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USCe @ UGA - Help wanted - advice on accommodations and game day travel
Posted on 3/31/13 at 4:59 am
Posted on 3/31/13 at 4:59 am
We are planning on going to the USCe/UGA game on September 7th in Athens.
We will be flying in from out of town to Atlanta and are trying to figure out what we should do about hotels and driving. Here are the questions:
1) Should we stay in Athens or Atlanta? Why?
2) Is there any chance that we can get a hotel room in Athens for the Friday and Saturday nights? If so, where do you recommend?
3) If not right in Athens, is it worth it to stay closer to Athens than Atlanta? Where?
4) If we stay in Atlanta, what is the drive and traffic like before and after the game?
5) Other advice is welcome.
Thanks
We will be flying in from out of town to Atlanta and are trying to figure out what we should do about hotels and driving. Here are the questions:
1) Should we stay in Athens or Atlanta? Why?
2) Is there any chance that we can get a hotel room in Athens for the Friday and Saturday nights? If so, where do you recommend?
3) If not right in Athens, is it worth it to stay closer to Athens than Atlanta? Where?
4) If we stay in Atlanta, what is the drive and traffic like before and after the game?
5) Other advice is welcome.
Thanks
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Posted on 3/31/13 at 6:14 am to Halifax
Athens already mostly booked up. So if you want to stay in Athens, you better book now.
The drive from Atlanta is very heavy and very slow. You would be better off staying in Jefferson or Commerce, if Athens is sold out.
The drive from Atlanta is very heavy and very slow. You would be better off staying in Jefferson or Commerce, if Athens is sold out.
Posted on 3/31/13 at 6:15 am to Halifax
1) It depends if you want to see some attractions in downtown Atlanta. If you can still hang with the college crowd, I would recommend spending a night partying in Downtown Athens, nothing like it IMO.
2) If you want a hotel room in Athens, book it yesterday.
3) You could stay anywhere off Highway 316, but it's still a drive
4) If you stay in Atlanta, I-85 will be clear, but once you hit 316 you're screwed. I would have a 2 hour buffer on your schedule.
5) Yes, spend a night in downtown Athens, that's all
2) If you want a hotel room in Athens, book it yesterday.
3) You could stay anywhere off Highway 316, but it's still a drive
4) If you stay in Atlanta, I-85 will be clear, but once you hit 316 you're screwed. I would have a 2 hour buffer on your schedule.
5) Yes, spend a night in downtown Athens, that's all
Posted on 3/31/13 at 8:00 am to Halifax
I'm willing to bet that all hotels in Athens are already booked. The next closest is Commerce. But luckily for you, if you're flying into Atlanta, Commerce is about an hour and a half North off I-85.
Online sites indicate that all Athens hotels are sold out, but I'd get a list of some and call them personally just to be sure.
If you don't want to drive that far to Commerce for a hotel (which is about 30 minutes North of Athens), there may be some options in Winder, which is about 30 minutes WEST of Athens on 316.
But like others have said, you have to book ASAP because even the Commerce hotels that have rooms will book up soon.
Online sites indicate that all Athens hotels are sold out, but I'd get a list of some and call them personally just to be sure.
If you don't want to drive that far to Commerce for a hotel (which is about 30 minutes North of Athens), there may be some options in Winder, which is about 30 minutes WEST of Athens on 316.
But like others have said, you have to book ASAP because even the Commerce hotels that have rooms will book up soon.
This post was edited on 3/31/13 at 8:01 am
Posted on 3/31/13 at 2:39 pm to Halifax
#1- Stay in Jefferson off I-85 at Highway 129 (exit 137). It is a solid 25 minutes to downtown Athens from there, and only about 40 minutes north of Atlanta. That's a better choice than Commerce (but commerce has more hotels, if the ones in Jefferson are booked).
#2- Stay in Braselton (2 exits from the Jefferson Exit on I-85). You are 30 minutes from Athens. There are several hotels there, and a fancy winery place that is probably already booked.
3#- Madison/Lake Oconee area. This is off I-20, south of Athens, about 30 minutes. About an hour from the ATL airport. There are hotels, motels, lake house rentals, etc.
#4- If you stay in Atlanta, it is 1 hour 15 minutes to Athens, with no traffic. With traffic, on a gameday, it is 2.5 hours. From downtown ATL, I recommend reverse psychology. Drive north on I-85 to Jefferson, which seems longer and more out of the way on paper, then you'll drive south on highway 129 straight into downtown Athens. Highway 129 becomes "Prince Avenue" in Athens.
#2- Stay in Braselton (2 exits from the Jefferson Exit on I-85). You are 30 minutes from Athens. There are several hotels there, and a fancy winery place that is probably already booked.
3#- Madison/Lake Oconee area. This is off I-20, south of Athens, about 30 minutes. About an hour from the ATL airport. There are hotels, motels, lake house rentals, etc.
#4- If you stay in Atlanta, it is 1 hour 15 minutes to Athens, with no traffic. With traffic, on a gameday, it is 2.5 hours. From downtown ATL, I recommend reverse psychology. Drive north on I-85 to Jefferson, which seems longer and more out of the way on paper, then you'll drive south on highway 129 straight into downtown Athens. Highway 129 becomes "Prince Avenue" in Athens.
Posted on 4/18/13 at 2:34 pm to Halifax
Update: As antincipated, all rooms are booked in Athens.
We have rooms booked at the Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott, in Commerce, GA, for Friday and Saturday nights.
Waddayathink?
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