savannah midtown hotels and motels

Hi everyone, Thanks for all the great advice on your forum. There will be 3 of us coming in June. We have a car so we won%26#39;t need accommodations downtown. I have looked at Hilton Garden Inn, Ogelthorpe Inn and Towneplace Suites. We will need a suite or two rooms since there will be three of us.I understand that the Ogelthorpe Trolley Tours are only $l0.00. Is that correct? Can you get on and off? My Mom is 88 and can%26#39;t walk a lot but the trolley tours should be okay for her. Thanks for all your help.

KALNorthCarolina

savannah midtown hotels and motels

I think the Towneplace Suites is fairly new. I don%26#39;t even remember seeing it the last time I was out that way.

The Oglethorpe is probably the closest to various restaurants, etc. It%26#39;s the most attractive, if that matters.

And the Hilton is newer than the Oglethorpe. It%26#39;s also a multistoried building with not much eye appeal.

That%26#39;s about all the help I can give. Perhaps others will have more to offer.

savannah midtown hotels and motels

KAL,

We usually stay in the HD along Bay Street, but making a last minute visit this coming weekend and will be using some Marriott points to stay at the SpringHill Suites in Midtown. Will be a hassle commuting down to the HD, but there are a number of parking garages that are pretty convenient.

Yes, Ogelethorpe Trolley is $10 per person and it is something we always do when we are in Savannah. Each guide has a little bit different spin or story to tell so it is always interesting. There is a little bit of a ';catch'; to the on/off service that if you understand shouldn%26#39;t present any problems. When you first board the trolley by the Welcome Center; or their head office nearby, you are on a 90-minute non-stop tour with no on/off privledges for that initial time. Once the tour concludes near City Market you have the option to going back to your starting point or you can tell the guide which drop-off point you would like to go to. While it is possible the guide can drop you off on the way back to the Welcome Center to start the next tour, more than likely they will call one of their roving trolleys to come pick you up. But be aware that when you want to go to another location, you will need to call their office phone and ask that the rover be sent back to you. Sometimes you can be waiting as long as 15 minutes for pick-up. Many people find they can walk to where they want to go faster than waiting on the rover; but I understand your issue with your Mom%26#39;s limited mobility as we will be dealing with the same thing with my MIL.

The other trolley tours seem to have the more traditional on-off at any time routine; but their price is 2 times or more than that of Ogelthorpe; so you pay more for additional flexibility. From what I can tell, all the trolley companies run virtually the same routes so you don%26#39;t ';see'; more on one than another.

Hope this is helpful.