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Montgomery, Alabama
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| The civil-rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s began in | Can I make the Montgomery reservation by phone? We |
| Alabama's capital, Montgomery, where a yearlong bus | would be happy to help you make any Montgomery hotel |
| boycott ended in a Supreme Court decision to integrate | reservation by phone. You can call our toll free number |
| public transportation in 1956. Today, that struggle is | between the hours of 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through |
| recalled in the Civil Rights Memorial, the nation's first | Friday (CST). 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. |
| monument to the civil-rights movement. It was designed by | |
| Maya Lin (who also designed the Vietnam Veterans | How can I be sure information about my credit card is |
| Memorial in Washington, D.C.). Be sure to visit Dexter | secure? We use secure-socket-layer (SSL) encryption, the |
| Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church, where Dr. Martin | standard encryption on the Internet. This type of encryption |
| Luther King Jr., as pastor in the 1950s, pioneered the | allows you to feel confident and secure about supplying |
| country's civil-rights awakening. | personal and credit card information. |
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| The first capital of the Confederacy (where Jefferson Davis | Is free breakfast available? Some hotels offer free |
| was sworn in as president in 1861), Montgomery is also | breakfast with each room night booked. This information |
| where the first electric streetcar operated (in 1886) and | can be found on the property information "detail" page for |
| where the Wright Brothers established the first school of | your specific property. |
| powered flight (in the early 1900s). Alabama's capitol | |
| building, built in 1853, has been extensively restored. | How will I know when my reservation is confirmed? Our |
| | confirmation number displayed immediately upon |
| There's plenty to see in Montgomery's historic downtown: | successfully making your reservation. Our systems work |
| You can trace the history of the Civil War at the First White | behind the scenes to email you the final confirmation |
| House of the Confederacy (Jefferson Davis' home during | number. |
| his term as president). Old Alabama Town is a historic | |
| district preserving three blocks of buildings from the 1800s, | Can I book the reservation to stay tonight? Some hotels |
| including a town store and a doctor's office. You might also | accept reservations until 3:00pm on the arrival day. Only |
| consider visiting the Jasmine Hill Gardens and Outdoor | hotels that follow this policy will show when the today's |
| Museum (Greek statuary, gardens, fountains and pools). At | arrival date is typed into the search form. |
| the Wynton M. Blount Cultural Park, you can visit the | |
| Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts or attend performances | Are free shuttles supplied from the airport to the hotel? |
| of the Alabama Shakespeare Festival, which stages highly | Some hotels do offer free shuttle services from the airport |
| regarded performances year-round. If you like to ride on the | but not all. Please verify this information on the property |
| wild side, take the train through the Montgomery Zoo, where | information page, if this is import to you. |
| more than 700 animals from five continents are exhibited in | |
| a naturalistic, barrier-free environment. | Is there a minimum age requirements to reserve a room? A |
| | minimum age of 18 is required by most hotels to book a |
| Visitors interested in literature might enjoy a stop at 919 | room. Some require the guest(s) be 21. These |
| Felder Ave. the large brown-and-white house was the home | requirements and other amenities information on the |
| of F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald. (Zelda was a native of | property "Detail" pages. |
| Montgomery, and Scott met her when he was stationed in | |
| Alabama during World War I.) Part of the house is now the | How much is the charge for more than two people per |
| Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald Museum and contains some of | room? Different policy are established by each hotel |
| Zelda's paintings and Scott's books. | regarding multiple guests per room. Our booking engine |
| | technology allows for display of the appropriate rate for |
| Another famous Mongomerian is country-music legend | your room when the number of adults is selected. |
| Hank Williams Sr. There's a Hank Williams Museum in the | |
| Old Union Station downtown, containing memorabilia | Can I contact someone to help me? Yes. We have tried to |
| related to the singer (guitars, clothing and an automobile). | answer most questions with our frequently asked questions |
| After Williams' meteoric career ended with his death in 1953 | sections. If youd like to talk with one of our knowledgeable |
| (at age 29), he was laid to rest in Montgomery's Oakwood | customer service representatives please call our toll free |
| Cemetery Annex. The Hank Williams Memorial there is one | number between the hours of 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday |
| of the holy shrines of country music, though aside from the | through Friday (CST). 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and |
| tombstones of Hank and his ex-wife Audrey, there's not | Sunday. |
| much to see. Hank Williams fans may also want to make | |
| the drive down to Georgiana (60 mi/95 km southwest of | What do I do with questions concerning previous |
| Montgomery), the small town where the singer spent his | reservation? Please fill out our "Customer Support and |
| early years. It has the Hank Williams Sr. Boyhood Home | Feedback" request form. Include your previous reservation |
| and Museum and each year hosts the Hank Williams | amount and the reservation confirmation number along with |
| Festival on the first weekend in June. Largely a music | your questions. We will contact you within 24 hours. |
| festival, it usually includes both local performers and a | |
| Nashville headliner. | "Internet hot deals", what is it? We work directly with many |
| | hotels to provide the lowest possible rates available on the |
| The route from Montgomery to Selma, 35 mi/56 km to the | Internet. In most cases, these rates are lower than all other |
| west, has been designated a National Historic Trail. The | online websites. These are designated with a "hot-deals" |
| town's name became internationally recognized in 1965 | link and are listed first for search performed by destination |
| when, on Bloody Sunday, state troopers clashed with | city. |
| civil-rights activists participating in the historic | |
| Selma-to-Montgomery protest march. A century earlier, the | Can you give driving directions? Yes, click the map link |
| city was a major arsenal of the Confederacy. Much of it was | displayed on the property "Detail" page. This informative |
| destroyed in the course of the war, but several vintage | map will give you the main cross streets and address. Click |
| buildings can be seen in a visit to the Old Town Historic | the tab: "directions", type in your address and click |
| District. Among the older structures still standing are | "submit". A detailed list of where to turn and how many miles |
| Smitherman Historic Building (a Greek Revival structure that | will be displayed. |
| was once a Confederate hospital); Sturdivant Hall Museum | |
| (a restored antebellum mansion dating from 1853); and the | Instant confirmation, what does that mean? We coordinate |
| Old Depot Museum (containing Civil War and civil-rights | closely with the properties in the database. Only those with |
| memorabilia). | room availability for the requested dates can be displayed |
| | and booked through our system. After receiving |
| The relatively small town of Tuskegee, 30 mi/50 km east of | confirmation on your credit card amount, the system |
| Montgomery, is where Booker T. Washington founded | instantly issues a confirmation on the computer screen. We |
| Tuskegee Institute in 1881, the nation's first college | also forward the hotel's official confirmation number within |
| established and operated by African Americans. Visit the | 48 hours. |
| Tuskegee Institute National Historic Site and, while on | |
| campus, be sure to see Washington's home, The Oaks, | What are additional fees and taxes? Each city/state has |
| and the George Washington Carver Museum, where the | different rates for taxes. Taxes are calculated and |
| well-preserved laboratory of the agricultural inventor | displayed on the hotel reservation amount. For some hotels |
| contains displays of his work with peanuts (which he made | there are additional fees charged to your room reservation. |
| into chili sauce, wallboard and 300 other products). The | These additional charges help us have the lowest rates on |
| courageous and highly decorated Tuskegee Airmen, the | the Internet. |
| first all-black pilot unit, formed in World War II, trained at the | |
| college. Montgomery is 90 mi/145 km south of Birmingham. | |
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