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Logistics
A couple of points:
The slight difference of a couple of Euro should not determine one's course of action, on an expedition in which one plans to spend hundreds of Euro for fucking the gorgeous prostitutes of Oase. Be sensible. Convenience and functionality of the plan should be the determining factors, when the price of different options are within a few Euro of each other.
Google maps vs. GPS:
I'm not sure it's necessary anymore to rent a car with GPS, or rent a separate GPS unit from the car rental agency in Germany. I successfully used the Google Maps application on my iPhone, with its excellent GPS capability, to travel between points in Germany, easily and correctly. The driving I did was representative of most types of driving, including urban downtown driving, highway driving, and back roads driving. Google Maps performed perfectly. Specifically, I drove around downtown Frankfurt and the streets in the RLD near my hotel which was across from the Hauptbanhoff, and then drove out from Frankfurt to the highway up to my hotel in Dusseldorf, and then to FKK Goldentime Bruggen (which included main highway driving, as well as a number of turns on rather small roads out in the hinterland area near Bruggen) , and the next morning drove to the Dortmund airport for my flight to Kiev.
Luggage:
To better enjoy my stop in Frankfurt to go to FKK Oase, I have stored my larger suitcase in the baggage storage at the Frankfurt airport because dragging both a large suitcase and a carry on bag through the train system was an unappealing option to me. Far more convenient to store it in the airport. Do you really want to be dragging several pieces of luggage on and off a train just so you can store it at the Hauptbanhoff? Why? Because of the small differential in the storage price?
However, a far better solution than storing luggage for a one night stopover in Frankfurt, is to have your luggage checked in with the airline all the way through to your final destination, and to travel as light as you can for the purpose of making your stopover easier and more convenient, with a small carry on bag, or better a light shoulder bag, to hold your important items you can't put into checked luggage. I have showed up to Oase with a small carry on bag, with no problem. I would not come there with a large suitcase, however. If you are on a one night stopover in Frankfurt, inquire of your airline if it is possible to check your luggage through to your final destination. If it is, then you will not need to be burdened with dealing with luggage during your stopover in Frankfurt. Convenience rules.
Bad Homburg vs. Friedrichsdorf stations.
As correctly pointed out, Bad Hamburg is a better station to go to, from the convenience perspective, of being able to get into a waiting taxi. There's nothing more to be said about it. The slight differential in taxi cost to Oase from the two stations is a minor factor, when compared to the convenience of having a taxi, especially in cold weather. On the way back from Oase, where taxis are summoned by the club and you can wait inside where it's warm, if it's necessary to wait at all, this is not a factor, and you can go to the Friedrichsdorf station to save whatever Euro in taxi costs you can. And remember the cautionary note about timing your departure from Oase in a taxi to arrive at whatever train station you choose at just a few minutes before the scheduled train departure time, or ignore this advice and freeze on the station platform. It's up to you.
Also, my memory fails me about the cost of a train ticket from the airport to Bad Homburg, but I think a one way ticket was something like three or four Euro, not 8 euro. But I'm not sure about this.
Car rental:
You can reserve the cheapest car from Sixt, and you can also request "automatic transmission". What will happen is that they will provide you with the least expensive option they have in stock that has automatic transmission.
Insurance is a large contributor of cost when renting a car, if you are not a local. The credit card insurance coverage of most American credit cards does not apply outside the USA generally, and neither does your own policy. So is there a way for a USA resident to not take the insurance when renting a car in Germany? If one is a frequent visitor, does it pay to open a credit card account in Germany for this purpose of being able to decline insurance coverage when renting a car in Germany?
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Thanks for the great great detailed piece.
I have a sprint phone here in America that doesn't work with a sim card, so I don't see a way to make my phone, and consequently google maps, work in Germany. Unless I were to rent a European smartphone, which I believe is very expensive.
