Overnight Accommodations
If you need overnight accommodations, you have two options: you may stay at Siddall Residence Hall or you may stay in a local hotel. Students are not required to stay overnight in Calhoun Hall. Parents have the option of staying in the residence hall as well, but parents will not be roomed with their freshman son or daughter.
Also, please be advised that Siddall Hall has gender-focused floors with common bathrooms and showers, not private in-room bathrooms. If parents prefer to room together, please understand that one parent will have to travel to the appropriate gender floor for bathroom service.
The cost of staying in Siddall Residence Hall is $35 per night, per person. Space is limited, and reservations are taken on a first-come, first-served basis. In order to accommodate all incoming students, parents and students are limited to a maximum of a two-night stay in Siddall Hall.
To reserve a room in Siddall Hall, register for Bearcats Bound Orientation at www.uc.edu/orientation.
Linen service is not provided so please bring bed sheets or a sleeping bag, a pillow, blanket and towels as needed for a maximum of two-night stay.
Siddall Residence Hall, because of it’s location on campus, is a convenient place to stay overnight. Linen service is not provided so please bring bed sheets or a sleeping bag, a pillow, blanket and towels as needed for a
maximum of a two-night stay.
Check-in for overnight stay is in the lobby of Siddall Residence Hall. You may unload your overnight luggage curb-side near Siddall Residence Hall. To get close to Siddall Hall take Calhoun Street (one way) to right on Corbett Drive and Siddall Hall will be on your right at the end of the drive. This route has a considerable number of steps leading to the entrance of Siddall. It may be easier for you to park in CCM Garage or Calhoun Garage and carry your overnight luggage the short distance to Siddall Hall (see campus map).
Siddall Hall does not have storage space or concierge service. Please leave your luggage in the trunk of your vehicle until check-in time. In fact, you may find it more convenient to first check-in, pick up your room key and then unload your luggage at your leisure.
• If you are arriving on the day of your orientation your check-in
time for overnight stay is from 4:00-8:30 p.m. If you are arriving on
the day of your orientation, please leave your luggage in the trunk of
your vehicle until the overnight check-in time. Proceed to the
Orientation check-in desk in Tangeman University Center Level 4. At
the end of the day, you may check-in for your overnight stay, pick up
your room key and unload your luggage.
• If you are arriving the day before your orientation your check-in
time for overnight stay is from 7:00 p.m.–11:00 p.m.
Check-out, on Day 2, is from 7:00–7:30 a.m. The morning session on Day 2 begins at 8:00 a.m. Please allow enough time if you plan to eat breakfast. Breakfast is on your own, but keep in mind the many options available on and around campus.
May students and parents be roomed together for overnight stay in the residence hall?
Students of the same gender will be roomed with other new students randomly. Parents and guests will be housed with family members or other guests if preferred, please indicate this preference on the online form. If not stated on the form, parents will be roomed with other parents of the same gender.
May I request single occupancy during my overnight stay in the residence hall?
Due to space constraints, we regret we cannot honor requests for single occupancy rooms. Students, parents and guests who stay overnight in the residence hall will have a roommate.
Students and parents who wish to stay in a hotel will find lodging options in Cincinnati. Howerver, we are happy to recommend the following hotel on UC’s East campus, the Kingsgate Marriott Conference Center is a short distance (less than a mile) away from west campus.
Kingsgate Marriott is conveniently located at 151 Goodman Drive on UC's East Campus, just three miles north of downtown Cincinnati, 15 miles north of the Greater Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport, and minutes from I-75, I-71 and I-74.
Phone: 1-888-720-1299 or 513-487-3800
Availability is limited, so call early for reservations. Ask if the “UC Friends and Family” rate is available for the dates of your stay.
Please note: If your Bearcats Bound Orientation dates are between July 4-14 and you are planning to stay in a hotel during those dates please be aware that Cincinnati is hosting the 2012 World Choir Games, a very large event.
We urge you to make your hotel reservations as soon as possible to avoid sold out dates. For additional information as well as to purchase tickets for the events visit World Choir Games at 2012worldchoirgames.com/.
