{"id":782,"date":"2019-12-03T04:52:23","date_gmt":"2019-12-03T04:52:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travelfrances.com\/?p=782"},"modified":"2020-02-10T16:51:37","modified_gmt":"2020-02-10T16:51:37","slug":"washington-dc-getting-around-accommodations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travelfrances.com\/?p=782","title":{"rendered":"Washington, DC: Getting Around &#038; Accommodations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Getting Around:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lyft.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Lyft<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uber.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Uber<\/a>\u00a0or taxis\u00a0to and from either airport.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lyft.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Lyft<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uber.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Uber<\/a>\u00a0or taxis to get around the city. No need to rent a car and pay for expensive parking.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wmata.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Metro<\/a> is the local bus and train service.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Accommodations <\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8211; When staying in a city like DC with all it&#8217;s historical impact, I would only stay at hotels with a similar connection to the city&#8217;s past:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hayadams.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hay Adams<\/a> (Named after John Hay)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hotellombardy.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hotel Lombardy<\/a> (Gracious Hospitality &amp; Historic Charm)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jeffersondc.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Jefferson<\/a> (1923 Beaux Arts building)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.monaco-dc.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Klimpton Hotel Monoco<\/a> (Housed in DC&#8217;s original Post Office)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marriott.com\/hotels\/travel\/wasak-the-mayflower-hotel-autograph-collection\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Mayflower Hotel<\/a> (Fav lunch spot of J. Edgar Hoover)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omnihotels.com\/hotels\/washington-dc-shoreham\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Omni Shoreham<\/a> (the Beatles stayed here)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marriott.com\/hotels\/hotel-photos\/wasdt-washington-marriott-wardman-park\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Washington Marriott Wardham Park<\/a> (Fav of many presidents)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thewatergatehotel.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Watergate Hotel<\/a> (No description necessary)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/washington.intercontinental.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Willard<\/a> (Abe Lincoln really did stay here)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Bottom line<\/strong> \u2013 Of course, since most historic hotels can vary in price, if you are on a budget, I would use points for whatever hotel chain you prefer or whichever hotel booking website you like (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hotels.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hotels.com<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.booking.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Booking.com<\/a>, etc.)<\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yelp.com\/collection\/-0bCIt0bUzwhKhuGZpKZ6w\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">MAP<\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-815 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/travelfrances.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Screen-Shot-2020-01-18-at-10.14.26-PM-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Getting Around: Lyft,\u00a0Uber\u00a0or taxis\u00a0to and from either airport. 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Accommodations &#8211; When staying in a city like DC with all it&#8217;s historical impact, I would only stay at hotels with &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/travelfrances.com\/?p=782\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Washington, DC: Getting Around &#038; Accommodations&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,13,42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-782","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-accommodations","category-getting-around","category-washington-dc"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Washington, DC: Getting Around &amp; Accommodations - Travel Frances<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/travelfrances.com\/?p=782\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Washington, DC: Getting Around &amp; Accommodations - Travel Frances\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Getting Around: Lyft,\u00a0Uber\u00a0or taxis\u00a0to and from either airport. 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