How to Find a Hotel Room for Coachella 2007
By
Kampy
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Difficulty: Easy
The 2007 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival is still over three and a
half months away (as of this writing). That's a loooong time! But if you
really want to have the best Coachella experience possible, you need to start
planning NOW. You know that old saying "early bird gets the worm"? Well, in
this case, the early bird gets the best hotel rooms! And since this year's
festival will be three days long instead of the usual two, a good hotel room
is going to be more important than ever! So, GET ON IT!
Video
Instructions
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STEP 1: ROUND UP YOUR POSSE. Send an e-mail out to all
your friends that might be interested in going to Coachella and bunking up
with you. You need to get an idea of how many people you need to find beds
for (or sections of empty floor). You don't need an exact number, because
you can always count on a few people flaking out. Plan far enough ahead,
and you'll have time to replace the flakes
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STEP 2: FIND YOUR CRASH PAD. The internet has made it
easy to find out which
hotels
are closer than others to the polo fields, and the fine folks at
coachella.com have made it even easier by creating a comprehensive list at
http://www.coachella.com/visitors/hotels but you'll save time by using a
booking website such as hotels.com, expedia.com, travelocity.com, etc.
There are a couple sites that are specific to the Coachella Valley area
such as http://www.southwestrooms.com/coachella.html and
http://www.deserthotelreservations.com/
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STEP 3: BOOK IT BABY! If you can find a vacancy, make the
reservation! Typically, you just need to give them a name and a credit
card number to hold the room. It doesn't mean you're locked in and have to
stop looking. Most hotels won't penalize you if you cancel a reservation,
so book whatever you can find and keep looking for something better
Overall Tips & Warnings
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There are several cities near the Coachella Festival that have hotels and
motels. As you scour the internet for hotels, keep in mind that the
closest is Indio, followed by (in order of closest to farthest) Indian
Wells, Palm Desert, Rancho Mirage, Thousand Palms, Cathedral City,
Cabazon, Palm Springs, and Desert Hot Springs
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Don't get locked into thinking that hotels and motels are your only
accommodation options. There's also camping and vacation rentals. Look for
my other WeHow articles about those options
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