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[QUOTE=LilJoey; 1520450]A couple of points:
The slight difference of a couple of Euro should not determine one's course of action, on an expedition in which one plans to spend hundreds of Euro for fucking the gorgeous prostitutes of Oase. Be sensible. Convenience and functionality of the plan should be the determining factors, when the price of different options are within a few Euro of each other.
Google maps vs. GPS:
I'm not sure it's necessary anymore to rent a car with GPS, or rent a separate GPS unit from the car rental agency in Germany. I successfully used the Google Maps application on my iPhone, with its excellent GPS capability, to travel between points in Germany, easily and correctly. The driving I did was representative of most types of driving, including urban downtown driving, highway driving, and back roads driving. Google Maps performed perfectly. Specifically, I drove around downtown Frankfurt and the streets in the RLD near my hotel which was across from the Hauptbanhoff, and then drove out from Frankfurt to the highway up to my hotel in Dusseldorf, and then to FKK Goldentime Bruggen (which included main highway driving, as well as a number of turns on rather small roads out in the hinterland area near Bruggen) , and the next morning drove to the Dortmund airport for my flight to Kiev.
Luggage:
To better enjoy my stop in Frankfurt to go to FKK Oase, I have stored my larger suitcase in the baggage storage at the Frankfurt airport because dragging both a large suitcase and a carry on bag through the train system was an unappealing option to me. Far more convenient to store it in the airport. Do you really want to be dragging several pieces of luggage on and off a train just so you can store it at the Hauptbanhoff? Why? Because of the small differential in the storage price?
However, a far better solution than storing luggage for a one night stopover in Frankfurt, is to have your luggage checked in with the airline all the way through to your final destination, and to travel as light as you can for the purpose of making your stopover easier and more convenient, with a small carry on bag, or better a light shoulder bag, to hold your important items you can't put into checked luggage. I have showed up to Oase with a small carry on bag, with no problem. I would not come there with a large suitcase, however. If you are on a one night stopover in Frankfurt, inquire of your airline if it is possible to check your luggage through to your final destination. If it is, then you will not need to be burdened with dealing with luggage during your stopover in Frankfurt. Convenience rules.
Bad Homburg vs. Friedrichsdorf stations.
As correctly pointed out, Bad Hamburg is a better station to go to, from the convenience perspective, of being able to get into a waiting taxi. There's nothing more to be said about it. The slight differential in taxi cost to Oase from the two stations is a minor factor, when compared to the convenience of having a taxi, especially in cold weather. On the way back from Oase, where taxis are summoned by the club and you can wait inside where it's warm, if it's necessary to wait at all, this is not a factor, and you can go to the Friedrichsdorf station to save whatever Euro in taxi costs you can. And remember the cautionary note about timing your departure from Oase in a taxi to arrive at whatever train station you choose at just a few minutes before the scheduled train departure time, or ignore this advice and freeze on the station platform. It's up to you.
Also, my memory fails me about the cost of a train ticket from the airport to Bad Homburg, but I think a one way ticket was something like three or four Euro, not 8 euro. But I'm not sure about this.
Car rental:
You can reserve the cheapest car from Sixt, and you can also request "automatic transmission". What will happen is that they will provide you with the least expensive option they have in stock that has automatic transmission.
Insurance is a large contributor of cost when renting a car, if you are not a local. The credit card insurance coverage of most American credit cards does not apply outside the USA generally, and neither does your own policy. So is there a way for a USA resident to not take the insurance when renting a car in Germany? If one is a frequent visitor, does it pay to open a credit card account in Germany for this purpose of being able to decline insurance coverage when renting a car in Germany?[/QUOTE]I totally agree with this, renting car vs train for a few (10/20) bucks is not a wise decision. I would rent car for other reasons like if I wanted to drive or any other adventure or convenience but not for saving a few bucks (for 60/70 bucks difference I may consider). As pointed- it is rent + insurance + gas + gps + whatever(getting lost).
I used the train and cab from bad Homburg it all worked fine. Had to take the last train back 1 am. That itself is lot of time (and money).
