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Oakland, California
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| Situated on the mainland side of San Francisco Bay, | Can I make the Oakland reservation by phone? We |
| Oakland is one of the most ethnically diverse cities in | would be happy to help you make any Oakland hotel |
| the U.S. (more than 80 languages and dialects are | reservation by phone. You can call our toll free |
| spoken there). Several of its attractions are related to | number between the hours of 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. |
| author Jack London, who spent much time in the city. | Monday through Friday (CST). 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. |
| Jack London Square is a colorful waterfront area that | Saturday and Sunday. |
| has been refurbished with shops, restaurants and | |
| bars, including Heinold's First and Last Chance | How can I be sure information about my credit card is |
| Saloon, once the favorite haunt of the author. | secure? We use secure-socket-layer (SSL) |
| London's sod-roof cabin is also in the area. Jack | encryption, the standard encryption on the Internet. |
| London Village is a turn-of-the-20th-century shopping | This type of encryption allows you to feel confident |
| center one block south. | and secure about supplying personal and credit |
| | card information. |
| Preservation Park is one of the state's most | |
| attractive commercial centers. Located in downtown | How will I know when my reservation is confirmed? |
| Oakland, the district contains dozens of restored | Our confirmation number displayed immediately |
| Victorian homes that now house businesses and | upon successfully making your reservation. Our |
| nonprofit organizations. The Paramount Theatre is a | systems work behind the scenes to email you the |
| lovingly restored art-deco theater, now home to the | final confirmation number. |
| Oakland Symphony Orchestra see whatever's | |
| playing, if only for the experience of sitting in the | Is there a minimum age requirements to reserve a |
| theater. | room? A minimum age of 18 is required by most |
| | hotels to book a room. Some require the guest(s) be |
| The Oakland Museum of California is a large and | 21. These requirements and other amenities |
| diverse museum with exhibits on the environment, | information on the property "Detail" pages. |
| history and art of the Golden State. It displays both a | |
| permanent collection and limited-run exhibits. | Can I book the reservation to stay tonight? Some |
| Visitors interested in African-American culture will | hotels accept reservations until 3:00pm on the arrival |
| want to visit the Ebony Museum of Art. Housed in a | day. Only hotels that follow this policy will show when |
| restored Victorian building, the museum features | the today's arrival date is typed into the search form. |
| works and memorabilia of black artists. | |
| Lake | Is free breakfast available? Some hotels offer free |
| Merritt is a picturesque lake that's a good place to | breakfast with each room night booked. This |
| rent a boat and go sailing. At night, the lake is | information can be found on the property information |
| transformed into a giant reflecting pool by the | "detail" page for your specific property. |
| 3-mi/5-km Necklace of Lights that circles the water. | |
| On the north shore of the lake is Lakeside Park, one | Are free shuttles supplied from the airport to the |
| of the prettiest urban parks in the U.S. Lakeside's | hotel? Some hotels do offer free shuttle services |
| reasonably priced Children's Fairyland offers | from the airport but not all. Please verify this |
| child-size depictions of fairy tales along with puppet | information on the property information page, if this is |
| shows, animals to feed and carnival rides. | import to you. |
| Fairyland's Play Island gives kids a chance to dig for | |
| buried treasure and have fun in a treehouse. (We | Can you give driving directions? Yes, click the map |
| really like the simplicity of the Fairyland: It's the | link displayed on the property "Detail" page. This |
| antithesis of the giant theme parks.) You can also | informative map will give you the main cross streets |
| visit the presidential yacht Potomac, which served as | and address. Click the tab: "directions", type in your |
| Franklin D. Roosevelt's floating White House. (The | address and click "submit". A detailed list of where to |
| yacht was later owned by Elvis Presley, but the | turn and how many miles will be displayed. |
| current interior decorations reflect the president's | |
| spartan tastes rather than the King's more lavish | How much is the charge for more than two people |
| style.) | per room? Different policy are established by each |
| | hotel regarding multiple guests per room. Our |
| Knowland Park is the home of the Oakland Zoo, | booking engine technology allows for display of the |
| which is home to 300 exotic animals and includes an | appropriate rate for your room when the number of |
| African Savanna habitat. At the Oakland International | adults is selected. |
| Airport is the Western Aerospace Museum, a | |
| full-scale aviation history museum. Exhibits cover | Do I pay for the entire reservation amount or do I just |
| early aviation, women in aviation plus more all | make a deposit to hold the room? It depends on the |
| illustrated with vintage aircraft. | room you book. Some of our partners require just a |
| | $5.00 room night deposit to hold your room while |
| Oakland is known for its jazz and blues clubs. If you | others require a full payment for the room at the time |
| have a free evening, try Yoshi's (jazz served with a | of your reservation. Please refer to the amount |
| side of sushi at Jack London Square) or Eli's (known | displayed on the confirmation page to see what your |
| as the home of the West Coast Blues). | credit card will be charged upon making the |
| | reservation. |
| About a half-hour east of Oakland is the small town of | |
| Danville, home to two oft-overlooked but worthwhile | How do you book a room for someone else? You |
| museums. The Behring Museum, devoted to vintage | can us our system to book a room for someone else. |
| automobiles, contains a collection of splendid | Make sure you include that persons information as |
| one-of-a-kind luxury cars that includes Rudolph | the guest. You can have a different person paying |
| Valentino's Isotta-Fraschini, a maharajah's Daimler, | with their credit card than the name and address of |
| Clark Gable's Deusenberg and FDR's Packard. At | the guest staying in the room . |
| the eclectic Blackhawk Museum, which partners with | |
| the Smithsonian Institution, are rotating exhibits on | Are taxes included in the rates? Taxes are figured |
| natural history, pop culture and other wide-ranging | and displayed into the final payment screen. See |
| subjects. Oakland is 5 mi/8 km east of San | rate details for taxes for each day. |
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