Travel & Lodging

Directions to the Computer History Museum in Mountain View

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Hotel

Hotel Avante ($169 per night)

A block of rooms has been reserved for Mashup Campers at the rate of $169 per night through the Hotel Avante. To reserve a room, click here.

In addition to offering free transportation to the Museum, the Hotel Avante has broadband connectivity in all of its rooms and the entire facility is otherwise wired for WiFi. They told us, "We cater to geeks." Sounds perfect. They also have a beer and wine happy hour and are completely flexible with the bar area. So, if someone wants to run an event – for example – one that runs into the late evening on the night before Mashup Camp starts, feel free to call the hotel and set it up. They're game for anything.

This also opens up the possibility for some late night event after the planned evening reception (on the first night of Mashup Camp) is over. So far, we haven't completely ironed out the details of the reception. As soon as we know, we'll post the details on the wiki so that if someone really wants to fire up a late night event at the Hotel Avante's happy hour area, they'll have the information they need (for example, when to start).

Other options

If you're not one of the first dozen or so to reserve a room, you have a couple of options. One of them is to see if one of the existing attendees is willing to share a room with you (it might be a good idea to double check the bed configuration in the rooms).

Then, there's the Holiday Inn Express. This hotel is next door to the Hotel Avante (so you can easily join your fellow campers for evening happy hour) and also offers shuttle service to the Computer History Museum.

If you are up for a short 12-15 minute walk, The Hampton Inn & Suites is conveniently located near downtown Mountain View's Castro Street.

There's also Pacific Euro Hotel (650.940.1331) right across the Caltrain station with 120 rooms. There might even be buses going from the Caltrain station to the museum.

Car pooling

There have been requests to set up a facility for carpooling. If there are campers who would like to either provide rides, or are looking for a ride to Camp, we suggest that you set up that information on your personal page. Please provide email address and/or contact info so interested parties can participate.