From: annie (pinkfest@pinkmyst.com)
Date: Wed Jun 17 2009 - 13:42:44 CDT
>What would be a good hotel choice for me. I would like to be in one
>where several other girls are staying as this is my 1st PF.
Historically, the two most popular hotels for Pinkfest over
the years have been:
1. Red Roof Inn, River North, at the corner of Ontario and St.
Clair. This is a restored older hotel. It ain't the Waldorf
by any means, and the rooms are small, but it's clean and
comfortable. I've stayed there twice, both times for PF.
No free parking for guests! Paid parking available in the
area for rates that are somewhere between extortive and
confiscatory!
2. Days Inn O'Hare West. This is in Elk Grove Village on
Higgins Road. Adjacent to Hunters Dance Club. I've stayed
there, but not for PF. This is your typical suburban motel.
Nothing fancy at all, showing its age, but clean and
comfortable. It will be priced about 1/2 of what RRI River
North is. Plenty of free parking. Free shuttle to O'Hare.
. . . . .
Now, if you want a hotel in River North that has free
parking, the only one there is will be Best Western River
North at Ohio and LaSalle. I've stayed there once for PF.
Again, clean and comfortable, nothing fancy, rooms are a
bit small.
. . .
A compromise between cost and convenience might be the
Holiday Inn O'Hare (nee' Ramada Inn O'Hare Plaza). This
is on Cumberland just south of the Kennedy. Plenty of
free parking but it's a fairly easy walk to the Blue
Line subway/el. You can park&ride the Blue Line if you
don't wanna walk 4 blocks or so. If you want to drive,
the Kennedy is one block north. I've stayed here several
times on business and pleasure, twice for Pinkfest.
This hotel has a checkered history and is known in some
circles as the "OJ Hotel". Google "OJ" and "Ramada O'Hare
Plaza" for the rest of the story. :) :) :)
Hope this helps. :)
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