My niece graduated from Elon University (NC) this past weekend and my sister in law reserved her hotel a year in advance and still couldn’t get one in the same town (albeit a small town but still). She gave me the advice to reserve a room now for son’s graduation from USC for next spring - 2017! I went on to search out of curiosity and found several hotels seem to be completely booked already and/or they are already crazy high prices. I booked 4 rooms at Staybridge Suites for ~ $160/night, which was a deal compared to all the others I found. We’ve stayed there a few times over the years and it’s not walking distance but still a nice hotel, spacious rooms with full kitchens. Son is our oldest and first of our 2 kids to graduate so I would’ve never thought of having to reserve a hotel this far in advance… I probably would’ve waited til Dec/ Jan for a May graduation, thinking that was advance planning! Lol
If anyone who has graduates already has any other helpful advise with senior graduation planning, it is welcomed and appreciated!