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[QUOTE=Ultrahappy;1520189]You will get off at Bad Homburg because you will have a 100% of finding a taxi there to take you to Oase. Not so at Friedrichsdorf. You could call for a taxi from Friedrichsdorf if you are willing to wait for the taxi to show up (assuming you have a phone that works in Germany). On the way back from Oase, the Friedrichsdorf Bahnhof is closer than the Bad Homburg Bahnhof, so you will want to go to the closer one on the return trip.[/QUOTE]Over ten years, over 50+ trips to Oase, and I've only been confronted with a lack of a taxi at Friedrichsdorf on just one occassion, in November of this year. And after a five minute wait, a taxi showed up. It's not a problem to get a taxi at Friedrichsdorf.
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[QUOTE=Benny120; 1520640]Thanks for the great great detailed piece.
I have a sprint phone here in America that doesn't work with a sim card, so I don't see a way to make my phone, and consequently google maps, work in Germany. Unless I were to rent a European smartphone, which I believe is very expensive.[/QUOTE]Firstly, for just a one night stopover in Frankfurt, I would counsel you to reconsider the car rental unless you have already obligated yourself and cannot cancel without financial penalty. Taking the train is far easier. A car rental is useful when visiting the FKK's in the Dusseldorf / Cologne region of Germany, because public transportation is poor, and you really need a car to get to these FKK locations. However, to go from the Frankfurt airport to FKK Palace in Frankfurt, or even to FKK Oase very near Frankfurt, there are adequate public transportation options. This has been described in detail many times before on this thread. It is easy and step, by step instructions that you can easily duplicate.
So, I would have advised you that renting a car and driving to Oase from the airport and back, might be a challenge and more burdensome on you, than simply arranging for your luggage to either be checked through to your final destination, or for it to be stored at the "left baggage" office at the Frankfurt airport, so as to free you from having to worry about luggage, and then simply taking the train from the airport to the Hauptbanhof (Main Train Station) and then switching at the Hauptbanhof to the S-Bahn train (S-5 on track 104 downstairs) that goes to Bad Homburg or Freidrichsdorf. You would use the ticket machines at the airport train station to buy a ticket valid for travel all the way from the airport to Bad Homburg or Freidrichsdorf. There are various trains that can be taken from the airport to the Hauptbanhof. The S-Bahn system has the S-8 and the S-9. There are also regional trains that stop at the airport and also at the Hauptbanhof. Just take the next available train at the time you arrive there. Ask people nearby you to confirm the train is going to the Hauptbanhof, to set your mind at ease. Do the same for verifying which stop to get off the train at. On the S-8 or S-9 trains there are only 3 or 4 stops until the Hauptbanhof and the trip is only 11 minutes. Go on the website [url]www.bahn.de[/url] And set it to English, and use the Journey Planner to familiarize yourself with all the train connection options you need.
The ticket machines have a touch screen and you can set them for English. You can then select the option for a single journey, either one way, or round trip. The ticket machine will present you with the option to type in the name of the destination station. Type in Bad Homburg and select the "Bad Homburg v. The. Hohe Banhof" option when you see it on the screen, if you are going to Bad Homburg. Since I am never sure how I will feel at 4:00 or 5:00 AM in the morning about returning to the airport by train, or spending the money to take a taxi directly from Oase all the way back to the airport, I usually just buy the single journey one way train ticket at the airport station. I can always buy the return train ticket at the Bad Homburg station if I need to.
