<p>Can anyone recommend a hotel located within short driving distance of Union? I will be attending a sporting event there in about two weeks, and will need to drive back and forth between the campus and my hotel several times. Last time I was in the area, I stayed at the Hampton Inn in Schenectady, but didn't like the surrounding neighborhood and felt it was overpriced for the area. Does anyone have experience with the hotels near the Albany airport? How convenient are they? Are they worth the distance if I have to travel in the snow?</p>
<p>We stayed at the Holiday Inn in Schenectady which is less than .5 miles from Union. The hotel was clean and had a restaurant that served both breakfast and lunch- not included in the fee. This was convenient because there really wasn’t much to do in the area. However, we did find out after our visit that there were some nice restaurants in the downtown residential section near Schenectady.</p>
<p>Hi MACLASSOF2013 - it seems our guys are applying to similar places. Too funny.</p>
<p>carpediem44, we stayed at the Quality Inn in Schenectady and I wouldn’t recommend it. It wasn’t clean and even though we asked for a non-smoking room, it was obvious someone had smoked in the room fairly recently. I wouldn’t stay there again and actually did notice hotels around the airport that looked like they’d be reasonably priced and clean.</p>
<p>Yes BTMell, it does appear that our son’s are applying to the same schools. Good luck to him on his acceptances.</p>
<p>Even though my son looked at Union at the very last minute, he really enjoyed the tour and interview and it has risen to be one of his top schools. We are keeping our finger’s crossed that he hears good news.</p>
<p>Good luck to your son as well! My son really liked Union - a lot. I think it’s one of the prettiest campuses we visited. It’s one of his top choices as well. It would be funny if the two of them ended up at the same place.</p>