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Hotel & Travel

EDUCAUSE 2007 will be held at the Washington State Convention and Trade Center in Seattle, Washington. Information about Seattle is available through their Web site.

Hotels

Due to the proximity of EDUCAUSE 2007, online hotel reservations are CLOSED. Please contact the hotels directly for all reservation inquiries, including cancellations or changes in reservations. Please Note: If you are making a change or canceling an existing reservation, please do not call the hotel until Monday, October 1, to allow for data download completion. The hotel will not have your reservation in its system before then.

If you have not secured a hotel room for EDUCAUSE 2007, please contact the hotels below. Please Note: guestroom availability may vary day to day. If none of the hotels below has availability, you may also search for lodging on the Seattle Convention and Visitors Bureau Web site.

Please note, only the hotels that indicate "served by conference shuttle" will be on the EDUCAUSE shuttle routes.

Conference Shuttle Service

Shuttle service will be available for the EDUCAUSE 2007 conference hotels indicated above. Shuttles run from the hotels to the Washington State Convention and Trade Center. Note that for the Thursday night party at the Museum of Flight shuttles for all walking hotels will depart from the Washington State Convention Center only and will return to all conference hotels.

Air Travel

Travel into Seattle is served by the Seattle/Tacoma International Airport . We strongly recommended that you contact the airlines directly 24 hours prior to departure to confirm details or changes.

Ground Transportation

View complete and updated information on ground transportation between Sea-Tac International Airport and the conference hotels.

Discounted Ground Transportation from Sea-Tac

To assist you with your travel planning, we have arranged a Gray Line of Seattle airport shuttle discount for all conference attendees. This discount is applicable to online bookings only. Please go to Gray Line of Seattle and locate the "Group Code" login box at the bottom left of the page. Enter EDUCAUSE in the box, click the log in button, and follow the instructions provided. You will see the discounted rate once you confirm the booking, prior to the payment screen.

Please note: Gray Line of Seattle is unable to offer discount bookings made within four days of the travel date. Reservations booked within four days of travel will be accepted but at the full rate. For more information about Gray Line of Seattle shuttle service or if you have questions, please go to their Web site or call toll-free 800-426-7532.

Washington State Convention & Trade Center Parking Information

If you need to park at the Washington State Convention & Trade Center during EDUCAUSE 2007, please see the information below.

PASSPORT REQUIREMENTS FOR INTERNATIONAL PARTICIPANTS

The Visa Waiver Program

International travelers, who are nationals from one of the 27 Visa Waiver Program (VWP) countries, seeking to travel to the United States without a visa, should review this important information on passport requirements for travelers under the Visa Waiver Program (VWP). All VWP travelers, regardless of age or type of passport used, must present individual machine -readable passports. Previous one-time exemptions for first-time VWP travelers without MRPs ended June 26, 2005. In addition, depending on when VWP travelers’ passports were issued, other passport requirements will apply. To view a VWP FAQ and learn more about this requirement, see the U.S. Department of State’s VWP Web page.

The Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI)

For current information on the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative, see the U.S. Department of State’s WHTI Web page.

For more information on U.S. border requirements, see the following Web sites: