From the Blue Line:
- exit at Clark/Lake. Go up to street level, turn left into the atrium, turn right, and you'll find a small post office (open to 5:30 PM). To get to the hotel from there, either take a cab (right outside on LaSalle), or take a bus: go back to the station, exit, turn right and walk along Lake (under the tracks) two blocks to State, cross Lake, and take a #146 south. You'll want off at Harrison, across from the Travelodge.
- if you're running late, exit at Jackson. Take the elevator up, cross the street and the plaza to the Loop post office, open until 6 PM. (I usually think this one has longer lines.) From here, you'd get the #146 at State and Jackson, half a block south and one block east.
- if you're really late, the Travelodge (65 E. Harrison) is 1/2 mile east of the city's main, 24-hour post office (358 W. Harrison).