Accommodation
The congress office has reserved various room contingents in 2, 3, and 4-star hotels in Mainz for the congress. The hotels are all conveniently located for the main train station and the university. Please note the different availability and book your room yourself using the keyword ›DGS Congress 2026.‹ For further information, please contact dgskongress26(at)uni-mainz.de.
Hotel contingents 1:
Hof Ehrenfels (available until: May 1, 2026)
Hotel am Hechenberg (available until: May 31, 2026)
Intercity Hotel Wiesbaden (available until: July 31, 2026)
Favorite Parkhotel (available until: July 31, 2026)
Hotel contingents 2:
Intercity Hotel Mainz (available until: August 2, 2026)
Holiday Inn the niu (available until: August 3, 2026)
Holiday Inn Express Wiesbaden (available until: August 3, 2026)
Atrium Hotel Mainz (available until: August 16, 2026)
Hotel Schottenhof (available until: August 20, 2026)
Hotel Hammer (available until: August 21, 2026)
Mercure Hotel Mainz City Center (available until: 08/27/2026)
Hotel contingents 3:
Garner Hotel Mainz (available until: 08/30/2026)
Me and All Hotel (available until: 08/30/2026)
Hotel Römerstein (available until: August 31, 2026)
Hotel Königshof (available until: September 1, 2026)
GuestHouse Mainz (available until: September 1, 2026)
H2 Hotel (available until: September 16, 2026)
Other accommodations:
Don Bosco Youth Hostel, price list (PDF)
We kindly ask that students be given priority here. The youth hostel is about a 20-minute walk from campus. Single rooms, double rooms, and 3-bed rooms are available for booking, subject to availability. The price list shows which additional services can be booked in addition to accommodation (e.g., breakfast). Please send your booking to jugendhaus-donbosco(at)bistum-mainz.de with the reference ›DGS Congress 2026.‹
Disability-friendly hotels:
Hotel INNdependence
(Unfortunately, it was not possible to reserve a block of rooms.)
For students:
If you are a student looking for affordable accommodation for the 2026 DGS Congress in Mainz and/or would like to provide sleeping accommodation for fellow students from other cities, please join the Telegram channel for networking among students in and around the DGS: https://t.me/+k5wVDX07sBMzOTcy. Here you can network with each other under ›Vernetzung Schlafplätze‹ (networking sleeping places) and, if necessary, get together to book affordable accommodation in groups (vacation apartments, workers' apartments) or network with fellow students from Mainz who have a place on their sofa or a room in a shared apartment available. Current information is also shared on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/dgs.studbeirat/.

