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Baton Rouge, Louisiana
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| Situated upriver from New Orleans, Baton Rouge | Can I make the Baton Rouge reservation by phone? |
| (pop. 227,818) is the second-largest city in the state | We would be happy to help you make any Baton |
| and a burgeoning Mississippi River port city as well | Rouge hotel reservation by phone. You can call our |
| as Louisiana's political capital. Gov. Huey Long | toll free number between the hours of 8 a.m. to 10 |
| populist or dictator, depending on your viewpoint | p.m. Monday through Friday (CST). 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. |
| built the art-deco-style capitol there as well as the | Saturday and Sunday. |
| political system that made Louisiana what it is. (Long | |
| is buried in the capitol garden, not far from where he | How can I be sure information about my credit card is |
| was assassinated in 1935.) | secure? We use secure-socket-layer (SSL) |
| | encryption, the standard encryption on the Internet. |
| If you want to go further into the circus-like history of | This type of encryption allows you to feel confident |
| Louisiana politics, we suggest you take in the | and secure about supplying personal and credit |
| museum at the Old State Capitol Center for Political | card information. |
| and Governmental History. The building itself the | |
| capitol that predates Long's skyscraper resembles | How will I know when my reservation is confirmed? |
| a medieval castle and sports a stained-glass | Our confirmation number displayed immediately |
| ceiling. The exhibit about Long, whose statue | upon successfully making your reservation. Our |
| dominates the room, is especially chilling (there are | systems work behind the scenes to email you the |
| still people in New Orleans who shudder at the | final confirmation number. |
| sound of his name). Other exhibits are effective, too, | |
| employing videotapes, audiotapes and hands-on | Is free breakfast available? Some hotels offer free |
| materials. | breakfast with each room night booked. This |
| | information can be found on the property information |
| Mount Hope, another of Louisiana's antebellum | "detail" page for your specific property. |
| mansions, is definitely worth a visit. It's a gracefully | |
| designed 1817 house built of cypress. (We | Are free shuttles supplied from the airport to the |
| especially liked the gazebo and the iron fountain in | hotel? Some hotels do offer free shuttle services |
| the garden.) You may also want to allow time to see | from the airport but not all. Please verify this |
| the Magnolia Mound Plantation, which produces | information on the property information page, if this is |
| most of the food for its weekly cooking presentations. | import to you. |
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| Baton Rouge is the home of Louisiana State | Can I book the reservation to stay tonight? Some |
| University, which runs the Rural Life Museum, a | hotels accept reservations until 3:00pm on the arrival |
| working plantation that has a collection of artifacts | day. Only hotels that follow this policy will show when |
| that once belonged to sharecroppers in the region. | the today's arrival date is typed into the search form. |
| At the Louisiana Naval War Memorial on the | |
| Mississippi River, you can tour a World War II | Is there a minimum age requirements to reserve a |
| destroyer, the USS Kidd. | room? A minimum age of 18 is required by most |
| | hotels to book a room. Some require the guest(s) be |
| The legalization of riverboat casino gambling | 21. These requirements and other amenities |
| brought two competing casinos to Baton Rouge's | information on the property "Detail" pages. |
| waterfront. Youll see plenty of billboards touting the | |
| relative merits of the boats: Casino Rouge and | Can I contact someone to help me? Yes. We have |
| Argosy. If you so desire, place your bets and take | tried to answer most questions with our frequently |
| your chances. | asked questions sections. If youd like to talk with |
| | one of our knowledgeable customer service |
| Elsewhere in Baton Rouge, you'll find the Old | representatives please call our toll free number |
| Arsenal, the Governor's Mansion and the Louisiana | between the hours of 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday |
| Arts and Science Center. There are also plenty of | through Friday (CST). 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and |
| good Creole restaurants. 70 mi/110 km northwest of | Sunday. |
| New Orleans. | |
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