In my searching for a place to stay for the T&G thing, I found really affordable rates at Arlington House, private room for 2 for $58 a night.

http://www.hostelworld.com/availability ... icago-1804

Does anyone know anything, good or bad, about this place? Could be good for some who thought they couldn't swing it.

Thanks!

I dunno about the Arlington, but myself and 3 friends will be staying there during the T&G thing too.

So I don't really want to hear anything bad about it

I don't know about the hostel in particular, but I can tell you it is located in a pretty nice area.

It's very likely my posse will try to get room(s) there as well...

Once we get our posse lineup finalized, I'll start figuring it out for sure...

POSSE UP!

SHOTGUN SAFARI ROOM!

That hostel isn't all that close to the Hideout and is in a very dense neighborhood with lots of traffic so plan on giving yourselves at least an hour to get to the Hideout if yr relying on CTA. Half an hour in a car.

It may not seem far when you map it but try driving west on North Avenue on a Saturday in the summer, especially now that the bridge is closed, and you'll see what I mean. At least I think it's closed, but I'm not really sure because I ALWAYS AVOID NORTH AVENUE AT ALL COSTS!!

In fact west on Fullerton will suck, west on Armitage will suck, and west on Belmont will suck at least as far as Southport.

I was looking into staying at the Chicago International Hostel. It's quite a bit further away, but it'll end up costing me about $100 less. I'm not so sure now. Just getting to the Hideout sounds like a pain in the ass, even from Arlington House, and it can't be any better from further away.

Don't let me scare you. It will be worth it.

i THINK that's where my friend and i stayed back in 2001...it was a place to stay...the bathrooms seemed to have been left in a state of mid-repair, but that was years ago...though stuff like that seems to just be an ongoing thing for hostels...anyway it wasn't too bad...i imagine you don't plan on doing much more than sleeping there, so yeah...i might be wrong, it was a couple years ago and i haven't thought about it since...but that name does SOUND really familiar...and if it is the same place at least i don't have any horror stories or anything...

joesepi wrote:I don't know about the hostel in particular, but I can tell you it is located in a pretty nice area.

okay, looking at the map now i'm over 99% sure that's the place i stayed before...