Advertisement
If you have a new account but are having problems posting or verifying your account, please email us on hello@boards.ie for help. Thanks :)
Hello all! Please ensure that you are posting a new thread or question in the appropriate forum. The Feedback forum is overwhelmed with questions that are having to be moved elsewhere. If you need help to verify your account contact hello@boards.ie
Hi there,
There is an issue with role permissions that is being worked on at the moment.
If you are having trouble with access or permissions on regional forums please post here to get access: https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058365403/you-do-not-have-permission-for-that#latest

Washington DC accomadation

  • 22-05-2008 01:57PM
    #1
    firsttimebuyer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22 ✭


    Staying in Washington DC in September for a couple of nights.

    Any recommendations on somewhere decent to stay which is relatively near the main attractions?

    Any info which would be useful to someone who has not been to Washington DC before would be gratefully received....cheers


Comments

  • #2
    rossie1977
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,410 ✭✭✭✭rossie1977


    central washington DC is very expensive accommodation wise, the harrington hotel is probably the cheapest in central DC and is decent, its only a 2-3 blocks from the White house http://www.hotel-harrington.com/

    90% of DC's main sites are located in between the Lincoln Memorial in the west, the Capitol Building in the East, dupont circle in the north and Jefferson memorial in the south

    thats still a very large area to cover and i suggest walking, its easy to get around DC and very little chance of getting lost, public transport isn't great

    Book your tickets for the Washington monument BEFORE arriving in DC, you can do this online otherwise the queue will be a mile long http://www.nps.gov/wamo/

    Weekends in DC are very quiet, don't trek east or north of Union Station/Capitol Building as all that area is ghetto central, cental DC is very safe, ghetto DC is most certainly not


  • #3
    firsttimebuyer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22 ✭firsttimebuyer


    Thanks for the Washington DC info.

    You won't know anywhere decent to stay in New York?

    Cheers


  • #4
    rossie1977
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,410 ✭✭✭✭rossie1977


    chelsea lodge is the best rated budget hotel in NY on tripadvisor http://www.chelsealodge.com/

    last time in NY we stayed at the comfort suites in north bergen about 3 miles from manhattan, lovely hotel (huge beds) and quality you will pay 5 times the price for on the island, however getting to and from the hotel was a pain, the NY cabs drivers don't have a clue once they leave manhattan http://www.comfortsuites.com/ires/en-US/html/HotelInfo?hotel=NJ138&promo=gglocal

    you can also try the NY megathread sticky at the top of this page, i am sure there is loads of accommodation advice, expect to get a small boxy room if staying in manhattan and not paying $500+ a night :mad:


  • #5
    brettmirl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,429 ✭✭✭brettmirl


    There is a Jurys Hotel on Dupont Circle in DC. Might be worth checking out.

    I stayed here before - http://www.washingtonplazahotel.com/
    Grand hotel. Outdoor pool too (if you are going when teh weather will be good) Got a deal through Expedia. About 5 min walk from Dupont Circle.

    Good shopping here - http://www.simon.com/mall/default.aspx?ID=157


Advertisement