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Travel Help Steubenville Encounter – 2018

Rain Plan Updates

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Travel Help – On Arrival

  • Find the #EncounterHOU Volunteers with iPads and orange lanyards in the lobby. They’ll check you in and get you your conference wristband and help you with anything else you might need. Arriving after 6 pm? Check into your hotel room and then head up to the 4th floor. Our check -in volunteers will be near the Mercantile.

 

 Commuter Registration 

  • Feel free to arrive as early as 4pm and check in near the hotel front desk. The Family Festival will begin at 6pm on the 4th floor of the hotel. If you arrive after 6pm, you can check in there near the Mercantile. If you don’t plan on arriving until Saturday morning, please check-in on the 4th floor at the information desk.

Arrival Information

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Overnight Registration

Hotel check-in begins at 4 pm on Friday.

  1. Make your way to the First Floor lobby and check into your hotel at the Front Desk. You should only need to tell them your name, no confirmation number needed.Have an ID handy could be helpful just in case. Don’t know your roommates? No worries, you can find their names on the room reservation. The first person to check in will need to put a card on file for incidentals.

If you have any trouble with your reservation or rooming requests, our conference staff will be on hand to assist.

  1.  Find the #EncounterHOU Volunteers with iPads and orange lanyards in the lobby. They’ll check you in and get you your conference wristband and help you with anything else you might need. Arriving after 6 pm? Check into your hotel room and then head across the street to Discovery Green. Look for our check -in volunteers near the food entrance and join in on the Family Festival!

Commuter Registration

Feel free to arrive as early as 4pm and check in near the hotel front desk.The Family Festival will begin at 6pm on Discovery Green across the street from the hotel. If you arrive after 6pm, you can check in at the Family Festival near the stage. If you don’t plan on arriving until Saturday morning, please check-in on the 4th floor at the information desk.

Parking

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We recommend parking in the Avenida North Garage on the northwest corner of Rusk and Avenida de las Americas. It has a skybridge to the second floor of the Marriott Marquis. If you are staying overnight, parking is $27/night with in and out privileges. If you are commuting, we were able to get a special rate of $13/day, but you must get your ticket validated by our conference staff. On Friday, you can validate your parking ticket with our registration volunteers in the hotel lobby. On Saturday and Sunday, you can validate with our volunteers at the information desk on the 4th floor.

If you want to to save money on parking, we recommend carpooling with friends or ubering to the hotel. Because our beloved Astros are playing at home this weekend, parking at surrounding surface lots are likely going to be more expensive.

Visit Houston APP

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Looking for things to do?

Download the visit Houston APP

The VisitHouston AR Browser exposes the leisure traveler to the quintessential Houston experience through an augmented layer of reality. Explore curated experiences in Houston from “Restaurants” and “Things to do” to “Nightlife” and “Hotels” all through the lens of your phone.

Download the visit Houston App

Getting Around Downtown

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Getting around downtown may seem difficult and expensive, but you’d be surprised the easy options you have. We recommend some options:

Downtown Map

1 – Walk! Even within a concrete jungle, there is beauty and charm. You may even stumble upon your new favorite dive bar or city park.

2 – Greenlink Orange Route (MAP / Info)

With routes along Avenida that head into Downtown, Greenlink is a FREE bus service that has easy, hop-on-hop-off locations. During #EncounterHOU, use the Orange Route at the Bus Stop near the Convention Center to get to Main Street, Market Square Park, Bayou Place and more. Ask the Valet for more info.

HOURS

Monday-Friday — 6:30 pm to Midnight

Saturday — 9 am to Midnight

Sunday — 9 am to 6 pm

Every 10 minutes

3 – Rideshare – Uber/Lyft can help you save money if you carpool! 

4 –  METRORail – The Marriott is on the Convention District Station on the Green and Purple Line. The closest stop on the Red Line is Central Station which is a ~10 minute walk from the hotel. Head east to the Greater East End/EADo near BBVA Compass Stadium, street art and delicious food. Head north to Historic Market Square Park and Main Street, or south to Midtown and the Museum District.

If this all sounds confusing, click here.

5 – Taxi Cab – Six in the City

A cab ride to anywhere in Downtown is $6 per ride, no matter how many riders. Ask Valet to call you a cab or use ZTrip and get the taxi to come to you.

6 – Bcycle (Rent-a-bike)

Visit the Bcycle station right outside the Marriott near Discovery Green and rent a Bcycle to explore Downtown on two wheels.  With a location at Crawford and Lamar, Crawford and Rusk, and many other locations around the city, you can borrow a bike for a few hours or the whole day. Explore the rest of downtown, Buffalo Bayou and more! Download the app to get started.