Originally Posted by
mangoMan
This is interesting to me. I am planning a vacation in Germany and will be staying at a hotel near Kamp Bornhofen on the Rhine on our last night in Germany. My plan was to drive from there to FRA in the morning to catch a flight at noon. But reading this I am starting to think about taking a train instead. There is a Hertz place in Bingen where I could drop off the rental car and catch a train to the airport. This is for a family of four with a bunch of luggage so it's kind of a hassle.
Any thoughts? Is it worth taking a train instead? I'd be doing this drive on a Wed. morning and would need to be at FRA by 10:00 am or so. Google estimates 1.5 hrs from the hotel to FRA.
I would just leave early enough in the morning to offset the chance that you might hit a stau. You should be good until you hit Mainz, then traffic gets a bit heavier heading towards the airport. But between Bingen and Mainz you shouldn't really get much traffic at all. Does Hertz have a drop off in Mainz? I would just pad your time a little and get to the airport a little earlier. For what its worth, the roads and directions to the airport are marked quite well.