Accommodations
Meeting attendees need to make their own lodging reservations
by calling hotels directly. Because it is located in a residential
neighborhood of Southeast Portland, there are no hotels within
walking distance of Reed College. Distances within Portland, however,
are not immense and public transportation is excellent (see handy
Tri-Met trip planner). Reed’s
Lodging
Guide provides
a comprehensive list of Portland area hotels. Also the Portland
Visitor Association and Portland
CitySearch webpages may be helpful.
For easiest access to Reed, it is recommended that you consider
either downtown hotels (most exciting location, 15 minute drive
or 30-minute no-transfer bus ride to Reed) or Southeast Clackamas
area hotels (less expensive, 15-minute car ride to Reed) for your
lodging. Portland also has a youth
hostel on Hawthorne Blvd.
For the meeting, a limited number of rooms have
been reserved until May 1 at the following places:
- The Four Points Portland Downtown Sheraton
- Lodging: The Four Points Sheraton is in the heart of downtown
Portland. Its address is 50 SW Morrison and reservation can
be made at (888)
627-8263 or (503) 484-1406. Until May 1, a block
of fifty rooms is set aside for us with the following rates:
Single (1 person/1
Bed) $77; Double (2 People/1 Bed) $92; Double/Double
(2 People/2 Beds) $92. Car parking at the hotel cost $5.50
per night. Request
the "American Physical Society" when
making reservations.
- Dining: The hotel has a restaurant, which opens at 7AM,
offering a hot breakfast buffet for $9.
- Transportation: This
hotel does not provide its own airport shuttle. However, you
can ride the MAX line (Portland's light
rail system)
from the airport to within two blocks of the hotel
for $1.55 (see Tri-Met trip planner at http://www.tri-met.org/index.shtml).
To
take the bus from this hotel to Reed, board the
#19 bus at 5th & Morrison.
The bus will cross the river and pass in front
of Reed College on Woodstock Blvd. Allow about
30 minutes
for
this bus ride.
Fare is $1.25.
- The Days Inn-Portland South
-
Lodging: The Days Inn-Portland South is in Clackamas, about
a 15-minute car ride from Reed College. Its address is
9717 SE Sunnyside Rd.,
Clackamas, OR and reservation can be made at
(800) 241-1699 or (503) 654-1699. Until May 1, a block
of thirty rooms is set aside
for us with the following rate: Single, Double,
Triple or Quad (Two Queen Beds maximum) $62. An addition
6% Room Tax will be added
to this rate. Car parking at the hotel is FREE.
Request the "American
Physical Society" when making reservations.
- Dining:
Room rates include a deluxe continental breakfast
that begins at 6AM.
- Transportation: The hotel
has its own airport shuttle, which leaves from in front
of Baggage Claim #4 at the airport.
Upon arrival at the airport, call (800) 241-1699 to summon shuttle. To
ride the city bus from this hotel to Reed requires
about an hour and two transfers, and so is not recommended. When making reservations,
ask if the hotel can use its shuttle to provide
transportation
to Reed.
Note: The weekend of the APS NW 2003 meeting
is also the first weekend of the annual month-long Portland
Rose Festival. Thus is it wise to book your hotel
room as early as possible as
lodging can be hard to find during the entire festival month.
The Starlight
Parade,
the first big event of the festival, will be on the evening
of May 31, which may (if you like parades) be a reason for you
wanting
to stay in a downtown hotel. The parade starts at 8:30 P.M.
and is preceded by the 5-km Starlight Run,
Registration for this race starts at 6:30 PM and the actual
race
starts at 8:00 PM.
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