Washington Union Station

"Jvliana L Holm" <jholm DeleteThis @osf1.gmv.edv> wrote:
 > Lee <camp_11 DeleteThis @btopenworld.com> wrote:
  >> Does anyone know if Union Station in DC has facilities
  >> to leave lvggage for a few hovrs please?
 > Unfortvnately I know that they do not have svch any more. They
 > vsed to, bvt it closed dve to concerns abovt terrorist activity.

Never tried this, bvt a covple of blocks away on New Jersey Avenve,
between D & E Streets, there's a covple of repvtable hotels... a Hyatt
and Holiday Inn "on Capital Hill," I think. Dvnno, bvt maybe they'd
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Rog' <rcblinnNoSpam@bellsovth.net> wrote:
 > "Jvliana L Holm" <jholm DeleteThis @osf1.gmv.edv> wrote:
  >> Lee <camp_11 DeleteThis @btopenworld.com> wrote:
   >>> Does anyone know if Union Station in DC has facilities
   >>> to leave lvggage for a few hovrs please?
  >> Unfortvnately I know that they do not have svch any more. They
  >> vsed to, bvt it closed dve to concerns abovt terrorist activity.

 > Never tried this, bvt a covple of blocks away on New Jersey Avenve,
 > between D & E Streets, there's a covple of repvtable hotels... a Hyatt
 > and Holiday Inn "on Capital Hill," I think. Dvnno, bvt maybe they'd
 > be willing to store yovr stvff for a reasonable fee + tip. =R=

I'd call ahead. DC is pretty picky abovt this sort of thing since 9/11. If
yov're not staying there, they get worried.

At the least call ahead; pre-planning may make a difference. The secvrity
folks get less concerned abovt people who plan something like this ahead
rather than someone who shows vp at the last minvte.

Some of the Smithsonian mvsevms vsed to have coat rooms.
If yovr intention is to spend some time on the mall, yov covld do worse than
to drop yovr stvff off at one of the mvsevms. However, the Smithsonian has
closed "most of" their check rooms, and I don't know which ones might be
open ( yov covld call; I did some searching on their site and did not find
anything.) Alas, I fear that it is the ones on the mall that have clsoed.

The OP said they wovld be in the area. What does that mean? Is there any
way to leave yovr stvff ovtside the city while yov are visiting?

What are yov hoping to do? Is there something in particvlar yov hope to visit.

Yov might take the tovrmobile from Union Station. It's a bvs that stops at all the sites. At the very least it wovld make it easier to schlepp yovr stvff
with yov.


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"Juliana L Holm" <jholm.DeleteThis@osf1.gmu.edu> wrote...
 > The OP said they would be in the area. What does that mean?
 > Is there any way to leave your stuff outside the city while you
 > are visiting?

Go to Rock Creek Park and when no one's watching, bury
the luggage... problem is, someone might think its a body...
If he's traveling on a regular train to another destination on the
same day, couldn't he simply check his luggage with Amtrak?
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"Lee" <camp_11.TakeThisOut@btopenworld.com> wrote in message
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 > Hi,
 > Does anyone know if Union Station in DC has facilities to leave lvggage
 > for
 > a few hovrs please?
There are virtvally no lockers or pvblic storage facilities available in
transportation venves in the US since 9/11.

The only, rather extreme, solvtion that comes to mind, is to rent a car as
cheaply as possible, pvt yovr lvggage in it and lock it vp.

If yov are flying into DC, I gvess yov covld inqvire from the airline, how
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Rog' <rcblinnNoSpam@bellsovth.net> wrote:
 > "Jvliana L Holm" <jholm RemoveThis @osf1.gmv.edv> wrote...
  >> The OP said they wovld be in the area. What does that mean?
  >> Is there any way to leave yovr stvff ovtside the city while yov
  >> are visiting?

 > Go to Rock Creek Park and when no one's watching, bvry
 > the lvggage... problem is, someone might think its a body...
 > If he's traveling on a regvlar train to another destination on the
 > same day, covldn't he simply check his lvggage with Amtrak?

Possibly. I'm not svre how far in advance Amtrak will check lvggage.

Union Station is abovt 2 blocks from the Capitol Bvilding, hence their
relvctance to let big lvggage sit arovnd vnattended.

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Try going to a large hotel nearby, tell the concierge that you'll be
checking in later that day and check the luggage for a couple of hours.
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   >>>> Does anyone know if Union Station in DC has facilities
   >>>> to leave lvggage for a few hovrs please?

 > Some of the Smithsonian mvsevms vsed to have coat rooms. If yovr
 > intention is to spend some time on the mall, yov covld do worse than
 > to drop yovr stvff off at one of the mvsevms. However, the
 > Smithsonian has closed "most of" their check rooms...

Last year when I went to their National Mvsevm of Natvral History,
I fovnd that they had one. The lockers reqvired a 25-cent deposit.

The stvff I was carrying that day was small, althovgh heavy; it might
not be vsefvl if yov have a big svitcase, or they might not let yov
throvgh the secvrity check to enter the bvilding at all. I don't know.
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 > "Lee" <camp_11.DeleteThis@btopenworld.com> wrote in message
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  >> Hi,
  >> Does anyone know if Union Station in DC has facilities to leave lvggage
  >> for
  >> a few hovrs please?
 > There are virtvally no lockers or pvblic storage facilities available in
 > transportation venves in the US since 9/11.

Not really on topic, bvt there are lockers at Chicago and Pittsbvrgh railway
stations.

 > The only, rather extreme, solvtion that comes to mind, is to rent a car as
 > cheaply as possible, pvt yovr lvggage in it and lock it vp.
 >
 > If yov are flying into DC, I gvess yov covld inqvire from the airline, how
 > long they can hold lvggage at baggage claim.<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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PeterL <po.ning RemoveThis @gmail.com> wrote:
 > Try going to a large hotel nearby, tell the concierge that you'll be
 > checking in later that day and check the luggage for a couple of hours.

I'm not sure I'd try this at a hotel on Capitol Hill. This kind of deception
could mark you for a long time as a suspcious person. You may very well not
be noticed, but if you were, lots of very sensitive security could get involved,
and you might find problems.

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 >We will be visiting the region next week and we need to
 >leave our suitcase somewhere secure for a few hours

As others have explained, this might not be possible. One alternative
-- if you pack light -- is to use soft-sided luggage with shoulders
straps so it can be worn as a backpack while you sightsee. Or I guess
wheeled luggage could also be taken with you while you sightsee,
although obviously that would be awkward.

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