***Places to Stay***

[Brandis_Mom]

It seems that we all have been finding nice places to stay, lets share that information here so that it is all in one place. 

Please include hotel name, phone number, price, and features about hotel.

[Brandis_Mom]

Days Inn - Days Inn Great Lakes is One of the closest hotels to The Naval Graduation. A shuttle service is arranged with J.B. Transportation, to take our guest to and from the graduation. Gurnee Mills Mall and Six Flags are located within the area as well as local family diner

Hwy 137 & 41     North Chicago, IL 60064 US   Phone: [phone]

Hotel Services & Amenities

1 mile from Great Lakes Naval Base Newly renovated property includes new carpet, upgraded lobby Newly renovated breakfast area 24 hour Front Desk with Plasma TV Handicapped Rooms/Facilities Free Parking AM/FM Clock Radio No Pets Allowed Free Local Telephone Calls Golf nearby Local Attractions 1 Mile from Great Lakes Naval Base   Nearby Restaurants Full Moon Family Restaurant Flanigans Subway Dunkin Donuts McDonalds

Hairdryer in Room Full Line of SolTerre TM Bath Products No Smoking Rooms Restaurant 25 Inch Color TV Expanded Cable including HBO, CNN, ESPN1, ESPN2, FOX News, local channels High Security Electronic Door Locks Business Center Free High Speed Wireless Internet Laundry And Steam Services Cont. Brkfst Incl. Fresh And Hot Golden Malted Waffles

 Price:   They offer various discount programs, since my husband is active duty military we have a room with a king size bed for $40.49 a night.

[Hisbelovedlinda]

 In March 2011 we stayed @ Springhill Suites by Marriott, Waukegan, IL. 847-688-9800. They had $89.99 @ night for PIR  discount rates. It's near the base. They had a great breakfast!  They are very nice people!.... the rooms are huge beautiful suites! Very clean! high ceilings   They have great beds, down comforters, lots of pillows! They have huge walk-in showers, with additional hand held shower head!  (I loved this feature!)  The shower is in a room with a huge very well lite mirrow vanity with sink....the potty & another sink is in a seperate room!  So, if someone's taking a long shower, the potty is available! They had microwave/small fridge, nice counter with lots of glass shelves above so we had lots of room for snack food stuff.  They had a big computer desk w/office type chair.  Very nice sitting area with a floor lamp and 2  glass top tables that were moveable ...the area included a sofa with sleeper bed & chair connecting or you can seperate to make L shape sitting group...Huge new TV.  Every thing was like new!  The rooms have their own thermostat by the front door  with vents in the bathrooms so you did not have the humidity to deal with like usual in hotels! ...we were very comfortable! They had a good sized indoor pool & work out weight room.   We have in the past preferred Residence Inns, but we had our married daughter & her two year old with us that needed their own bed!  and also our future Daughter In Law that needed her own bed! so if we stayed in Residence Inn they only had ONE queen bed in the extra bedroom.  So at Springhill Suites we rented two suites with two queen beds for the girls....then we had our own suite for us and room for our Sailor in ours!  (he did stay the weekend with us)   I like the full furnished kitchens in Residence Inn, but they could not meet our sleeping needs.  We did not have time to cook anything anyway! Residence are very nice & may work great for you and your!...but, Springhill Suites worked great for us!  My crew said they loved this hotel !!!  We would highly recommend it!   You would need to call early to make reservations for the PIR Discount!  It ends at a certain point & goes back to the full price!  We could have  canceled by 6pm the same day our Rsv. started, so if there had been a change in date for PIR we could have cancelled!  We drove there in a rented Van & we also drove it to PIR, with no problems, it worked very well!  You can view this Hotel on Marriott's main website by clicking into Springhill Suites Waukegan!  They had all kinds of very helpful links on places to eat/ have fun...etc on that site. This was just the nicest place I've ever stayed!

Hope you find a place to stay that will be perfect for you and yours!  luv ya, Hisbelovedlinda

[diannep]

Residence Inn Waukegan is great especially for those with larger groups who need more than one bedroom and a common area/kitchen together. 

Residence Inn Waukegan

1440 White Oak Drive

Waukegan IL

847-689-9240

Close to Walmart shopping center where there are also some restaurants, Courtyard Inn and Springhill Suites. About 4 miles from RTC.  PIR shuttle, free hot buffet breakfast, 2bdrm 2bath units and studios, all with full kitchens. Gym room, pool. Quiet office park area.  We paid $139/night for a 2bdrm in 2010; I believe the studios are under $100.  3 tvs in the 2 bdrm unit....great for kids!  Also, it is PET FRIENDLY so bring your animals to see their new sailor!

[Stacey]

My husband is a Navy retiree so I'll be staying at the Navy Lodge near RTC.  No frills I hear but clean and comfortable.  $65.00 a night is what I'm paying.