# Please recommend a hotel in Philly

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-a-hotel-in-philly/267911>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [October 6, 2004, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-a-hotel-in-philly/267911 "2004-10-06T20:11:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![ryanbobo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b4bc9f/32.png) [@ryanbobo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ryanbobo)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2004, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-a-hotel-in-philly/267911/1 "2004-10-06T20:11:02Z")

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I’m going to visit the U. of Penn soon. I’ll fly into Philly, and I don’t want to rent a car. Can anyone recommend a hotel within walking distance or a relatively short bus or cab ride from Penn’s campus? I’d like to try to keep it under $100.

Thank you in advance.

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**Author:** ![ryanbobo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b4bc9f/32.png) [@ryanbobo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ryanbobo)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2004, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-a-hotel-in-philly/267911/2 "2004-10-06T20:12:08Z")

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I meant $100/night, if that wasn’t clear.

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**Author:** ![Frank\_2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8c91f0/32.png) [@Frank\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank_2)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2004, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-a-hotel-in-philly/267911/3 "2004-10-06T20:39:47Z")

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You’ll have a tough time as most hotel rates in cities start around 120/night.

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**Author:** ![slu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/74df32/32.png) [@slu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slu)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2004, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-a-hotel-in-philly/267911/4 "2004-10-06T21:27:45Z")

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Here is link to the hotels closest to UPENN:

[http://www.admissionsug.upenn.edu/visiting/accommodations.php](http://www.admissionsug.upenn.edu/visiting/accommodations.php)

There are a couple of hotels there under $100.

You could also check here: [http://www.gophila.com/accommodations/](http://www.gophila.com/accommodations/)

They sometimes have cheap specials on here.

I can vouch for all the hotels on the Penn Page as being fine. You can get a cab/train to all these hotels from the airport/trainstation. And most you could walk to from 30th Street Station.

You should eat at the White Dog Cafe.

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**Author:** ![TeaElle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8491ac/32.png) [@TeaElle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TeaElle)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2004, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-a-hotel-in-philly/267911/5 "2004-10-07T03:56:35Z")

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Can a Philadelphian confirm that [the “University Area” shown on this map](http://www.priceline.com/hotels/Lang/en-us/images%5Cregionmaps%5C381.gif) is the UPenn area? If someone can, you may as well try Priceline, **ryanbobo**.

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**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2004, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-a-hotel-in-philly/267911/6 "2004-10-07T11:52:17Z")

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Yup, that’s the area around Penn and Drexel.

Let us know when you’re coming, **ryanbobo** – we’re trying to do a monthly dinner (though we occasionally miss a month), and could schedule one for while you’re in town if you’d like to meet some local Dopers.

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**Author:** ![ryanbobo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b4bc9f/32.png) [@ryanbobo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ryanbobo)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2004, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-a-hotel-in-philly/267911/7 "2004-10-07T13:33:42Z")

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Thanks for the help, everyone. I actually found a really nice hotel near campus in Center City at 1/2 rate using a certain hotel booking website (I don’t know if I should name it so I don’t come across as advertising for them).

And thatks for the invitation, **twickster** , but I’ll only be in town for one night, and I already have plans for that evening. Drink a beer for me.