<p>My daughter may need to spend a few days on campus this summer to do research at the Gerald Ford Library on North Campus. Can anyone suggest a convenient hotel? Will she be able to use the university shuttles to get around? She will fly into Detroit. Is it worth renting a car?</p>
<p>For a few days I would recommend renting a car. That way she could stay at any hotel in Ann Arbor and it would be convenient. There are only a couple of hotels close to the campus bus system. Campus Inn and Bell Tower Hotel. If there are rooms at the Michigan League that is also close to the campus bus. There may be a city bus that would work from Plymouth Road hotels. She would still need a cab or shuttle from the airport so that would need to be figured in the cost.</p>
<p>If money is not much of an issue and trhe duration of the stay is less than a week, the Bell Tower Hotel would be most convenient. That would require no car as it is walking distance to campus and to Main, State and Liberty streets.</p>
<p>Thanks for the advice, res ispa and Alexandre.</p>
<p>Does anyone know whether she will be able to use ride campus buses without a Michigan ID?</p>
<p>Im sure she can ride the “M” busses without an ID. whenever I visit friends I hop right on without being asked.</p>
<p>You don’t need a UM ID to ride the blue buses (campus buses).</p>
<p>Momjr – does the school not have short term housing available on North in the summer? You may wish to check.</p>
<p>If it’s only a few days, I think she ought to stay at a hotel near North Campus and rent a car. </p>
<p>Fly into Detroit. Rent the car. Drive to the Hampton Inn North. Drive to research library on North Campus for work and have the car to drive to central campus and downtown Ann Arbor after for dinner, shopping, exploring…and then back to hotel. Drive back to airport and turn in the car. I think that makes more sense than not renting a car and taking buses from the airport to AA and back and dealing with buses on campus when you don’t have to. It’s not hard to park on campus during the summer.</p>
<p>^^^Agree with jazzymom and res ipsa.</p>
<p>How old is she? Many rental car companies will not rent to anyone under 25 years old. There is a bus from Detroit airport to the Sheraton in Ann Arbor.</p>
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<p>My s will be a Junior next year and is staying for the summer so I would be happy to aks him for suggestions as well. Feel free to PM me :)</p>
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<p>In my experience, this is increasingly not true (at least in Michigan and a few other states I’ve done this in.) Instead they hit you with a pretty big surcharge if you are between 21 and 25.</p>
<p>I took the Michigan Flyer a bunch of times to go between UM and MSU and vice-versa. It’s a really nice bus. Not too expensive, always on time, usually plenty of seats, the bus has wifi, etc… The only downside is that the Sheraton is near the Briarwood area, about 2-3 miles from Central Campus.</p>