Gallifrey 2009: 20 To Life

Hotel and Transportation

Gallifrey 2009 will take place for the fourth year in a row at the Los Angeles Airport Marriott!

The Marriott at LAX (Los Angeles International) Airport is a grand hotel with a terrific program/function space and great hotel amenities. The Marriott is located at 5855 West Century Boulevard, only a block away from LAX, accessible with complimentary shuttle from the airport. The hotel can be reached at 310-641-5700 or via fax at 310-337-5358. It's accessible via the 405 Freeway at the Century Boulevard/LAX Airport offramp, and is one of the hotels closest to the airport entrance. It's also approximately 20 miles from Bob Hope (Burbank) Airport and the Long Beach Municipal Airport, both of which are commercial airports.

Gallifrey 2009's low rate of $120 per night (plus 14% Los Angeles city room tax) is available throughout the convention weekend and several days before and after!

Our facility has been used by many conventions, and is the annual home of Loscon, LA's regional science fiction convention. Our 2006 convention was our first year there, having left our previous home, the Airtel Plaza Hotel, after ten years. There is wireless internet access in the Marriott! The hotel also has a great swimming pool, jacuzzi, sauna, a FedEx copy center and three restaurants: the Champions Sports Bar, the Latitude 33 coffee shop and J.W.'s Steakhouse. And for added convenience, there's a Starbucks coffee in the lobby open throughout the day.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT BOOKING A ROOM AT THE HOTEL

Hotel rooms are still available as of October 2008! You can use one of the following two ways to make your reservation, but we strongly urge you to do it through the Internet method:

Suggested Option - Online Booking! Make your reservation online. This is the easiest way, and it's very easy to do:
- Browse directly to the Los Angeles Airport Marriott web page
- Enter your check-in and check-out dates, and under group code type GALGALA - this is our Group Code for the convention
- Click on FIND button
- On the next page you'll see GALLIFREY ONE listed, at $120 per night; click RESERVE A ROOM to continue from there...
Note that using the internet option, you must use that Group Code in order to get the discount rate. Make certain that you are reserving at the Los Angeles Airport Marriott as there are several Marriott hotels in LA.
Alternate Option: Call the hotel directly at 310-641-5700 or toll free at 800-228-9290 and ask for reservations. We suggest you use this instead of the main nationwide Marriott reservations number, as several of our members have encountered issues getting the group rate in previous years. Give them the GALGALA code if need be.

IF YOU ARE REGISTERING ONLINE AND DO NOT RECEIVE THE GROUP RATE, OR CANNOT BOOK A ROOM, don't panic... There are plenty of rooms, and we have had no problems with people booking in with our group code on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights. The problem has been Sunday -- the hotel books a lower amount of rooms at our rate that night because it's technically after the convention. We keep having it increased, but if you encounter a difficulty registering for that night, or for any other hotel related issues, please let us know by sending us email or, preferably, by posting it in the Gallifrey 2009 thread in our forum.

PARKING is available on site for a nominal fee. We will be validating daily visitors to the convention to reduce your parking cost, and overnight members will receive a discount on the parking fees (but you MUST tell them you are with the convention!)

DIRECTIONS: For those driving locally the following are basic details to the hotel. If you are traveling from out of state by plane to the airports, it is suggested that you familiarize yourself with the LA map prior to departure.

From North: I-405 South (or from central valley, I-5 south to I-405 south). Exit Century Boulevard/LAX Airport, approximately 2 miles west to hotel. Note: exit will drop you off on a side street; follow signs to Century Boulevard and turn right.
From East (Inland Empire): I-10 or US-60 (I-10 merge) west to I-405 South, then follow directions for "From North," above.
From South (Orange County, Beaches): I-405 north, exit Century Boulevard/LAX Airport, approximately 2 miles west to hotel.