Univ. of Houston

Traveling to Univ of Houston and need hotel in a safe area as will be staying 2 nights with teenagers. Flying into IAH. Would like something fairly close, if possible but will stay farther out if more safe. We%26#39;ll be pretty busy with spare time at night. I%26#39;ve read about the Galeria area- how far is that from Univ of Houston? Is there a closer area anybody can suggest?

Univ. of Houston

The immediate area of campus is one of the lower-income areas of the city. There is one hotel on campus (Hilton), but it%26#39;s expensive, and nothing else for several miles (except motels that you don%26#39;t want to be in).

The Galleria area will take you 20 minutes if you%26#39;re lucky. Traffic will usually make it much longer.

There are a couple of hotels in the Museum District, but many more in the Medical Center area. Getting to UH is still going to take you 15 minutes at least though, but you%26#39;ll generally be off of the freeway and traffic won%26#39;t affect you as much.

The only other option is stay closer to Hobby Airport. It%26#39;s definitely not a good area, but there are a few cheap hotels and, again, it%26#39;ll take you about 15 minutes to get to UH with no traffic.

Univ. of Houston

The Hilton on campus is part of the Hilton school of hotel and restaurant management and is run by students -- and has a good reputation. Other than that, I would choose to stay in the Galleria area which shouldn%26#39;t take you too long to get to campus from there. There are a few hotels downtown which would be safe in the daytime and probably at night but basically downtown shuts down at night so the area is very desolate where the reasonable priced ones are.

West University area would be good to stay in and I believe they have a Courtyard Marriot or Residence Inn in that area.

Forgot to mention, if you do stay at the HIlton on Campus - there isn%26#39;t much in the area at night - so you%26#39;d be driving out to shop or do anything entertaining.