O/T Anyone visited Washington D.C.?

[toppcat]

I believe you can take the Metro from BWI. I would check that but it is my recollection that option exists.

[CardTarget]

Originally Posted by toppcat

I believe you can take the Metro from BWI. I would check that but it is my recollection that option exists.

You definitely CAN'T take the metro from BWI. There might be train service on weekdays if you time it right, but for a tourist that's not really something I would mess around with.

Fly into DCA unless it's too expensive (more than $50 higher than Dulles). You can stay in Crystal City right near National Airport. BTW, National Airport is in Virginia across the river, not in DC as somebody else said... but it's as close as you can get.

[Jewish-collector]

Reagan Airport is actually more convenient to actual Washington, DC but Dulles (Northern Virginia) & BWI (Outside of Baltimore) are less expensive. As far as hotels, it depends on how nice they want. They can get a lower end motel in the suburbs or a very fancy hotel in DC and everything in between. Of course, it also depends on how close they want to be to where they're visiting.

[Bill Stone]

My favorite hotel in DC is the Omni Shoreham Hotel located within an easy walk to great places to eat and the zoo. If you are a AAA member you should check with them on reduced rates --it is normally very expensive but I have usually had good luck booking at very reasonable rate.

[Clark7781]

Are they planning on visiting during the week, or on the weekend? I ask because many hotel room's are cheaper on weekends than weekdays due to the high number of business travelers they have.

If they are planning on staying downtown, I would recommend finding a hotel that is close to a metro stop. You can fly into DCA, grab metro to your hotel, and use public transportation to visit the sites. If they want to visit places outside of downtown, they should fly into Dulles, grab a hotel somewhere along the Dulles Toll Road, and have a rental car.

If you have more specifics of their itinerary/interests, we can give you better recommendations.

[toppcat]

Originally Posted by CardTarget

You definitely CAN'T take the metro from BWI. There might be train service on weekdays if you time it right, but for a tourist that's not really something I would mess around with.

Fly into DCA unless it's too expensive (more than $50 higher than Dulles). You can stay in Crystal City right near National Airport. BTW, National Airport is in Virginia across the river, not in DC as somebody else said... but it's as close as you can get.

Yup, that's why I said check-must have been thinking of Amtrak-Sorry

[timber63401]

They are going ot go to the:
Marine Corp. Museum
National Archives
Nation Air and Space Museum
Vietnam Vet Mem. and the Smithsonian if that helps any. Thanks for the info so far.

[19cbb]

Last time in DC I stayed at the Georgetown Suites hotel and it was pretty good.
Very nicely located.

http://www.georgetownsuites.com/

[paulcarek]

Stayed at the St. Gregory when I ran the Marine Corps Marathon a couple years ago. Short walk to Georgetown, easy Metro access, etc. Nice place.

http://www.capitalhotelswdc.com/StGregoryHotelWDC_com/