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« on: December 01, 2011, 12:23:30 AM » |
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I have a conference in Portland in Feb. The conference is at the Embassy Suites in downtown. If I will be staying at the conference hotel, will I need a rental car, or is there public transportation to get from downtown to the airport?
Thanks!
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« Reply #1 on: December 01, 2011, 12:46:06 AM » |
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Sorry to ask the obvious, but did you check if the hotel has a shuttle?
If your conference is downtown and you are staying downtown, you won't need a car, so I wouldn't waste the money renting one, especially if you are footing the bill. I have never taken public transit between the airport and downtown, but given what I know of Portland, there has to be something. Also, check your hotel - it might be a billion dollars to park a rental car for the week, so you might as well pay for a cab.
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« Reply #2 on: December 01, 2011, 01:13:57 AM » |
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Sorry to ask the obvious, but did you check if the hotel has a shuttle?
If your conference is downtown and you are staying downtown, you won't need a car, so I wouldn't waste the money renting one, especially if you are footing the bill. I have never taken public transit between the airport and downtown, but given what I know of Portland, there has to be something. Also, check your hotel - it might be a billion dollars to park a rental car for the week, so you might as well pay for a cab.
No shuttle. I was hoping to avoid a rental car. The conference is going to eat my whole tax refund without the car. Thanks. |
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« Reply #3 on: December 01, 2011, 01:14:49 AM » |
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Just because the hotel doesn't run a shuttle doesn't mean you can't take one Go here: http://www.portofportland.com/PDX_Grnd_Trnsprtn.aspxYou can choose from several shuttle vans that cost about $13 one way, or you can take light rail. See if the train stops near your hotel. |
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« Reply #4 on: December 01, 2011, 01:22:04 AM » |
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Last time I was in Portland, I took the light rail from the airport to a hotel near the Convention Center. It was cheap, and the light rail is free at night.
If I am looking at the right Embassy Suites, then you're within a couple blocks of a MAX station. You're fine. Don't rent a car. Take the Red Line to Oak/SW 1st Ave MAX station. Your hotel is a 5 min walk from there.
You're also just down the street from Voodoo Donuts. Lucky.
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« Reply #5 on: December 01, 2011, 01:27:54 AM » |
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Last time I was in Portland, I took the light rail from the airport to a hotel near the Convention Center. It was cheap, and the light rail is free at night.
If I am looking at the right Embassy Suites, then you're within a couple blocks of a MAX station. You're fine. Don't rent a car.
You're also just down the street from Voodoo Donuts. Lucky.
It's the one on Pine St. What is Voodoo Donuts? |
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« Reply #6 on: December 01, 2011, 01:30:04 AM » |
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Last time I was in Portland, I took the light rail from the airport to a hotel near the Convention Center. It was cheap, and the light rail is free at night.
If I am looking at the right Embassy Suites, then you're within a couple blocks of a MAX station. You're fine. Don't rent a car.
You're also just down the street from Voodoo Donuts. Lucky.
It's the one on Pine St. What is Voodoo Donuts? I modified my message - Take the Red Line to Oak/SW 1st Ave MAX station. Your hotel is a 5 min walk from there.
That's the Red Line from PDX... Voodoo Doughnuts... |
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« Reply #7 on: December 01, 2011, 01:35:55 AM » |
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Last time I was in Portland, I took the light rail from the airport to a hotel near the Convention Center. It was cheap, and the light rail is free at night.
If I am looking at the right Embassy Suites, then you're within a couple blocks of a MAX station. You're fine. Don't rent a car.
You're also just down the street from Voodoo Donuts. Lucky.
It's the one on Pine St. What is Voodoo Donuts? I modified my message - Take the Red Line to Oak/SW 1st Ave MAX station. Your hotel is a 5 min walk from there.
That's the Red Line from PDX... Voodoo Doughnuts...Those are too cute! |
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« Reply #8 on: December 01, 2011, 01:48:01 AM » |
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Last time I was in Portland, I took the light rail from the airport to a hotel near the Convention Center. It was cheap, and the light rail is free at night.
If I am looking at the right Embassy Suites, then you're within a couple blocks of a MAX station. You're fine. Don't rent a car.
You're also just down the street from Voodoo Donuts. Lucky.
It's the one on Pine St. What is Voodoo Donuts? I modified my message - Take the Red Line to Oak/SW 1st Ave MAX station. Your hotel is a 5 min walk from there.
That's the Red Line from PDX... Voodoo Doughnuts...Those are too cute! The cream filled penis donut makes a lovely gift! (Make sure you have cash if you go there.) |
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« Reply #9 on: December 01, 2011, 01:53:53 AM » |
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The cream filled penis donut makes a lovely gift!
Is that a hint? |
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« Reply #10 on: December 01, 2011, 01:54:54 AM » |
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The cream filled penis donut makes a lovely gift!
Is that a hint? I'll PM Lohai0 my address :-) |
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« Reply #11 on: December 01, 2011, 10:34:50 AM » |
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I have stayed at that exact hotel. In a word, "swank." I had much smaller apartments when I was in college. The pool is saltwater. Nice gym.
Portland is probably the easiest "airport-to-downtown" cities I have ever, ever been in.
Forget about a car. You can walk about 2 blocks from that hotel to the train station, which is extremely convenient to the airport. Anything you need food-wise is right there. Try the vegan Chinese buffet north of the hotel. Yum! Also, there is a huge number of ethnic-food carts and trucks on the streets.
When I was there in June I was told Voodoo Donuts was closed. Dunno if that's permanent or not.
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« Reply #12 on: December 01, 2011, 07:33:45 PM » |
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Even if there wasn't convenient public transport from the airport to downtown (and it sounds like there is thanks to the all-knowing posters here), why on earth would you rent a car to take a single round trip to/from the airport? This is what cabs are for, or the even cheaper professional airport shuttles. Even if the hotel doesn't have a free shuttle, companies run shuttles to the major hotels in most cities for a nominal price.
Unless, of course, you wanted to drive around to see the sights, but even then I think public transport in Portland is easy enough to navigate so that you could do it that way.
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« Reply #13 on: December 02, 2011, 01:17:04 AM » |
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Even if there wasn't convenient public transport from the airport to downtown (and it sounds like there is thanks to the all-knowing posters here), why on earth would you rent a car to take a single round trip to/from the airport? This is what cabs are for, or the even cheaper professional airport shuttles. Even if the hotel doesn't have a free shuttle, companies run shuttles to the major hotels in most cities for a nominal price.
Unless, of course, you wanted to drive around to see the sights, but even then I think public transport in Portland is easy enough to navigate so that you could do it that way.
We are there for about a week, so we were considering touristy stuff, but now it looks like I won't have time anyway. |
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« Reply #14 on: December 02, 2011, 01:39:59 PM » |
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We are there for about a week, so we were considering touristy stuff, but now it looks like I won't have time anyway.
You could probably spend at least half a week in Powell's, anyway. |
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