{"id":119978,"date":"2023-10-01T12:09:26","date_gmt":"2023-10-01T12:09:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gendermyn.com\/?p=119978"},"modified":"2023-10-01T12:09:26","modified_gmt":"2023-10-01T12:09:26","slug":"oktoberfest-visitors-slam-eye-watering-price-of-beer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gendermyn.com\/travel\/oktoberfest-visitors-slam-eye-watering-price-of-beer\/","title":{"rendered":"Oktoberfest visitors slam eye-watering price of beer"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Oktoberfest visitors slam eye-watering price of beer at world-famous festival<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Oktoberfest is the world&#8217;s largest folk festival, attracting six million people<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>This year, a lot of revellers say they will be missing it due to price increases\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>One X user described it as an &#8216;alcoholic Disney land&#8217;\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Oktoberfest is the world&#8217;s largest folk festival, celebrated for its famous beer event and travelling carnival.<\/p>\n<p>The iconic event runs from mid September to around the first Sunday in October &#8211; it&#8217;s known to attract over six million people from around the world.<\/p>\n<p>It didn&#8217;t take place in 2020 and 2021 due to Covid, but returned to the city of Munich in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>However, this year, a lot of revelers are giving it a miss due to how expensive it&#8217;s become, with one X user calling it an &#8216;alcoholic Disney land&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>A one litre stein of beer will reportedly set you back between \u20ac12.60\u00a0(\u00a310.92) and\u00a0\u20ac14.90 (\u00a312.92), which is a 6% price increase from last year.<\/p>\n<p>Wie viel ich an einem Tag auf dem Oktoberfest gezahlt habe \ud83d\udc96 #CapCut #oktoberfest #wiesn #oktoberfest2023 #oktoberfestpreise #m\u00fcnchen <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/27\/15\/75895643-12566419-image-a-94_1695824751640.jpg\" height=\"1127\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>This year, a lot of revelers are giving it a miss due to how expensive it&#8217;s become, with one X user calling it an &#8216;alcoholic Disney land&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/27\/15\/75895647-12566419-image-a-75_1695824621396.jpg\" height=\"1127\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>A one liter stein of beer will set you back between \u20ac12.60 (\u00a310.92) and \u20ac14.90 (\u00a312.92), which is a 6% price increase from last year<\/p>\n<p>A TikTok by Kathi Seidl shows everything she and her friends spent in a day at the folk festival.<\/p>\n<p>The first thing they got was breakfast, which usually costs \u20ac19.90 (\u00a317.24) per person, but the group got it for free as one of them is working at Oktoberfest.<\/p>\n<p>Next, Kathi drank a stein of beer which would have been \u20ac13.30 (\u00a311.53), but again she bagged this for free, as well as a shot.<\/p>\n<p>The first thing she actually paid for was her second pint, costing\u00a0\u20ac14.80 (\u00a312.83) including a tip.<\/p>\n<p>She then ate a steak roll which her set her back\u00a0\u20ac7 (\u00a36.07) and\u00a0L\u00e1ngos, a typical Hungarian delicacy which was\u00a0\u20ac9 (\u00a37.80).<\/p>\n<p>After this, the group headed for a spin on a theme park ride called the &#8216;power tower,&#8217; which cost\u00a0\u20ac10 (\u00a38.67), before heading home in a taxi for\u00a0\u20ac30 (\u00a326).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>At the end of the day, the cost of everything added up to \u20ac118 (\u00a3102.31), however\u00a0\u20ac41 (\u00a335.53) of it was free so she actually spent\u00a0\u20ac71 (\u00a361.53) in total.<\/p>\n<p>German commenters were divided on whether the prices were reasonable or not.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/27\/15\/75895649-12566419-image-a-76_1695824628305.jpg\" height=\"1127\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>She then ate a steak roll which her set her back \u20ac7 (\u00a36.07) and L\u00e1ngos, a typical Hungarian delicacy which was \u20ac9 (\u00a37.80)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/27\/15\/75895639-12566419-image-a-77_1695824633828.jpg\" height=\"1127\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>After this, the group headed for a spin on a theme park ride called the &#8216;power tower,&#8217; which cost \u20ac10 (\u00a38.67), before heading home in a taxi for \u20ac30 (\u00a326)<\/p>\n<p>One user wrote &#8216;Was there in 2013 with 6 colleagues. I spent \u20ac1700 with a hotel stay.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Another added &#8216;It is really extremely expensive,&#8217; while others argued the prices are reasonable, writing &#8216;It&#8217;s little for what you got&#8217; and &#8216;pretty good day&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>People from around the world have taken to X (formerly known as Twitter) to join in with the debate.<\/p>\n<p>One American user wrote &#8216;I contemplated going last year just because I wanted to visit Germany since I live in Europe now and it\u2019s way closer than when I was in the states.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;But holy hell researching it seemed so damn expensive that it was like an alcoholic Disney world haha.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/27\/15\/75893493-12566419-image-a-95_1695824790843.jpg\" height=\"147\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/27\/15\/75893489-12566419-image-a-97_1695824794389.jpg\" height=\"142\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/27\/15\/75893491-12566419-image-a-96_1695824792214.jpg\" height=\"173\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/27\/15\/75893485-12566419-image-a-98_1695824796231.jpg\" height=\"176\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>People from around the world have taken to X (formerly known as Twitter) to join in with the debate<\/p>\n<p>Another added &#8216;Just crazy expensive and unaffordable for the common people! It\u2019s not Oktoberfest, it\u2019s Upper-Class-Fest.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Someone else agreed, tweeting &#8216;I have never been to Oktoberfest. I will probably never go there either. It&#8217;s too expensive for me.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson from Oktoberfest said &#8216;The beverage prices are not set by the City of Munich.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>However, as the organizer of the Oktoberfest,\u00a0the city reviews the prices quoted by the restaurateurs to ensure they are reasonable.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;For this purpose, a comparison is made with the prices of large-scale catering establishments in the Munich city area.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;These prices currently range from \u20ac7.10 to \u20ac12.20 per liter of export beer.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The festival confirmed that prices can reach up to \u20ac14.90 outside of the Munich city area.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/travel\/article-12566419\/Oktoberfest-visitors-slam-eye-watering-price-beer-world-famous-festival.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oktoberfest visitors slam eye-watering price of beer at world-famous festival Oktoberfest is the world&#8217;s largest folk festival, attracting six million people This year, a lot of revellers say they will be missing it due to<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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