Missouri Travel Forum

Hi, my husband and I are planning a quick anniversary trip to the St Louis area in September. Is there a decent hotel that anyone would recommend under $100/night? We don't need fabulous service, but no where that I would fear my car being broken into. Looking for bar/restaurant; 24 hour desk service... pretty much 3 star but I know 2 star can be just as accommodating. We are willing to stay in suburbs as well...

Some advice, please, on accommodations in St. Louis.
OUR ITINERARY:
We fly in to the airport late one evening. The next day we need a rental car. When we return the St.Louis, we need to return the car and get to a hotel and end up the next morning at the train station to complete our trip.

I'm traveling to St. Louis with a seven year old, and wonder if I should stay near the train station one night so that we can catch a train the next day. Is the area safe and pleasant? Any hotel recommendations?

Or perhaps I need a hotel which would shuttle us between airport and train station area. Ideas?

Thanks.

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My mother and I are planning a weekend trip out to Branson,MO this weekend. We will be heading out Friday making a stop in Springfield,MO to see my Grandmother. And then moving on to Branson on Saturday we have gone to Branson before but its been quite a few years. I am just trying to find out what all might be going like if there any festivals or anything going on right now and what all would be suggest for places you have to stop.

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Hi VTers,

I'm traveling to St. Louis for the Radiohead concert in 2 weeks (May 14th). I arrive on the Mega bus at Union Station at 2:30pm. Concert starts at 7pm, I'd like to be there around 6-6:30, so that's a 4-hour window to get from place to place (2 hours of which I'd like to use to eat somewhere near the terminal).

I've looked at the St. Louis Regional Transit website to figure out transportation from St. Louis Union Station to the amphitheatre (14141 Riverport Dr), but I can't make heads or tails out of it. I used the police dept's address in Maryland Hts as a terminus point because I wasn't able to just plug in any address, which is extremely frustrating. There are no directions of how to get to the amphitheatre itself or how far that walk might be. I'm thinking it's a few miles walk and I don't want to do that, especially at night when I return; would love to get straight to the venue, if possible.

These are the directions it gives me:
http://www.metrostlouis.org/
Take metro from Union Station to Police Dept in Maryland Hts, 212 Millwell Dr.

Take Metrolink West from Union Station Metrolink Station to Rock Road Metrolink Station. Depart 3:36 arrive 3:53pm.

Walk to Rock Road Loop to catch the MO Bus 33 and ride that to Shuetz Rd. at Dorset Rd. arrive 4:07pm. Walk from Shuetz Rd to Maryland Hts Police Dept.



Can someone tell me the best way to get from Union Station to the amphitheatre?
Could I take metro/subway and then a bus once inside Maryland Hts - or a cab?
If so, what's a good cab company in Maryland Hts or the website for the bus?
Would either stop in front of the concert venue?
Is it too far to just take a cab from St Louis to Maryland Heights? And back (at 11:30pm or so)?
And if so, I'm worried about getting from the amphitheatre back into town to catch the Mega bus at 1:15am. I'm thinking I have about a 2-hour window. Which *should* be plenty of time but you never know.

Also, is there any place safe to meander around or stay at late at night around Union Station or is Union Station itself open?

Thanks for all your help!

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Thanks for any advice!

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Heading into St Louis from Springfield and have heard good things about St Charles so I booked the Embassy suites there before flying out in the morning.

What to do there in the evening? Is a good area to walk around? I have seen most of the sites around St Louis so thought this would be worth a shot.

Thanks/ LMc

We are planning a major cross-country trip this Spring and need help. We will be traveling this leg of our trip along I70 and are looking for a reasonably priced restaurant for dinner about 1-2 hours east of St Louis. We'd like easy off, easy on to I70. American, Chinese, Italian, Mediteranean food.
We'd also appreciate reasonable, clean, and safe hotel/motel info for a 2-3 night stay in StL.
Thanks, Irv

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