TravelDeals

  1. General Deals
    1. Continental Airlines
    2. Useful Websites
    3. Low-Fare Airlines
  2. Deals for Specific Cities
    1. San Francisco Bay Area, California
    2. Amsterdam, Netherlands
    3. London, England
    4. Paris, France
    5. Boston, MA and elsewhere within the Northeast
    6. Montréal and Ottawa, Canada
  3. Places to Stay
    1. The Hotel Pennsylvania
    2. Elsewhere

Travelling to New York City and The Fifth HOPE may not be as expensive as you think. Check out [WWW] The Fifth HOPE travel page, or read and post your own information here.

As always, airline fares seem to be computed by a random-number generator, but the trend is for them to go up as the travel date approaches, so you should probably reserve early in order to secure the lowest fares.

General Deals

Continental Airlines

Continental Airlines is offering Fifth HOPE attendees a discount of 10% on some of its fares to Newark Airport. This is valid on A, D, F, J, C, Y, H, and K-class fares, whatever that means. There are also certain other special "zone fares" available. This is valid for round-trip travel between July 4th and 20th, from anywhere Continental flies, though the discount is only 3% from Continental's other hubs at Houston and Cleveland. To find out exactly how much the fares are or to take advantage of this offer, call the Continental MeetingWorks reservations line at . Give agreement code VTBEVX and Z Code ZGTU. Travel agents may also be able to get these fare discounts for you.

Useful Websites

The following websites may have cheap travel:

Low-Fare Airlines

The following airlines are known for their low fares:

Deals for Specific Cities

San Francisco Bay Area, California

[WWW] JetBlue flies from Oakland, California to JFK Airport, New York, with a roundtrip fare of $216.70.

Amsterdam, Netherlands

[WWW] Travelocity has roundtrip fares from Amsterdam to New York as low as US$421.

London, England

[WWW] Travelocity has roundtrip fares from London to New York as low as US$387.

Paris, France

[WWW] Travelocity has roundtrip fares from Paris to New York as low as US$355.

Boston, MA and elsewhere within the Northeast

[WWW] Chinese busses have fares from Boston for cheap. This is the way to go if you're near Boston.

[WWW] IvyMedia, a site operated by many of the "Chinatown bus" companies, has fares of $20 roundtrip from Boston to New York, $35 from Washington, DC, $20 from Philadelphia, and similarly low fares from other places within the Northeastern US.

Montréal and Ottawa, Canada

[WWW] Amtrak runs a train from [WWW] Montréal to NYC. This is a beautiful trip. Unlike some other Amtrak trains, it's fairly competitive price-wise with a bus. See CanadianGoesToFifthHope.

Places to Stay

Real estate in New York is expensive, which means two things: your friends may not have an extra room for you to stay in, and hotel owners like to pass the cost on to you. Still, there are ways to save money.

The Hotel Pennsylvania

The HotelPennsylvania is where the conference will be held. See the associated wiki page for more information and special rates.

Elsewhere

The HotelPennsylvania is full; see a list of AlternativeHotels in NYC.