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Columbus, Ohio
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| Ohio's capital has long lingered in the shadow of its | Can I make the Columbus reservation by phone? We would |
| better-known sister cities. But while it may lack a | be happy to help you make any Columbus hotel |
| geographic focus like Cincinnati's Ohio River and | reservation by phone. You can call our toll free number |
| Cleveland's Lake Erie, it has an economic focus that should | between the hours of 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through |
| make those industrial cities green with envy: Its high-tech | Friday (CST). 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. |
| industry continues to expand despite recent economic | |
| trends. | How can I be sure information about my credit card is |
| | secure? We use secure-socket-layer (SSL) encryption, the |
| One of the city's most popular attractions is left over from the | standard encryption on the Internet. This type of encryption |
| 1992 festivities commemorating the 500th anniversary of | allows you to feel confident and secure about supplying |
| Christopher Columbus' arrival in the New World. (Columbus | personal and credit card information. |
| is the largest city in the world named after the great | |
| explorer.) The Santa Maria, a full-size replica of Columbus' | Can I book the reservation to stay tonight? Some hotels |
| three-masted flagship, is now permanently moored | accept reservations until 3:00pm on the arrival day. Only |
| downtown on the Scioto River. | hotels that follow this policy will show when the today's |
| | arrival date is typed into the search form. |
| Also worth seeing are the Columbus Zoo (don't miss | |
| Discovery Reef a 100,000-gallon tank containing artificial | Is there a minimum age requirements to reserve a room? A |
| coral and more than 1,000 species) and the renovated and | minimum age of 18 is required by most hotels to book a |
| expanded Franklin Park Conservatory. Inspired by | room. Some require the guest(s) be 21. These |
| London's Crystal Palace, the conservatory contains tropical | requirements and other amenities information on the |
| gardens and exhibits of four of the Earth's ecosystems. The | property "Detail" pages. |
| Ohio Historical Center has a good pre-Columbian cultures | |
| exhibit we rate it a must-see. You can also visit a re-created | How will I know when my reservation is confirmed? Our |
| town from the 1800s, Ohio Village, with costumed | confirmation number displayed immediately upon |
| interpreters adding to the time-warp illusion. | successfully making your reservation. Our systems work |
| | behind the scenes to email you the final confirmation |
| Children and adults will love COSI, the Center of Science | number. |
| and Industry four floors of interactive science exhibits. | |
| Adults will also like the respected Columbus Museum of Art | Are free shuttles supplied from the airport to the hotel? |
| (relax for a bit in the sculpture garden). Students of less | Some hotels do offer free shuttle services from the airport |
| traditional sculpture will want to see the world's first | but not all. Please verify this information on the property |
| postimpressionist topiary garden. A local sculptor has | information page, if this is import to you. |
| turned an abandoned lot at Deaf School Park in Columbus | |
| into a green, three-dimensional version of Georges | Is free breakfast available? Some hotels offer free |
| Seurat's famous painting A Sunday on La Grande Jatte. (Its | breakfast with each room night booked. This information |
| amazing what can be done with bronze rods and yews.) | can be found on the property information "detail" page for |
| | your specific property. |
| Ohio State University's Wexner Center for the Visual Arts is | |
| housed in a castlelike structure that's considered a work of | Is your detail on amenities information accurate? This |
| art itself architect Peter Eisenman juxtaposed a red-brick | information is updated a many times during the year. We |
| armory with a modern glass-and-steel building. It houses an | strive to have the most complete information available and |
| excellent art collection, a film and video center and a | the most accurate. We do rely on the personnel at each |
| performance theater. There are guided tours available that | hotel property to update and change information as |
| will show you the highlights of Ohio State, one of the largest | appropriate. |
| university campuses in the country. | |
| | How much is the charge for more than two people per |
| German Village and the Brewery District are pleasant | room? Different policy are established by each hotel |
| places to spend an afternoon or evening. A privately | regarding multiple guests per room. Our booking engine |
| funded historic district, German Village is made up of | technology allows for display of the appropriate rate for |
| restaurants, shops and beer gardens that are housed in | your room when the number of adults is selected. |
| buildings from the 1800s. The nearby Brewery District has | |
| several old beer-making factories that have been | Do I pay for the entire reservation amount or do I just make |
| converted into restaurants, microbreweries and specialty | a deposit to hold the room? It depends on the room you |
| shops. Finally, consider driving by the gracefully | book. Some of our partners require just a $5.00 room night |
| proportioned Statehouse. | deposit to hold your room while others require a full |
| | payment for the room at the time of your reservation. Please |
| Nearby Westerville has a re-creation of a German village | refer to the amount displayed on the confirmation page to |
| from the 1800s. North of Columbus, in Marion, are the home | see what your credit card will be charged upon making the |
| and tomb of U.S. President Warren G. Harding. The | reservation. |
| appealing home has been carefully appointed with its | |
| original furnishings. And southeast of Columbus in | Can you give driving directions? Yes, click the map link |
| Cumberland, you can take a drive on the wild side at The | displayed on the property "Detail" page. This informative |
| Wilds, a conservation center that has roaming herds of | map will give you the main cross streets and address. Click |
| rhinos, giraffes and zebras, among other species, all of | the tab: "directions", type in your address and click |
| whom can be observed from your automobile. | "submit". A detailed list of where to turn and how many miles |
| | will be displayed. |
| Among the notable events in Columbus are the Columbus | |
| Arts Festival (June), the Ohio State Fair (August), the | How do you book a room for someone else? You can us |
| German Village Oktoberfest (beer, sausage, dancing | our system to book a room for someone else. Make sure |
| September), the All-American Quarter Horse Congress | you include that persons information as the guest. You can |
| (horse show October) and the Columbus International | have a different person paying with their credit card than the |
| Festival (ethnic foods, music and dance November). 120 | name and address of the guest staying in the room . |
| mi/195 km southwest of Cleveland. | |
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