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.
As others have said, by all means do not take the train if you have a large family and luggage. The trains themselves can be confusing if you aren't paying attention. For example, one day I got on a regional (slow) train instead of the ICE (fast) train. Both were headed to the same destination within minutes of each other from the same platform. As a result I missed my connection and had to wait an hour for the next train.
In another case I was sitting comfortably on the train with other passengers waiting to depart when after awhile the conductor came on and told us surprisingly to get off. When we got outside we saw that they had decoupled the front half of the train and just left us there!
You shouldn't have any problems driving if you just leave early enough.