You can check out Hot Rooms for availability of various Chicago hotel rooms. The Palmer House has shuttle buses to Midway and O Hare Airports, and some private transport is available on a limited basis. Plan to arrive so that you can check into your lodgings, relax and have dinner with us at 5 PM if possible. For assistance with the aforementioned websites or additional info please leave a message at my domus. There are 800 street numbers to the mile, and the zero point is State and Madison.
Service is frequent and virtually all places of visitor interest are reachable.
Potter Palmer was a founder of Field's. There is a particulary attractive coupon book co-sponsored with American Express. There is more than enough there to keep you busy all day. The anthropology collections are founded on exhibit material from the 1893 World's Fair. The botany exhibits, even in their presently-reduced area, are the most extensive in the country.