working – take down all the numbers in this case!

And if your train is late make sure you get the conductor to note this on your ticket (“CIV16”), otherwise if you miss a connection your ticket may not be valid for your onward journey if you have a saver ticket with “Zugbindung” (non-flexible).

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