Your first stop, however, before approaching the train ticket machines, is to an ATM where you can withdraw some Euros to use at the train machines, as well as for a taxi, and of course for paying the girls at Oase for their services, and for train or taxi back to the airport. There is a possibility of getting Euro out of a credit card at Oase, but you will pay 10% fee for that, and since you wrote you have concerns about being seen or photographed there, I assume you don't want any charges on your credit card either. So best to overestimate how much Euro you will need, as you can always exchange the Euro back to Dollars, although you will lose some value in the exchange doing so. Each person knows there own sexual capacity, and preferences for how long they like to spend in a session with a girl. For me, I know I like to spend an hour most of the time, but some guys like to economize more and try to spend only a half hour with each girl in a session. I usually stay the whole night and play with at least four girls, so I estimate I do around four hours of sessions of various time periods, some half hour sessions, maybe a 1.5 hour session, maybe an hour session. So I withdraw and allocate about 500 Euro for spending, and if I need to go over that, I use a credit card at Oase. After you have the cash, get your train ticket (s) and get on your way to FKK land.
If you decide to go with car rental, and to drive yourself from the airport to Oase, then for people like you without a smart phone capable of service outside the USA, pay the few Euro extra to get GPS in your rental car, and make sure you know how to set it to operate in English, or have someone help you with this at rental location before leaving the rental facility, or it will be worthless to you unless you speak German.
However, there are many businesses in the USA that can rent you a phone capable of Internet usage when you travel outside the USA. It shouldn't be such a problem to set yourself up with a phone that gives you telephone usage and usage of Google Maps while traveling. Go online and search.
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[QUOTE=Beffen1;1520772]Over ten years, over 50+ trips to Oase, and I've only been confronted with a lack of a taxi at Friedrichsdorf on just one occassion, in November of this year. And after a five minute wait, a taxi showed up. It's not a problem to get a taxi at Friedrichsdorf.[/QUOTE]Good feedback. Maybe I just had bad luck when I got stranded there early on in my FKK career. On the weekends, the S5 only hits the Friedrichsdorf station about every half hour. So, if you find yourself without a taxi and if you can't call for one, you end up losing a lot of time standing around waiting for the next S5 to take you back to Bad Homburg to get the taxis there. Of course, if you have a phone that works in Germany, you can just call a taxi so no big risk.
If you don't mind calling a taxi and waiting a few minutes, call this number: 0617222100.
[url]www.taxi-22100.de/[/url]
That's a good taxi service in the area and they are always responsive. Again, I guess I just had bad luck when I couldn't find a taxi there. I've never had that problem at Bad Homburg though even at weird hours of the night. Always a taxi there 100% of the time.
[QUOTE=LilJoey; 1520450]Also, my memory fails me about the cost of a train ticket from the airport to Bad Homburg, but I think a one way ticket was something like three or four Euro, not 8 euro. But I'm not sure about this.
Car rental:
You can reserve the cheapest car from Sixt, and you can also request "automatic transmission". What will happen is that they will provide you with the least expensive option they have in stock that has automatic transmission.
Insurance is a large contributor of cost when renting a car, if you are not a local. The credit card insurance coverage of most American credit cards does not apply outside the USA generally, and neither does your own policy. So is there a way for a USA resident to not take the insurance when renting a car in Germany? If one is a frequent visitor, does it pay to open a credit card account in Germany for this purpose of being able to decline insurance coverage when renting a car in Germany?[/QUOTE]I believe the 4. 10 Euro train fare price is from central Frankfurt to Oase. If you go from the airport to Oase, I thought that was closer to 8 Euros. Not 100% sure so if I'm off here, please don't beat me up.
Automatic Transmission.
When renting from Sixt, the "request" for automatic is only a request. I've clicked that "request automatic transmission" box many times when renting, only to be presented with a manual transmission car when I showed up to claim my car. If you really must have an automatic, you must choose a car with the correct SIPP code (
[url]http://www.car-hire-centre.co.uk/sipp-codes.html[/url]
). That is, when renting online, you must ensure that that the third letter of the SIPP code is an A, B, or a D. I always get the cheapest non-Smart car when I'm not carting around a little Romanian with me.
Insurance.
