<p>Yes, the prices of hotels near USC rise during move-in week, orientation weeks, Parent’s Weekend, and graduation - they also fill up quickly for those times. If you get a less expensive hotel further away, you will have the added expense of a rental car, so it still might be cheaper to stay in the more exepensive hotel nearby w/o a car.</p>
<p>If it is for orientation, many students with financial contraints come on their own on the red-eye in the morning of orientation and leave the next day to avoid having to get a hotel.</p>