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It’s time for a trip cost report! Every trip, I like to share what it costs me to travel. Not only do I want to stay completely transparent, but I also hope these expenses prove to you how affordable travel can be. 

Prices are listed in Euros or Swiss Francs and converted to USD using credit card statements from my no foreign transaction fee credit cards. Always charge transactions in the local currency to get the best exchange rate!

This trip details a 14-day trip for two people.

Day 1

Olympiapark (Olympic Park)
Munich, Germany

Transportation

• Flight: Orlando, Florida to Munich, Germany on Icelandair (Free)
  • • Chase Unlimited Rewards made this flight FREE! We used 60,000 points to book two round-trip tickets through the Chase Portal. Using my Chase Sapphire Reserve, my points were worth 1.5¢ per point. The cash price of this round-trip flight was 450 USD per person.
    • Get started with Chase travel rewards with a no annual fee credit card here.

Food

• Food was not included in our flights. We had a quick layover in Keflavik where we purchased breakfast. (2,286 Icelandic Krona/17.78 USD)

Day 2

Bayerische Staatskanzlei (Bavarian State Chancellery)
Munich, Germany

Transportation

• Munich City Transportation: 24-hour Small Group Ticket (24.70 Euro/28.91 USD for 2 Adults)
  • • Munich Airport is located in Zone M-5.

Food

• Dinner: Schmutzer Augustine Muenchen (124.80/146.08 USD)
  • • Dinner for 4 people. We stayed with friends in Munich and purchased dinner as a thank-you.

Hotel

• We stayed with friends who live in Munich (No cost)

Misc

• ATM Withdrawal (200 Euro/233.84 USD)

Day 3

Schloss Nymphenburg (Nymphenburg Palace)
Munich, Germany

Transportation

• Munich City Transportation: 24-hour Small Group Ticket (15 Euro/17.54 USD)
  • • Only Zone M was needed for today, making the ticket cheaper than Day 2.

Excursions

• English Garden (Free)
• Residenz Munich (Court Garden and Fountain are free) 
• Marienplatz (Free)
• Victuals Market (Free)
• Nymphenburg Palace (Gardens are free)
• Olympiapark (Free)
• BMW Museum (20 Euros/23.38 USD for 2 Adult Tickets)

Food

• Breakfast: Max Rischart’s Backhau Muenchen (4.10 Euro/4.79 USD)
  • • Bakeries are fantastic places for breakfast and lunch throughout Bavaria and Austria!
• Lunch: Max Rischart’s Backhau Muenchen (10.40 Euro/12.16 USD)
• We made dinner at our friend’s house (No cost)

Hotel

• We stayed with friends who live in Munich (No cost)

Miscellaneous

• Souvenier Magnets (9.90 Euro/11.58 USD)

Day 4

Mirabellgarten (Mirabell Palace Gardens)
Salzburg, Austria

Transportation

• DB Transportation Munich, Germany to Salzburg, Austria (59.80 Euro/69.92 USD)

Excursions

• Salzburg City Pass 24-Hours (58 Euro/67.81 USD for 2 Adult Tickets)
  • • With the City Pass, we visited the following attractions. Admission to attractions and public transportation is included with this pass. All attractions included with this pass are listed here.

• • • • Fortress Hohensalzburg (Would be 13.30 Euros Per Person)
      • Stift St Peter Salzburg (Would be 2 Euros Per Person)
      • Cable Car Untersberg (Would be 26.50 Euros Per Person)
      • Salzburg City Cruises (Would be 16 Euros Per Person)
• Schloss Mirabell – Mirabell Palace (Free)
• Mirabellgarten – Palace Gardens (Free)
• Old Town Sacburg – Salzburg’s Old Town (Free)
• Mozart’s Birthplace (Free to see the outside. 11 Euros Per Person for Entry)

Food

• Breakfast: Snacks on hand (No cost)
• Lunch: Street Vendor (8 Euro/9.25)
• Dinner: Bärenwirt Salzburg (33.20 Euro/38.56 USD)

Hotel

• The Keep Salzburg (57.51 Euro/67.32 USD)

Day 5

Hitler’s Eagle’s Nest
Berchtesgaden, Germany

Transportation

• Car Rental (324.41 Euro/376.28 USD)
  • The price is for 8 days for an automatic vehicle with unlimited mileage through Dollar Car Rental.
  • We were unable to drive our car rental into Germany and the rental agency was not open on Sundays. We picked up our car rental on a Saturday and parked it in a nearby parking garage for 1 day.
• Parking Garage (18 Euro/20.90 USD)
• Bus Tickets Round-Trip from Salzburg, Austria to Berchtesgaden, Germany (24 Euros/27.86 USD)

Excursions

• Hitler’s Eagle’s Nest (56 Euro/65.01 USD for 2 Adult Tickets)
  • Read more about this excursion here.

