Homewood Suites Alexandria, not Falls Church

[northwest]

I was told that the closest hotel to the Falls Church location was a Homewood Suites hotel, right across the street. So I had SATO make a reservation at Homewood Suites, Falls Church. Then I checked Google, and found that the Homewood Suites in Falls Church is actually quite far from 5107 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church. However, the Homewood Suites in Alexandria is just across the street, at 4850 Leesburg Pike. Leesburg Pike separates Falls Church from Alexandria.

The phone # for the Alexandria one is 703-671-6500.

[lee]

I stayed at the Homewood Suites last year, and it was very comfortable. It was an easy walk to the interview site.
Good luck to everyone.
lee

[decadealj]

northwest- your information seems backward to me- I have stayed at both places and I think you have the two locations reversed. I suggest a mapquest of both locations.

[northwest]

Here's the web site of Homewood Suites Alexandria:
homewoodsuites1.hilton.com/en_US/hw/hotel/AXEHWHW-Homewood-Suites-by-Hilton-Alexandria-Virginia/index.do
Address is Homewood Suites by Hilton® Alexandria
4850 Leesburg Pike, Alexandria, Virginia, United States 22302
Tel: [phone]

Here's the web site of Homewood Suites Falls Church:
homewoodsuites1.hilton.com/en_US/hw/hotel/WASMFHW-Homewood-Suites-by-Hilton-Falls-Church-I-Rt--Virginia/index.do
Address is Homewood Suites by Hilton® Falls Church - I-495 @ Rt. 50
8130 Porter Road, Falls Church, Virginia, United States 22042
Tel: [phone]

You can see from the addresses that the Alexandria one is on Leesburg Pike. If you Google map the two addresses, the Alexandria one is the one across from SSA. Per Google Maps, the walking distance is 0.2 mi – about 3 mins.

[globalpanda]

Apr 3, 2009 19:30:37 GMT -5 decadealj said:

northwest- your information seems backward to me- I have stayed at both places and I think you have the two locations reversed. I suggest a mapquest of both locations.

Heres a link to Homewood Suites reservation site:
homewoodsuites.hilton.com/en/hw/hotels/search/newresults.jhtml;jsessionid=YKXYBLGMSWAF4CSGBJC3MQQ?statusMsg=status_success.jhtml&searchType=city&&eventType=null&it=Find,city&_requestid=194888

[northwest]

Homewood Suites Alexandria is indeed kitty corner from SSA, but due to having to walk across several lane roads & around the building through parking lots, it takes 10 minutes brisk walking. As someone mentioned in another post, aim for the Target main door. Then go up some stairs to get to the SSA building main doors (after going through their parking lot). There are fences around the building which make it impossible to take a shortcut.

When I checked in, they didn't want to honor the $209 government rate because I didn't have an ID showing I work for the federal government. (I didn't think until now, maybe if I had a state gov't ID or business card that would have worked). The non-gov't rate was $239. I don't think SSA would reimburse anything more than the gov't rate. There was no manager on duty. However, the receptionist finally reluctantly relented, "this time only." I said that next time I'll be a federal gov't employee, so it won't be a problem.

PS: This hotel is very nice. The suite is spacious, and they have internet and HBO.

[noah]

I like your confidence NW!