Open House Questions!

COparent
Thu, 22 Mar 2012 10:15:47 +0000

My daughter and I are planning on attending Open House this year and have already booked our flights and hotel (we are coming from Colorado). If you are out-of-state, we highly recommend flying into Santa Barbara airport and driving up to SLO (about a 2 hr drive) - it’s much cheaper than flying directly into SLO airport. We have been to Cal Poly many times to visit my older daughter and our favorite hotel is the Quality Suites - it has great amenities and it’s only about a mile from campus (on Monterey and California). We’ve stayed at the Embassy Suites which is nice, but it’s located in a shopping center next to the freeway and further from campus. I’m assuming there should be enough visitor parking that weekend, but the Quality Suites hotel is also within walking distance as are a few other hotels, and they provide shuttle service around town. I’ve never been to Open House so I don’t know how bad traffic/parking can get. I think Thursday is mostly a trip to Farmer’s Market which is great fun but not necessary. If you end up choosing Cal Poly, there will be many more opportunities to go since it’s every Thursday night. Sounds like the main events are Fri and Sat. We’re really excited about going!