Originally Posted by rc408
Thanks for the info everyone. It sounds unanimous on which way to go, I appreciate the help. I was thinking of taking the train but remembered I will have my luggage and not have time to go to the hotel first.
I live here and often take my luggage on the train with no probs. If staying downtown, an option would be to take the train into the city, drop the bags at the hotel, and then cab to United. If staying near the airport, drop bags first, then take the Blue Line in. The train is 45 minutes ORD to downtown, driving could be much more. Also consider the time it takes to rental shuttle and pick up / checkout rental car, too. Could be 2 hours and up.....