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Princeton, New Jersey
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| Princeton is best known for its college of the same name, | Can I make the Princeton reservation by phone? We would |
| originally established as the College of New Jersey at | be happy to help you make any Princeton hotel reservation |
| Nassau Hall in 1756 and renamed Princeton University in | by phone. You can call our toll free number between the |
| 1896. With the university as its hub, the town is a leader in | hours of 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Friday (CST). 11 |
| research and high-tech pursuits, while retaining an Old | a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. |
| World ambience. Tree-lined streets, ivy-draped buildings in | |
| Greek Revival, Federal and Tudor styles, chic shops and | How can I be sure information about my credit card is |
| trendy cafes all contribute to making this a quintessential | secure? We use secure-socket-layer (SSL) encryption, the |
| college town. | standard encryption on the Internet. This type of encryption |
| | allows you to feel confident and secure about supplying |
| The best way to see it is on foot stop at the Bainbridge | personal and credit card information. |
| House for a brochure listing the Historical Society's | |
| self-guided walking tours. Be sure to spend some time on | Can I book the reservation to stay tonight? Some hotels |
| the campus, a medley of fine buildings spread over 500 | accept reservations until 3:00pm on the arrival day. Only |
| acres/200 hectares. The centerpiece, Nassau Hall, served | hotels that follow this policy will show when the today's |
| as the U.S. capitol for six months in 1783. The university art | arrival date is typed into the search form. |
| museum, which contains a smallish but varied and | |
| interesting collection, is open to the public. A large Picasso | Is there a minimum age requirements to reserve a room? A |
| sculpture stands at the entry, and there are other fantastic | minimum age of 18 is required by most hotels to book a |
| works to be seen on campus by artists such as Henry | room. Some require the guest(s) be 21. These |
| Moore, Alexander Calder, Louise Nevelson and Richard | requirements and other amenities information on the |
| Serra. Adjacent to campus is the acclaimed McCarter | property "Detail" pages. |
| Theatre, a major performing-arts center that attracts | |
| top-notch productions and performers. | Is free breakfast available? Some hotels offer free |
| | breakfast with each room night booked. This information |
| Off campus, visitors should see Morven (built in 1758), which | can be found on the property information "detail" page for |
| was once the official residence of New Jersey's governors. | your specific property. |
| Today, the official governor's mansion is Drumthwacket, an | |
| 1835 mansion that is open to the public once a week. (Don't | Are free shuttles supplied from the airport to the hotel? |
| get confused by the presence of the governor's mansion, | Some hotels do offer free shuttle services from the airport |
| though: The state capital is nearby Trenton, not Princeton.) | but not all. Please verify this information on the property |
| And some people like to at least pass by Albert Einstein's | information page, if this is import to you. |
| old house, though it's not open to the public. | |
| | How will I know when my reservation is confirmed? Our |
| Out of town, there are numerous things to see within easy | confirmation number displayed immediately upon |
| reach. Duke Gardens, located in Hillsborough on the former | successfully making your reservation. Our systems work |
| Doris Duke Estate, has 11 huge gardens within elaborate | behind the scenes to email you the final confirmation |
| greenhouses, reflecting the gardening traditions of various | number. |
| countries. Tours are available by appointment | |
| May-October. Another favorite outing is to see the | How do you book a room for someone else? You can us |
| contemporary works at Grounds for Sculpture, a | our system to book a room for someone else. Make sure |
| 22-acre/9-hectare sculpture park in nearby Hamilton. The | you include that persons information as the guest. You can |
| gently rolling landscape has various buildings and beautiful | have a different person paying with their credit card than the |
| plantings, and it provides a wonderful setting in which to see | name and address of the guest staying in the room . |
| the art. 40 mi/65 km southwest of Newark. | |
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