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Marriott's Hunt Valley Inn

Address: 245 Shawan Rd., Hunt Valley, MD 21031
Telephone: 410-785-7000

Hotel Reservations and Cancellation Policy
Important Hotel Policies
Useful Notes
A Note for Foreign Fans
Directions
Alternate Hotels

Update:
The Hunt Valley Inn is Sold Out for Shore Leave 30. (Information about alternate hotels appears at the bottom of this page.) To be put on the waiting list, call the Reservations Manager, Sue Karr at 410-785-3909 M-F during business hours. The people at the 1-800 number do not have information about the waiting list. The best time to call is Monday through Friday, 9 AM to 1 PM, Eastern Time. If you have to leave your request on voice mail, leave your name, number of rooms wanted, arrival and departure dates and number of nights. Also clearly state your telephone number and e-mail address and ask for a call back to confirm that you have, indeed, been placed on the waiting list.

If you find that you can not get a room at the Marriott, there are Alternate Hotels. If the the Marriott tries to direct you to a hotel at the Inner Harbor (downtown) please ignore that advice. The Inner Harbor is very far away from the Convention (about 30 minutes by car), so please try the nearby hotels listed below first. Also, if the clerks tell you that the convention is sold out, please ignore that as well. The convention is not sold out.

Hotel Reservations and Cancellation Policy:

The Reservations and Cancellation Policy for Shore Leave 30 is:

• Guaranteed reservations for Shore Leave must be secured, normally by credit card. Your credit card will not be charged for the deposit until June 27, 2008.
• Reservations may be cancelled without penalty until 6pm on June 27, 2008.
• You must pay for one night if you cancel after June 27, but before 6pm on July 8, 2008.
• You must pay for every night you reserved if you cancel after 6pm on July 8, 2008.
• Hotel reservations for Shore Leave must be for a minimum of two nights.

ATTENTION: Help Another Fan!

While the hotel cancellation policy, as stated above, allows you to cancel a reservation up to 14 days before the convention without penalty to you, a new hotel policy allows the hotel to resell any rooms canceled less than 30 days before the convention at full price rather than at the convention rate. So please try to help another fan by making your cancellation by June 2. This way another fan can call in for a reservation and get your room(s) at the discounted convention rate.

We thank you, and they'll thank you, too!

Important Hotel Policies:

• You may not sleep in vehicles parked in the parking lot. This includes campers and RVs.
• No pets of any kind are permitted in any area of the hotel (this includes guest rooms). Service animals, such as guide dogs, are exempt from this restriction in accordance with the law, but the person accompanying them must need the service animal.
• All room parties must be pre-authorized by the convention chairs. The hotel will shut down non-authorized room parties. To obtain details or authorization please email the convention chairs.
• There is a charge for rollaways and refrigerators. So many people request them that the hotel must rent extras and this charge pays for them.
• Rooms with two double beds are now limited to four person occupancy.
• All hotels overbook conventions slightly as standard policy. Rooms are assigned as you check in, not based on when you made your reservation, so check in is first-come, first-serve.
• If you pay for your room by any method other than by a credit catd, the hotel requires a $20/day deposit for incidentals. This is done at all larger hotels and is not just a policy applied during conventions. This deposit is returned to you if not used, but the method varies with your payment method. If you have any questions concerning the method of refund, discuss this with the call agent when you make your reservation.
• Please note that all Marriott hotels have no-smoking policies.

Useful Notes:

1. The hotel has an ATM machine. It is located across from the entrance to the Garden Dealers Room.
2. Bring a sweater or sweatshirt and a pair of long pants. The hotel rooms, especially the convention facilities, can be a bit on the chilly side even though the convention is during high Summer.
3. If you have any problems with the hotel, contact our Hotel Liaison. She will try to resolve your problem.
4. A floor plan of the hotel with all the convention facilities can be seen by clicking here.

A Note for Foreign Fans:

No local hotels or banks exchange foreign currency. If you need cash in US dollars, you have three options: bring it with you from your country, get it at the Foreign Exchange Office at BWI Airport, or get it at the American Express Travel Office in downtown Baltimore. Please click this link for details on the last two.

Directions:

For further information including directions see the Marriott's Hunt Valley Inn web site, or the Transportation page.

Alternate Hotels: