::  TRAVEL TOOLS  :: Below please find an assortment of travel tools to assist you in researching trips to ASLH Conferences. We begin with information specific to this year's conference and continue with more general travel tools.
ASLH 2007 :  Tempe (Phoenix), Arizona Conference Hotel Information:   The Tempe Mission Palms Hotel 60 East Fifth Street Tempe, Arizona 85281 Reservations 800 547-8705 Phone: 480 894-1400 FAX: 480-968-7677 http://www.missionpalms.com/ Information about how to obtain the conference rate at the hotel will be available at this site shortly. The room-sharing form will appear in the this summer's Newsletter. Sky Harbor International Airport: Sky Harbor is a major hub for most national airlines, including Southwest, Continental, Delta, and United Airlines.  It is also the home of United Airways (America West).  For more information:  http://phoenix.gov/AVIATION/index.html Ground Transportation from the Airport to ASU There is no taxi stand, but you’ll find plenty of taxis waiting at the curb outside of the baggage claim area.  For more information on taxi fees and other types of available transportation: http://phoenix.gov/AVIATION/park_trans/taxi_bus_van_limo.html
General Travel Trip Advisor Trip Advisor brings together travel resources in a way that offers both depth and clarity.  The site offers links to travel articles in newspapers, online guidebooks such as Frommer's , Fodors , and Rand McNally , information on local attractions, maps, as well as linking to air and hotel deals.  Trip Advisor "Smart Deals " cross reference their popularity index with hot deals to provide bang for the buck. Sidestep Sidestep is a search engine that allows you to search several travel sites at once - Expedia , Travelocity , Jet Blue , & more - in order to find the best deals for flights, car rentals, and hotels.  It then links you into those sites to make the purchase. Priceline Priceline allows you to name your price for flights, lodging, cars (cruises, package vacations), but the catch is that you have to accept what they find.  They find marvelous deals...as well as not so convenient ones. Student Travel (a.k.a., really cheap) Student Universe Student Universe is run by Orbitz .  It offers links to student fares and less expensive travel resources - hostels, rail travel, etc. - that are not included on most travel sites. Ivy Media Ivy Media links to bus services that are far cheaper than air, rail, or even Greyhound , but locations are very limited.  Round trip between NY and DC, only $35 for a 4 - 4 1/2 hour trip.