Places to Stay

Columbus, Georgia

Places to Stay during the vigil and nonviolent direct action to close the School of the Americas (renamed "Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation") in Columbus, Georgia (November 21-23, 2003):

Camping
Lake Pines Campground (706-563-5909) recording, (706-561-9675) person Pine Mountain Campground (706-663-4329) Roosevelt State Park (800-864-7275)

Hotels
Ask for SOA Watch group rate. This will allow you access to rooms already reserved for SOA Watch activists, many at a discount rooms available on Victory Drive in Columbus, GA:

Colony Inn
(706) 689-1590

Ponderosa Motel
(706) 689-7693

Thunderbird Motel
(706) 687-1030

Columbus, GA
Extended Stay America (706-653-9938)
Wingate Hotel, Exit 10 (706-225-1000)
La Quinta Inn (706-568-1740)
Sheraton Inn (706-327-6868)
Country Inn and Suites (706-660-1880)
Mariott (706-323-2323)
Extended Stay America (706-653-0131)
Wingate Hotel, Exit 10 (706-225-1000)
Hampton Inn (706-576-5303) -King rooms only
Econo-Lodge Veterans Pkwy (706-324-3694) -Queen rooms only

Other Columbus Hotels
Baymont Inn & Suites (706-323-4344)
Best Western (706-568-3300)
Comfort Suites (706-322-6666)
Days Inn – Victory Dr. (706-689-6181)
Days Inn – Exit 6 (706-561-4400)
Econo Lodge (706-682-3803)
Holiday Inn North (706-324-0231)
Heritage Inn (706-322-2522)
Howard Johnson Inn (706-322-6641)
Motel 6 (706-687-7214)
Super 8 Hotel (706-322-6580)

Easy to get to Hotels outside of Columbus, GA:

La Grange, GA (45 miles from Columbus on Highway I-85 - Ask for SOA Watch group rate) Econo Lodge (Exit 18) (706) 882-9540 Holiday Inn Express (Exit 18) (706) 812-8000 Jameson Inn (Exit 18) (706) 882-8700 Days Inn (Exit 12) (706) 882-8881 Amerihost (Exit 18) (706) 885-9002

Phenix City, AL
Colonial Inn (334-298-9361)
Days Inn (334-298-1005)
Holiday Inn Express (334-298-9321)
Ramada Inn (334-448-2030)
Howard Johnson (334-298-8000)

Pine Mountain, GA
Callaway Gardens Resort (800-225-5292)
Davis Inn (706-663-2522)
Huckelberry Inn (706-663-9343)

Richland, GA (30 miles south of Columbus on Highway 280)
Days Inn (227) 887-9000

Miami, Florida

Places to Stay during the protests to Stop the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) during the FTAA Ministerial Meeting in Miami, Florida (November 19-21, 2003):

The Tropics Hotel and Hostel
550 Collins Avenue, Miami Beach, FL 33139
phone: (305) 531-0361
$16/dorm "female" and "mixed" dorms; private

The Creek
2360 Collins Ave, Miami Beach, FL
$18/dorm "mixed" dorm

The Clay
1438 Washington Avenue, South Beach, Miami, FL
$18/dorm separate "male" and "female" dorms; private

HI Miami Beach
1438 Washington Avenue, South Beach, Miami, FL
$18/dorm separate "male" and "female" dorms

Miami Beach International Travellers Hostel
236 9th Street, Miami Beach, FL
$19/dorm "mixed" dorm; private from $25

Days Inn Downtown/Air/Port
Civic Center, Miami, FL 33136 (1.8 Miles Northwest of Miami City Center) $41/night

also see: Travellerspoint and Orbitz