Wedding Info 101

Your hotel is the Carlyle Suites, and is located at 1731 New Hampshire Ave., Washington, D.C. 20007, in the heart of the vibrant Dupont Circle neighborhood.

The Washington, D.C., metropolitan area is served by three major airports, Reagan National (DCA), Baltimore-Washington (BWI), and Dulles (IAD). DCA is the closest and easiest airport to access for our wedding. BWI is less convenient, but flights in and out of BWI are sometimes cheaper; also, Southwest Airlines generally only serves BWI. If you choose IAD, you are on your own. We avoid it at most all costs, though flights from certain areas of the country are directed through IAD, so it may be the most convenient option for some of you flying from the West Coast.

Taxi service from DCA to the hotel should cost roughly $22. Taxi service from either BWI or IAD is about $70. There are taxi lines outside, and you should be prepared to tell the Taxi Stand Coordinator that you are bound for D.C. (or “the District” if you want to sound cool). Taxis do not generally accept credit cards, so be sure to have cash handy. Super Shuttles are available from all airports at roughly $30 per person.

DCA is Metro-accessible, and your trip is $1.35 each way normally and $2.25 during rush hour. Fare cards are easy to buy in the Reagan National Metro station, which is accessible from inside the airport. Follow the signs. Also, Metro rail trains are identified both by the color of the train line and by the station at the end of that line. For more detail, see this map.

To get to the hotel from the airport by Metro, take a Yellow Line train bound for Fort Totten.* Take your Fort Totten-bound train to Gallery Place/Chinatown, where you will change trains by going upstairs to transfer to a Red Line train bound for Shady Grove.** Then, get off at the Dupont Circle stop, take the North exit, and the hotel is a short, eight-minute walk away. As you come up the escalator, take a right on Q St., then a left on New Hampshire Ave. The hotel is three blocks up to 1731 New Hampshire. Door-to-door, this trip should be about 30-45 minutes.


*If you are arriving during weekday rush hour, every other Yellow Line train in the northbound direction terminates at the Mt. Vernon/Convention Center stop. You may take these trains, as your commute will not be affected by their shortened routes.

**Also during weekday rush hour, every other Red Line train terminates at the Grosvenor-Strathmore stop. You may take these trains, as your commute will not be affected by their shortened routes.