Episode 1: Welcome to the Germany Travel Planning Podcast
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Welcome to the Germany Travel Planning Podcast, your ultimate guide to planning your dream trip to Germany and surrounding countries.
In this first episode, I share what you can expect from our new weekly podcast, how my love for Germany began, what led to Aaron and me to start My Germany Vacation.
From insider tips to expert advice and must-see recommendations, this podcast will be your go-to resource for everything you need to plan the trip of a lifetime!
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Plan Your Germany Trip with My Germany Vacation
If you’re enjoying the podcast and getting excited about your Germany trip but are feeling overwhelmed by all the details of planning the perfect trip, we’ve got you covered!
Our DIY Germany Travel Planner and our Germany Trip Planning services help you create a personalized itinerary that fits your travel style—whether you’re dreaming of fairytale castles, scenic train journeys, or off-the-beaten-path adventures.
With custom itineraries, one-on-one consults, itinerary reviews and our DIY Germany Travel Planner, we’ll make sure you feel confident and ready for an unforgettable, meaningful, and FUN trip.
I don’t even know how we would have cracked the code for this trip without you!!! You are simply amazing and so helpful!! Thank you so much! – Julie
About Cate
Hi, I’m Cate, host of the Germany Travel Planning podcast and co-founder with my husband Aaron of My Germany Vacation.
I used to live in Germany and have worked as a German professor and intercultural trainer preparing people to live, study, and work in Germany. Aaron, who used to work in IT, and I have 35 years experience traveling to all corners of Germany (and into surrounding countries).
As digital nomads we spend several months each year in Germany and surrounding countries doing on the ground travel research.
We started My Germany Vacation to help you plan unforgettable, stress-free, and super fun trip to Germany and beyond. We’d love to help you, too!
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Here’s how we can help you plan your perfect trip in 2025
GERMANY TRAVEL PLANNER: Just getting started? Have questions about Germany’s confusing train tickets or how to find the best guided tours? Not sure which parts of Germany should be in your itinerary (and what to leave out)? Our Germany Travel Planner answers those questions and more via how-to videos, our interactive Germany Planning Map, City Cheatsheets, and MUCH more. Click here to unlock the best of Germany the easy way!
GERMANY TRAVEL CONSULT: Feeling overwhelmed? Itinerary just not coming together? Wonder if a few tweaks would take your trip to the next level? Book a Mini or Full consult with Cate! She’ll help you create or tweak your itinerary, recommend train tickets/passes, hotels, things to do, guided tours, show you how to buy train tickets, orient you to specific cities, help you plan out day trips, and answer your Germany travel questions.
ACCOMMODATIONS: We recommend using Booking.com since they have widest range of accommodations available from hostels, boutique hotels, luxury chains, aparthotels, at the best prices. Check out our accommodation guides for specific recommended hotels.
WHAT TO PACK: If you’re bringing your phone, be sure to bring this plug adapter, this power bank, and this wrist strap. They’ve been lifesavers for us! You can see our other packing essentials here and here.
TICKETS & TOURS: For guided tours, day trips, private tours, and skip-the-line tickets, Get Your Guide is our go-to!
TRAINS & BUSES: To research train schedules and buy tickets or a Germany Rail Pass, we recommend the official Deutsche Bahn (German Rail System) website (and download their DB Navigator app). For buses, look at FlixBus , which offers tickets for routes within Germany and to other European countries. FlixBus is often cheaper than trains but can take longer.