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Comfort Suites Athens
255 North Avenue
Athens, Georgia
| Frequently Asked Questions
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| Athens provides a good study in how the New South | Can I make the Athens reservation by phone? We |
| coexists with the Old South. Athens has been the | would be happy to help you make any Athens hotel |
| home of the University of Georgia, the first land-grant | reservation by phone. You can call our toll free |
| university in the U.S., since the school was chartered | number between the hours of 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. |
| in 1785. A visit to the campus is well worth your time. | Monday through Friday (CST). 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. |
| Begin at the University of Georgia Visitors Center, | Saturday and Sunday. |
| Four Towers Building, Campus Station Road, in | |
| Athens. Phone 706-542-0842. | How can I be sure information about my credit card is |
| | secure? We use secure-socket-layer (SSL) |
| The campus includes Sanford Stadium, where UGA | encryption, the standard encryption on the Internet. |
| fans cheer for the Georgia Bulldogs football team, | This type of encryption allows you to feel confident |
| which is spelled AND pronounced DAWGS. This is | and secure about supplying personal and credit |
| well demonstrated during football season as fans | card information. |
| yell, in unison, Go You Hairy DAWGS! or Hunker | |
| Down Hairy DAWGS! The Bulldogs are former | How will I know when my reservation is confirmed? |
| National Champions and (many times) Southeastern | Our confirmation number displayed immediately |
| Conference Champions. | upon successfully making your reservation. Our |
| | systems work behind the scenes to email you the |
| The UGA campus includes the State Botanical | final confirmation number. |
| Garden, where your family can enjoy a stroll along | |
| five miles of wooded, floral trails and more than 300 | Is free breakfast available? Some hotels offer free |
| acres of grounds on the Middle Oconee River. While | breakfast with each room night booked. This |
| some of the country's botanical gardens are boring, | information can be found on the property information |
| stuffy places to take the family, the gorgelike ravines | "detail" page for your specific property. |
| and spring-fed streams of this garden include plenty | |
| of wide open spaces where children can run, skip, | Is there a minimum age requirements to reserve a |
| hop, jump, and whoop and holler to their hearts' | room? A minimum age of 18 is required by most |
| content. The collection of plants includes local, as | hotels to book a room. Some require the guest(s) be |
| well as tropical and semitropical, plants. If you do | 21. These requirements and other amenities |
| bring kids, make sure they see the interesting | information on the property "Detail" pages. |
| garden of medicinal plants. An especially nice rose | |
| garden blooms May-November. | Can I book the reservation to stay tonight? Some |
| | hotels accept reservations until 3:00pm on the arrival |
| A lively music scene (supported by students from the | day. Only hotels that follow this policy will show when |
| University of Georgia) flourishes in the bars, clubs | the today's arrival date is typed into the search form. |
| and coffeehouses of the restored downtown (it | |
| brought the world such bands as R.E.M. and the | Are free shuttles supplied from the airport to the |
| B-52s). But you don't have to look far to find the Old | hotel? Some hotels do offer free shuttle services |
| South: It's evident in the many Greek Revival homes | from the airport but not all. Please verify this |
| and buildings that dot the city. The best example is | information on the property information page, if this is |
| the Taylor-Grady House. Its 13 columns were meant | import to you. |
| to symbolize the original U.S. colonies. | |
| | Can I change my hotel after booking? Yes. By |
| The University of Georgia, across the street from | canceling your previous reservation and booking a |
| downtown, boasts a number of these Greek Revival | new reservation. Also, you can call one of our |
| buildings, including Demosthenian Hall and the | friendly customer service representatives at our toll |
| president's house. The university is also the home of | free number, between the hours of 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. |
| the Georgia Museum of Art, whose collection | Monday through Friday CST, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. |
| emphasizes Italian Renaissance and 19th- and | Saturday and Sunday. |
| 20th-century American paintings. | |
| | "Internet hot deals", what is it? We work directly with |
| Among the city's off-campus sights is the | many hotels to provide the lowest possible rates |
| Church-Waddel-Brumby House, the oldest house in | available on the Internet. In most cases, these rates |
| the city, now serving as the visitors center. | are lower than all other online websites. These are |
| | designated with a "hot-deals" link and are listed first |
| Before leaving town, take a look at the unusual | for search performed by destination city. |
| double-barreled cannon at City Hall: It was designed | |
| to fire two cannon balls connected by a chain, but it | What are additional fees and taxes? Each city/state |
| was only tested once. That firing is said to have | has different rates for taxes. Taxes are calculated |
| killed an innocent cow and destroyed a chimney. | and displayed on the hotel reservation amount. For |
| Also in the isn't-that-just-nuts? department, Athens is | some hotels there are additional fees charged to |
| home to The Tree That Owns Itself. In gratitude to a | your room reservation. These additional charges |
| white oak that had provided good shade, a property | help us have the lowest rates on the Internet. |
| owner deeded possession of a small chunk of land | |
| to the tree. Though the original oak was destroyed in | Instant confirmation, what does that mean? We |
| a storm in 1942, possession of the parcel passed to | coordinate closely with the properties in the |
| its offspring (an acorn), which has grown into another | database. Only those with room availability for the |
| upstanding property owner. Athens is 65 mi/105 km | requested dates can be displayed and booked |
| east of Atlanta. | through our system. After receiving confirmation on |
| | your credit card amount, the system instantly issues |
| Rabbittown is an unincorporated hamlet a few miles | a confirmation on the computer screen. We also |
| above Gainesville. There, on an otherwise | forward the hotel's official confirmation number within |
| unremarkable dirt road, sits the home of R.A. Miller. | 48 hours. |
| Though not a household name in the world of high | |
| art, the elderly former minister has gained a cult | How do you book a room for someone else? You |
| following over the years for his makeshift sculptures | can us our system to book a room for someone else. |
| cobbled together from scrap metal, engine parts and | Make sure you include that persons information as |
| other pieces of the world's flotsam and jetsam. | the guest. You can have a different person paying |
| These peek out from every nook of his property, like | with their credit card than the name and address of |
| a junkyard brought to life. As one might expect from a | the guest staying in the room . |
| onetime man of the cloth, Miller often adorns his | |
| sculptures with religious messages. Rabbittown is 40 | Can I contact someone to help me? Yes. We have |
| mi/65 km northwest of Athens. | tried to answer most questions with our frequently |
| | asked questions sections. If youd like to talk with |
| The town of Washington boasts more than 100 | one of our knowledgeable customer service |
| colonial, antebellum and Victorian buildings. Notable | representatives please call our toll free number |
| is the restored home of Robert Toombs, a | between the hours of 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday |
| recalcitrant politician who hated the Union for political | through Friday (CST). 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and |
| reasons and hated the Confederacy almost as much | Sunday. |
| because it did not elect him its president. 216 East | |
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