NAQT ICT General Info (Part I)

graysonh42 · Sun, 10 Feb 2002 10:07:56 -0800

Congratulations to everyone who qualified for the
ICT at yesterday's sectionals. I'm assuming that all
of you who qualified now want to know some general
info about transportation, hotels, etc. In light of
this, I'm going to present a general summary of this
type of info now. I'll likely have to repost it later
(and it may even be made into its own webpage), but
here goes for those of you who want a
headstart.

As you all know, the ICT will be held April 5-6 at
the beautiful "Southern part of heaven," otherwise
known as the University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill. To orient everybody, that's about 10 miles from
Durham and 20 from Raleigh, near the intersection of
I-85 and I-40. More info on building locations, times,
etc. will be posted later, but for the time being, I
will include a couple links to maps of campus here
(also on the Maize
Pages):
<a href=http://www.unc.edu/depts/visitor/mapprint/index.html target=new>http://www.unc.edu/depts/visitor/mapprint/index.html</a> 

<a href=http://main.psafety.unc.edu/tp/lotmap/mastermap.htm target=new>http://main.psafety.unc.edu/tp/lotmap/mastermap.htm</a>

For those of you who have to fly here, the nearest
major airport is Raleigh-Durham International Airport
(<a href=http://www.rdu.com/ target=new>http://www.rdu.com/</a>), located about 20-25 minutes from campus.
Practically every major US airline serves the airport, though
American and US Air are the biggest entities.
Alternatively, you could go to the Piedmont Triad International
Airport, near Greensboro (<a href=http://www.ptia.org/ target=new>http://www.ptia.org/</a>), which is
about 1 hour from campus. 

To get from the
airport to campus/hotel you can either take a cab (about
$20-30), a shuttle (~$15 a person), or rent a car.

That brings me to the hotel situation, which
unfortunately is not optimum. The only hotel within walking
distance of campus is the Carolina Inn, which
unfortunately is about $190 a night and appears to be all
booked up now. After that, there are a bunch of hotels
about 2-3 miles from campus, including the Best Western
University Inn, Days Inn, Hampton Inn, Red Roof Inn, and
Sheraton. These all vary in price, but all run between $60
and $90 a night. A cheaper alternative might be to
get a hotel somewhere along the I-40
corridor.

Here's a couple good webpages full of hotels in and
around Chapel Hill and
Durham:
<a href=http://www.chocvb.org/accom.shtml target=new>http://www.chocvb.org/accom.shtml</a>
<a href=http://www.durham-nc.com/visitor/places_to_stay/index.html target=new>http://www.durham-nc.com/visitor/places_to_stay/index.html</a>

OK, enough for this posting, I'll finish this in Part
II