Most USA credit cards that offer rental coverage DO in fact work outside the USA But, you are correct. You must read your terms and conditions and call your VISA coverage administrator to verify coverage. Every time I rent a car, I call the VISA coverage administrator 24 hour hotline and tell them the exact model of car they are offering me at the rental desk. The VISA coverage administrator checks their database and verifies coverage for that exact model of car and geographic location. For example, some of the fancy-schmancy BMW models are not covered. They record my name in their database showing that I verified coverage before driving off. A good example of a common creidt card that WON'T work is the Costco American Express Card. The Terms & Conditions make clear that the rental coverage only works if you are renting from a USA operator and if the transaction is denominated in US dollars.
So, you really need to make sure you have a VISA card that provides rental coverage. If you don't have this, you are really wasting a ton on rental insurance. If you ever have a problem (for example) , scratch on driver's side door or something, you just provide VISA a copy of the rental contract, two photos of the damage from the rental company, and the rental company report and VISA takes care of the claim for you as long as you report it within 30 days of the damage.
Also, for us Americans, make sure that you have one of the free bank accounts out there that includes a debit card that allows International withdrawals with 0% transaction fees. No sense in wasting 3% in transaction fees every time you withdraw money at the ATM, especially with the amount of scratch we are pulling out over there.
GPS.
The US GPS devices generally don't work in Europe unless you have one of the worldwide models. Google Maps on your phone is a good option if you have an unlocked phone that works in Germany (along with a German SIM card or T-mobile who offers free Internet global roaming). If you have an Android phone, you can download MapFactor Navigator which uses the free open maps. It's shitty, clumsy, and cumbersome compared to Google Maps but it's free, works offline, and gets the job done without an Internet connection as long as you download the German offline maps before leaving home.
[url]https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mapfactor.navigator[/url]
You can even use this with any Android tablet that has GPS if you happen to have one laying around. I wouldn't use that as a permanent solution but it's a good backup in case something happens to your primary GPS device or just until you get yourself to a store there to buy a cheap Europe TomTom.
Sixt doesn't rent separate GPS devices. Their cars already have GPS devices installed in them or not. You request this feature when you rent online.
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Oase 16/01/2014
Great thread helped me a lot of planning. Landed in FRA, rented a car. Sixt pimped my ride to an incredible BMW 3-series with navigation and everything. Plat upgradeatSixt sort of inspired to me.
I'd say guys outside Germany can enjoy fast cars, good roads, cheap booze and great sex industry. I'd recommend to skip only cheap booze.
Arrived Thursday night at about 8pm at Oase. Easy drive with a GPS. Parking was half empty, I found a spot near front door. Great entrance, very solid ladies explained me everything. 80 EUR entrance (I thought it'll be 70-75, basic services 50 EUR / 30 min including BBBJ. CIM offered by default for 50 EUR more. Anal sex 150 EUR / 30 min all in. Changing room and shower was an average sports club quality. Not too bad, nothing fancy. I refused first couple of ugly girls. As soon as I ordered a diet coke I got a company of Louisa from Morocco. I got to admit her verbal and oral skills are high standard. We had a lovely excursion around the place. I liked it. I was my first time at Oase. After that we went to the porn theater, had a lovely chat and then suddenly a very public BBBJ. I got to admit it turned me on. After that, a room, great performance, CIM was very sweat. She offered to continue with almost everything a girl can possibly offer. I politely declined but gave her generous tip. IMHO porn theater BBBJ is something to write home about.
Diablo pizza sucks. It's not spicy and I'm not sure whether it was cooked properly.
Jacuzzi is great but it's easy to splash a lot of water. I was asked to sit differently in order not to splash in dining area.
Next set Kosovo-German dark beauty. Fantastic ass, good looking eyes, good sex, BBBJ ok but not as good as from Morocco. Markets "ass fucking", didn't try it.