Food

• Breakfast: Elixhausener Landbäckerei (9.54 Euro/11.08 USD)
• Lunch: Backerei Muller & Hoflinger (9.60 Euro/11.14 USD)
• Dinner: Restaurant-Pizzeria EINKEHR (27.30 Euro/31.69 USD)

Hotel

• Gästehaus Achental (79 Euro/91.71 USD)
  

Miscellaneous 

• Souvenirs (3.90 Euro/4.53 USD)

Day 6

Eisriesenwelt Ice Cave
Werfen, Austria

Transportation

• Car Rental

Excursions

• Eisriesenwelt Ice Cave (60 Euro/69.65 USD for 2 Adult Tickets)
  • Read more about this excursion here.
• Hohenwerfen Castle (20.80 Euro/24.14 USD for 2 Adult Tickets)
  • We did not make it over to Hohenwerfen Castle until the late afternoon when the castle was closing. There is a nice hike from the parking lot to the castle entrance that we decided to see even though we could not purchase tickets to enter the castle.

Food

• Breakfast: Included with Hotel (No Cost)
• Lunch: Ate snacks on hand (No Cost)
• Dinner: Herbert Ranstl (53.70 Euro/62.34 USD)

Hotel

• Berghotel Garni Burgblick (97.20 Euro/113.77 USD)
  

Day 7

Hiking Trail
Mühlbach am Hochkönig, Austria

Transportation

• Car Rental
• Parking Mühlbach am Hochkönig (5 Euro/5.80 USD)

Excursions

• Hike Mühlbach am Hochkönig (Free)
• Sigmund-Thun-Gorge (12 Euro/13.93 USD for 2 Adult Tickets)

Food

• Breakfast: Elixhausener Landbäckerei (9.54 Euro/11.08 USD)
• Lunch: Backerei Muller & Hoflinger (9.60 Euro/11.14 USD)
• Dinner: Restaurant-Pizzeria EINKEHR (27.30 Euro/31.69 USD)

Hotel

• Pension Katharinenhof (136.80 Euro/113.77 USD for 2 Nights)
  

Day 8

Hochebirgsstauseen Kaprun (Kaprun High Mountain Reservoirs)
Kaprun, Austria

Transportation

• Car Rental

Excursions

• Kaprun Hochgebirgsstauseen High Mountain Resevoir (50.00 Euro/58.21 USD for 2 Adult Tickets)
• Grossglockner High Alpine Road (37.50 Euro/43.66 USD)

Food

• Breakfast: Included with Hotel (No Cost)
• Lunch: Backerei Gugglberger Kaprun (9.80 Euro/11.41 USD)
• Dinner: Cafe & Restaurant Kennidi (30.20 Euro/35.16 USD)
• Snacks: Ice Cream at Auhof Wirtshaus & Suiten Kaprun (6.00 Euro/6.97 USD)

Hotel

• Pension Katharinenhof (136.80 Euro/113.77 USD for 2 Nights)
  

Day 9

Saalachtaler Naturgewalten (Saalachtal Natural Wonders) – Vorderkaser Gorge
St. Martin bei Lofer, Austria

Transportation

• Car Rental
• Felbertauern Tunnel Toll (6.50 Euro/7.57 USD)
• Innsbruck Parking (5.95 Euro/6.91 USD)

Excursions

• Saalachtaler Naturgewalten – Vorderkaser Gorge, Lemprecht’s Cave, and Seisenber Gorge (30.00 Euro/34.88 Euro for 2 Adult Tickets)
  • Read more about this excursion here.
• Schloss Tratzberg Jenbach – Tratzberg Castle (27.00 Euro/31.39 USD for 2 Adult Tickets)

Food

• Breakfast: Included wtih Hotel (No Cost)
• Lunch: Baguette Jenbach (10.60 Euro/12.32 USD)
• Dinner: AKROPOLIS Innsbruck (35.00 Euro/40.69 USD)

Hotel

• Heart of INN’s Bruck (148.00 Euro/172.06 USD for 2 Nights)
  

Misc

• Souvenirs (13.80 Euro/16.06 USD)

Day 10

City View
Innsbruck, Austria

Transportation

• Car Rental
• Parking Sillpark Innsbruck (9.70 Euro/11.26 USD)
• Parking Bergisel Parkplatz Innsbruck (2.60 Euro/3.02 USD)

Excursions

• Innsbruck City Pass 24-Hours (98.00 Euro/113.93 USD for 2 Adult Tickets)
  • With the City Pass, we visited the following attractions. Admission to attractions and public transportation is included with this pass. All attractions available with this pass are listed here. Read more about the top things to do in Innsbruck here. 
    • Bergisel Ski Jump (Would be 11.00 Euros Per Person)
    • Ambras Castle (Would be 16.00 Euros Per Person)
    • Swarovski Kristallwelton – Swarovski Crystal Worlds (Would be 23.00 Euros Per Person)
    • Innsbrucker Nordkettenbahnen – Nordkette Cable Car (Would be 44.00 Euros Per Person)
    • Museum Hofburg – Imperial Palace (Would be 15.00 Euros Per Person)
    • Innsbruck City Tower (Would be 4.50 Euros Per Person)
    • Golden Roof (Would be 4.80 Euros Per Person)
  • Altstadt Innsbruck (Old Town) (Free)

