Where to sleep?

We did not block off any cool hotels. Our reason is simple: Chicagoland is very big and you may wish to stay in any number of posh locations depending on your interests.

Most places in downtown Chicago are great places to stay, they are just very expensive. So please feel free to stay there and ask us any questions you might have about the hotel but we are not listing them here as they are generally so expensive.
So, we will merely give you some suggestions of where to stay varied by your interests.

1. North Shore Chicago's perks: very close to the wedding and reception locations, not too far from the airport and certainly close enough to the city to hop on public transportation to see the sights.

• Fairfield Inn Chicago Glenview - $69-$109
  
• North Shore Visitors bureau suggestions
• Anti-recommendation: Some friends of ours had a rather bad time at Holiday Inn Skokie/NorthShore

2. O'Hare Airport area perks: As soon as you get in, you don't have to navigate Chicago tollways to get to your temporary abode. Also, not too far from the Wedding and Reception sites. Probably not the best option for those who fly into Midway (ie Noel's fam and others who use Southwest :) )

• SpringHill Suites Chicago O'Hare by Marriott - $109-$159
• here's a map of other Airport hotels

3. Western suburban perks: If you are in the wedding or helping with the wedding, you should stay out here. Carpooling will be easier, etc. While there is no out-of-towners event planned at this time, Greg and I dwell out here in the 'burbs so it's more likely you will see us if you are staying out here. Downside is that it is not the most convenient for getting into the city nor to the wedding & reception. Is about 30-45 minutes from O'Hare, 45 from Midway. Lombard, Oakbrook, Glendale Heights, Wheaton, Glen Ellyn all of these are names of suburbs near where Greg and Noel will live (wherever that will be).

• Springhill Suites by Marriott Chicago Elmhurst - $99-$109
• Wyndham Drake, Oakbrook $99-$109
  
• Hilton Suites Oakbrook - $107-$147
• Comfort Suites Oakbrook - $109 - $169
• Hyatt Place Lombard - $129 - $179 (a very cool posh hotel- Greg's mom stayed here once)

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Special thanks to Jennifer Green, b-maid, for her work on this.