Romania. Well known notorious Romania. A girl that looks like from Dorcel's studio Russian Institute. Says she's 23 which might be close to truth. 180cm tall raw, more than 190 in her shoes. Skinny. Natural A size breast. Knee size stockings. Glasses. Kinky as hell. Upsells everything she's got. Easily accepts refusal. Excessively markets anal sex. I did a dildo trial. Nice but not something to write home about. Horrible erotic massage. Great BBBJ, wank and overall kinkiness. I found jacuzzi-front room's lightning too bright. Romanian CIM, COB, Cum on glasses, tits, whatever one might want. She's got an Albanian GF which was bad looking and horrible. I politely declined her on the first round.
Overall a very pleasant experience. One needs to understand that it's perhaps a very expensive place to CIM during the first hour and leave. As an ex-smoker I was disturbed by the fact that on one hand all girls go for french kissing but on the other hand all of them stink smoke.
I was slightly disappointed by the fact that after 10pm almost no girls wear lingerie. Initial Thursday (lingerie) night experience with different stockings, ultra short skirts, etc was pretty exiting. Maybe it's worth to come earlier than 8pm. I will return if something brings me in Frankfurt Am Main area. Don't disturb male-only area is a relief after sauna. Relaxed good night's experience at Oase FKK can easily cost EUR 500 and bring a lot of pleasure and sometimes even new sexual experience.
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[QUOTE=DaBee69;1520928]80 EUR entrance (I thought it'll be 70-75, basic services 50 EUR / 30 min including BBBJ. CIM offered by default for 50 EUR more. Anal sex 150 EUR / 30 min all in.[/QUOTE]Good report. Did the entry go up again? I thought it was 70.
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[QUOTE=PussyLiccker;1520989]Good report. Did the entry go up again? I thought it was 70.[/QUOTE]I'm hoping that's a trip report mistake. The web site still shows 70. Wouldn't surprise me at all if Mauro hiked the price again. I'll feel better once someone confirms the price is still 70.
If it did go up, this thread will quickly be filled with outrage.
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When I was there in December, it was 70.
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[QUOTE=Ultrahappy; 1520992]I'm hoping that's a trip report mistake. The web site still shows 70. Wouldn't surprise me at all if Mauro hiked the price again. I'll feel better once someone confirms the price is still 70.
If it did go up, this thread will quickly be filled with outrage.[/QUOTE]I paid entrance fee with a card to save cash for girls. It might be credit card surcharge that made it 80.
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[QUOTE=Hessen Bub;1521080]It still is 70€.[/QUOTE]Thanks. Will be there next month.
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[QUOTE=Benny120; 1520167]Thank you to everybody for your helpful input. I actually listened to your advice, and I reserved a rental car for 40 Euros. Now I just have to make sure that I'll find the place! I've heard that it can be very tough to find, especially at night.
Neurosynth, I never knew that its possible to put in GPS coordinates in a GPS system. Can I do it on any Gps device? I have a cheap tomtom device, I would appreciate more info on that.
BTW is there any way to make my GPS from the US work in Germany, or I have to rent one from the car rental company?[/QUOTE]Your TomTom GPS will work in Germany, but you have to have a map of Germany installed on the TomTom. You have to purchase the map and it must fit in the memory of the device.
Better still is simply request a navigation device when you rent the car in Frankfurt. Not sure about the cost, but it will be worth it. The last Sixti car I rented had a navigation screen in the dashboard and I did not have to pay extra.
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[QUOTE=Forcharles; 1521249]Your TomTom GPS will work in Germany, but you have to have a map of Germany installed on the TomTom. You have to purchase the map and it must fit in the memory of the device.
Better still is simply request a navigation device when you rent the car in Frankfurt. Not sure about the cost, but it will be worth it. The last Sixti car I rented had a navigation screen in the dashboard and I did not have to pay extra.[/QUOTE]Sixt charges EUR 7. 28 EUR per day for navigation if requested. One can get ir for free in better cars. Economy may well get standalone Tomtom or alike.
Sixt can get pretty expensive for 1 day rental (EUR 100+). I'd do a comparison with other car rental companies. Total cost of rental is important which may include GPS, insurance, etc.