Food

• Breakfast: Snacks on hand (No Cost)
• Lunch: Der Bäcker Ruetz – Wattens (12.15 Euro/14.11 USD)
• Dinner: DoReMi (45.50 Euro/52.84 USD)

Hotel

• Heart of INN’s Bruck (148.00 Euro/172.06 USD for 2 Nights)
  

Misc

• Souvenir Magnets (4.90 Euro/5.69 USD)
• New Sunglasses (I am very good at losing sunglasses, unfortunately) (19.98 Euro/23.20 USD)

Day 11

Schnanner Klamm – Schnann Gorge
Schnann, Austria

Transportation

• Car Rental
• Parking Innsbruck Zoo (1.60 Euro/1.85 USD)
• Gas (70.12 Euro/81.17 USD)
• ASFINAG Mautstelle St. Jakob Tunnel Toll (10.50 Euro/12.15 USD)

Excursions

• Innsbruck Zoo (Would be 13.00 Euros Per Person)
  • We arrived just before the 24-Hour City Pass expired.
• Schnanner Klamm – Schnanner Gorge (Free)

Food

• Breakfast: Snacks on hand (Free)
• Lunch: Der Bäcker Ruetz (10.30 Euro/11.92 USD)
• Dinner: Hotel Walliserstube Restaurant (54.50 Euro/63.08 USD)

Hotel

• Hotel Lucia Damüls (40.75 Euro/47.22 USD)
  
  • We used the remainder of our cash since we were leaving to Switzerland, where the currency is Swiss Francs. The total cost of this hotel was (85.75 Euro/99.36 USD)

Day 12

Mountain View
Damüls, Austria

Transportation

• Car Rental
• Train Dornbirn to Zurich (44.80 Euro/52.01 USD for 2 Adults)
• Zurich Public Transportation 24-Hour Pass (60.00 CPH/64.82 USD for 2 Adults)

Excursions

• Walking Altstadt (Old Town) (Free)

Food

• Breakfast: Included with Hotel (No Cost)
• Snack: Der Bäcker Ruetz (10.30 Euro/11.92 USD)
• Lunch: Coop Zurich (12.50 CPH/13.50 USD)
• Dinner: Le Dezaley Zurich (84.40 CPH/91.17 USD)
• Snack: Froneri Icecream Zurich (8.40 CPH/9.07 USD)

Hotel

• Gasthaus zum Guten Glück (158 CHF/181.48 USD for 2 Nights)

Day 13

Zurich Zoo
Zurich, Switzerland

Transportation

• Public Transportation (35.20 CPH/38.02 USD for 2 Adults)

Excursions

• Zurich Zoo (58 CPH/62.66 USD for 2 Adult Tickets)
• Rheinfall – Rhine Falls (Free)

Food

• Breakfast: (No Cost)
• Lunch: Restaurant Pantanal Zurich Zoo (20.10 CPH/21.71 USD)
• Dinner: Fribourger Fonduestübli (72.30 CPH/78.10 USD)

Hotel

• Gasthaus zum Guten Glück (158 CHF/181.48 USD for 2 Nights)
  

Miscellaneous 

• Souvenirs (22.70 CPH/24.52 USD)

Day 14

Transportation

• Continuation of 24-Hour Pass ZVV Public Transportation

Food

• Breakfast: John Baker Helvetia Zurich (8.00 CPH/8.64 USD)
• Snack: Coop (14.75 CPH/15.93 USD)
• Lunch: Priority Pass Lounge at Zurich Airport (Free with Chase Sapphire Reserve Credit Card)
• Dinner: Icelandair Flight (3,600.00 Icelandic Krona/27.80 USD)

Notes

The round-trip flights from Orlando to Europe at the time of points redemption were being sold on Icelandair’s website for 450 USD. Utilizing Chase points, we paid 0 USD. Along with the flights, we redeemed our available points balance following this trip, which gave us a statement credit of 505.45 USD. This directly reduced the total trip cost. 

Transportation Total: 1,725.99 USD
Excursions Total: 608.65 USD
Food Total: 925.12 USD
Lodging Total: 725.70 USD
Miscellaneous Total: 267.28 USD

Total Trip Cost Prior to Any Points Redemptions: 4,252.74 USD or 2,126.37 USD Per Person

Points Redemption Credit Amount: 1,405.45 USD (900.00 USD for flights, 505.45 USD in statement credits) 

Cost Per Person: 1,423.65 USD

Total Trip Cost For Two People:  2,847.29 USD

Chase points were earned through everyday spending and allowed us to enjoy a longer vacation for less out-of-pocket.