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Atlanta Lodging and Accommodations Overview

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Each year, thousands of businessmen and women travel to Atlanta for conferences and conventions of all types. The enormous Georgia World Congress Center and other, smaller venues host events nearly every day of the year. In addition, tourists come to Atlanta in equally great numbers in order to visit attractions such as the Martin Luther King, Jr., National Historic Site, the World of Coca-Cola, CNN Center, and Turner Field, the home of the Atlanta Braves.

These millions of visitors all need somewhere to stay, and Atlanta accommodates them with thousands of hotel rooms. According to Frommer’s, there are more than seventy-six thousand hotel rooms in metro Atlanta, and more than twelve thousand in downtown Atlanta alone.

If you can, avoid visiting Atlanta during the busiest weeks of the year, and call ahead to potential hotels to make sure rooms are available. If you are a member of an organization such as AAA or AARP, many hotels will grant you a discount, so ask for those special rates. You may also find it helpful to book your hotel room over the Internet. You can use a site such as Orbitz or Priceline or use the hotel chain’s web site itself; most hotels offer some sort of low fare guarantee if you book on their web site.

In addition, it is a good idea to have some idea of the location of your planned activities and/or your conference. Atlanta has decent public transportation, but your trip will be greatly simplified if you can stay in the neighborhood where you will spend most of your time.

The four major areas of Atlanta, as far as accommodations go, are Downtown, Midtown, Buckhead, and Perimeter. Downtown Atlanta is home to the Georgia World Congress Center, CNN Center, and other major attractions. This is a great location, but as you might expect, you’ll likely have to pay for it. Midtown Atlanta is the artsy region of Atlanta, home to the Fox Theater and has fewer hotels than downtown but still has several good options. Buckhead is Atlanta’s well-to-do cosmopolitan area, which has luxurious five-star hotels as well as several good moderately-priced hotels. Finally, perimeter Atlanta includes, for our purposes, the outlying areas of the city near the Interstates, as well as the suburbs and the area around the airport.

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