Munich private tours: a rickshaw, private guides and private drivers, priced

Four of the eight stay in town. The e-rickshaw at $112 runs one to five hours with a local guide: the Old Town, the English Garden and the city’s highlights, on a route the listing sells as customizable. 4.9 across 196 reviews, the largest base of any private listing here.

The private tour with a local at $107 runs two to six hours on a route tailored to you: historic landmarks, lively squares, green spaces and local neighbourhoods. 4.9 across 30 reviews.

The private Old Town walk at $354 is six hours on foot: Marienplatz, the inside of St. Peter’s and the Asamkirche, and more churches on the way. 4.9 across 23 reviews. The shared Old Town walks cost $25 for two hours; the walking page sets them side by side.

The private walk with BMW Museum and BMW Welt entry at $586 is four hours on BMW’s legacy, the city’s history and its beer culture. 4.2 across 19 reviews, the lowest rating of the four city listings.

Three private listings go to Neuschwanstein, and they are not the same product. The $330 one is a luxury van with a private driver for ten hours; its name says the van is for six people, and its description names the driver, not a guide or castle entry. 5.0 across 19 reviews.

The $616 private tour with Neuschwanstein Castle entry is nine hours by air-conditioned van, with advance ticketing and entry to the castle and stops in Oberammergau village and at Ettal Monastery. 5.0 across 24 reviews. The other $616 listing adds a second palace: nine and a half hours with a guide to Füssen, Neuschwanstein Castle, Oberammergau and Linderhof. 4.9 across 59 reviews.

The fourth is a private English-speaking driver to Salzburg and Hallstatt and back, twelve hours at $470. It is rated 4.1 across 27 reviews, the lowest rating on this page. The listing sells the driver and the car; a guide is not mentioned.

Which castle trips include entry, shared and private, is set out on the Neuschwanstein page; Salzburg by train with a guide is on the Salzburg page.

Start with the size of the evidence. One of the eight has more than 100 reviews: the rickshaw, with 196. The other seven have between 19 and 59 each, so a 5.0 here stands on 24 or 19 opinions, and the 4.1 and 4.2 on 27 and 19.

What private costs over shared, listing against listing. The shared Old Town walk is $25 for two hours (4.7 across 655 reviews); the private one is $354 for six. The shared Neuschwanstein and Linderhof full-day trip is $85 (4.6 across 17,025 reviews, the most reviewed listing on the whole site); the private version is $616. Salzburg by train with a guide is $88 (4.7 across 1,808 reviews); the private driver to Salzburg and Hallstatt is $470.

So private pays off in two cases: when the listing price turns out to cover your whole group, and when you want what the shared listing does not sell, such as a route you set, six hours on foot instead of two, or Hallstatt added to Salzburg.

One more listing is sold as a private or group tour: the 90-minute walk of the Old Town and Viktualienmarkt at $269, 4.8 across 911 reviews. Check the listing for what that price covers.