Priceline Hotel: Calgary

[canadianeh]

I am about to try to bid in the next few days for a hotel in Calgary for July12-16th(during Stampede Week). Has anyone had any luck or any tips for me ? Doesn't have to be fancy, just clean and an easy public transportation route to events

[AaronJB]

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[blkjck1]

As a Calgarian, I would say you would be very hard pressed to find anything that meets your wishes. The only certainty where you will be able to take the C-Train to the Stampede grounds would be to stay downtown. There is only one real public transportation option from the airport (a PRICELINE EXPRESS bus downtown), and the whole airport area encompasses a huge area, as is the south part of Calgary. The downtown hotels are usually full during Stampede, and this year, it is going to be extra hard because Garth Brooks is coming out of retirement for one night to do a full concert on the 12th to mark the Stampede's centennial.

You may need to consider booking a hotel and pay rack if you do indeed what to be here during Stampede. I would say the best way to economize is to book a hotel as far away from the Stampede grounds as possible, perhaps go out of town to Airdrie, Okotoks, or even as far as Red Deer or Canmore (near the Banff townsite). Rent a car, and if you were wanting to commute to the Stampede grounds, park your car at any of the Park n Ride LRT stations.

[blkjck1]

When I talked about certainty about staying downtown and being on the C-Train, I should have clarified that to say that the Priceline hotels downtown would give you certainty being near the C-Train. IN NW Calgary, there is a cluster of motels collectively called Motel Village that is no further than a block away from the Banff Trail C-Train station that would take you to the Stampede grounds. There are also a couple of hotels near Canada Olympic Park that may meet your needs on a price basis, but COP is on the western outskirts of town, and you should have a car to get around. The hotels around YYC are not too bad either, but there are C-Train stations nearby if you have a car. They're too far to walk to.