<p>Hope everybody has a great time despite the rain! :)</p>
<p>I wish that someone had said that immediately upon being accepted make those hotel reservations!!!!!!
If you don't make them almost a year in advance you will not find any rooms nearby and have to drive 30 to 50 miles each way.</p>
<p>at least there's next year!!!!</p>
<p>They DID tell my kid's class on Accepted Students Day in April to make hotel reservations for Student Dropoff and Parents Weekend ASAP.</p>
<p>Little trick: if you dont' get the reservation early, keep trying later on people's plans change and rooms free up. My first two years my parents didnt decide to come until the last minute and managed to get rooms in Lex that freed up right near the end. My junior year they finally had an advance reservation but I chose to go abroad so they ended up canceling the room (returning the favor in a way)</p>