With Christmas fast approaching, shall we start the planning?
So, you want to travel to the U.S. Capitol for the festivities surrounding the January 20th swearing-in of Senator Barack Obama as the 44th president of the United States?
Forget about crashing with Sam Arora. The politically active law student has a small one-bedroom apartment in Washington, D.C., and has already agreed to give three friends a place to stay. Now he's getting calls from Clinton and Obama campaign volunteers he worked with in other states. “There are going to be people sleeping in the bathtub at this rate.”
Not interested in snoozing in a friend’s tub? Then get busy. Rooms in the D.C.-area are going fast. Many hotels are already sold out and staff members at Destination D.C., the official tourism site of Washington, D.C., say most properties with rooms still available are boosting their prices and imposing minimum-stay requirements up to five days.
