Hello all - this is my first post. I am planning a trip to Germany with my girlfriend. We are flying into Berlin on September 24th and out of Berlin on October 8th. We'll have a rental car for the duration of the trip and want to visit Oktoberfest in Munich as well as possibly Prague and Vienna.

Right now our rough plan is to drive straight down to munich for the weekend and then make our way back up through the other cities. I would really appreciate any advice you all could give me on the trip.

We are traveling on a budget and really just want to experience the cities and towns and traveling. We love drinking beer/wine in awesome places, especially outdoors or in unique pubs. We aren't really into museums or fine dining and we don't want to try to jam too many things into our itinerary. We are 24 years old and fresh out of college. I scraped together $2500 for the trip (not including flights or car).

I am doing as much research as I can but would love to hear some details about some small towns that would be awesome to visit along the way, things to do in cities that won't break the bank, etc.

Do you recommend trying to visit Berlin, Munich, Vienna, and Prague? How about Dresden? Can I get cheap hostels for two in small towns? I would love to get the most out of my rental car and the fact that I can go anywhere.

Thanks!