Chicago - Drive Downtown to Hotel or Stay Airport Hotel?
Oct 24, 2023, 4:12 pm
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Chicago - Drive Downtown to Hotel or Stay Airport Hotel?
I have two choices - drive to my downtown hotel in Chicago on a Friday night at around 9pm, or stay in the airport hotel for that night and drive down on a Saturday around noon. What's the better choice?
We need to have a rental car in both instances, I can't take public transportation. What's the best for dealing with traffic?
We need to have a rental car in both instances, I can't take public transportation. What's the best for dealing with traffic?
Oct 24, 2023, 6:37 pm
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I would just decide whatever's more convenient for you. Sounds like you don't need to be downtown on Friday night for any particular reason? I guess if you wanted to go out for drinks or something downtown on that Friday night, you could - but if that's not your goal, I'd personally stay by the airport, get a good night's sleep, and then head downtown on Saturday. Traffic downtown will probably be lighter Saturday midday as well because you won't have the partiers going to/from the city.
Oct 24, 2023, 9:24 pm
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I would just decide whatever's more convenient for you. Sounds like you don't need to be downtown on Friday night for any particular reason? I guess if you wanted to go out for drinks or something downtown on that Friday night, you could - but if that's not your goal, I'd personally stay by the airport, get a good night's sleep, and then head downtown on Saturday. Traffic downtown will probably be lighter Saturday midday as well because you won't have the partiers going to/from the city.
Oct 26, 2023, 1:46 pm
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They're also doing construction on the inbound Kennedy (I-90). I don't know if it's done yet since I have been avoiding it, but for most of the summer 2-3 of the four lanes have been closed. It's a mess.