Hotwire Hotel: Looking for Hotel 10/15/11 at OHare airport (Chicago)

[Gambit3]

Any suggestions or places to avoid? Thanks!

Would like to keep it around $70 max. Hotwire is giving some prices in the $50's (Baymont Inn) & Super 8 Elk Grove Village.

[hohogap]

I had luck bidding PL on the 4* O'Hare (ORD) South - received the Hyatt Regency for $60 recently. Nice location if you don't have a car. Over $20/night for parking and nothing close to the hotel any cheaper.

[hohogap]

And you can check the PL/Hotwire Calendar of Wins above to see what others have received for that area for that date. Gives some guidance, although inventory changes daily so no guarantees. Hope that helps!

[AaronJB]

I'd really keep to around the airport area, as you want to be at least reasonably near CTA transit.

I do see what appears to be the Swissotel for $162 downtown for 10/15-16; this wasn't showing for this date when searching earlier this morning. While expensive, if you were able to get a 4* in the Loop for $125-150 on PRICELINE, you'd still have a per-night average around $110.

In terms of the airport, rates for 4* properties seem a tad elevated in comparison to usual, but not too bad. I'd start at $55 for a 4* in Chicago O'Hare ORD North or 4* Chicago O'Hare ORD South and work higher by $5's.

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[Gambit3]

Thanks. I'll check that today.

Would you recommend something like the Go Chicago Card as a good value?

[AaronJB]

The Go Chicago card is worth getting if you do plan to see a lot of the museums (look at the list of museums included, see what the potential admission costs would be and compare to the card.)

I will note with the Go Card that the Museum of Science and Industry is pretty far South of the city and requires additional time for the trip. I would not recommend the Adler, but I would recommend the Shedd and the Field, which are conveniently located right next to each other. I'd also highly recommend the Art Institute.

Not on the card - and free - is the Lincoln Park Zoo, which I'd highly recommend.

Additionally, this link from the city does have coupons for some attractions:

http://www.explorechicago.org/city/en/supp..._Discounts.html

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