Travel and Lodging information
Participants in the conference will need to make their own hotel reservations. Information about some hotels/motels in Columbus area is provided below. Limited transportation will be available from the hotels on Olentangy River Road to the campus and back. If participants who will have their own car could help us with some rides, their support will be much appreciated. Public transportation is also available; information is listed below.
Hotels/motels
In the map below, click on the
markers, zoom in/out or click and move the map around for more information (ignore the 
symbols).
Note that the hotel "Holiday Inn on the Lane" (still showing up on the map below), which has been in past years the "conference hotel", and where the conference had its banquets, has closed its doors in 2009.
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Please click on the letter labels on the map for hotel information. Some more information (with some hotels not appearing on the map) is also below.
- Holiday Inn Express - OSU (not on Lane!) (2.5 miles)
3045 Olentangy River Road, Columbus, OH 43202-1552
Phone: (614) 447-1212
Conference rate of *$100* +tax per day for a room with two queen beds or one king bed (or a suite for $125 +tax) - please mention the Conference to get the special rate
(amenities: free breakfast, fitness facility, swimming pool, wheel chair access, tennis court, non-smoking, data port, interior corridors)
Airport transportation $12 each way (48-hr notice required). - Red Roof Inn (2 miles)
441 Ackerman Rd, Columbus, OH
(614) 267-9941; toll-free: 1-800-733-7663
- Varsity North (formerly Baymont Inn) (2.5 miles)
3246 Olentangy River Rd, Columbus, OH
(614) 267-4646; fax: (614) 267-1535
- University Plaza Hotel (2.5 miles)
3110 Olentangy River Rd, Columbus, OH
(614) 267-7461; fax: (614) 263-5299; toll-free: 1-877-677-5292
- University Inn (2.5 miles)
3160 Olentangy River Rd, Columbus, OH
614-261-0523
- Marriot's Fairfield Inn (2.5 miles)
3031 Olentangy River Road Columbus, Ohio 43202
(614)267-1111
- The Blackwell (0.5 miles)
2110 Tuttle Park pl, Columbus, OH
(614) 247-4000
Transportation
Participants can use the local public transportation service, COTA (if you are familiar with OSU's location, you can find information on that site). For the hotels listed above on Olentangy River Road, line 18 will connect them to the University (approximately, bus #18 stops every hour, at 9:00, 10:00, 11:00, etc on the West side of Olentangy River road). We will provide maps and schedules at the conference; we will try to have some information on this page as well. The fare is $1.75 ($2.50 for express lines) - need exact change, coins or bancnotes.