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Transportation to New Hotel

This is our 2011 information. Stay tuned for updates in 2012.

Click here for a map to the hotel.

By Car

The Warner Center Marriott is located at 21850 Oxnard Street, Woodland Hills, California, 91367.  Take your favorite freeway to US 101 and exit at Topanga Canyon Blvd. north.  Proceed 0.6 miles to Oxnard Street and turn right.  Proceed 0.1 mile.  The hotel will be on your right.

By Air

The closest major airports to the Warner Center Marriott are:

Burbank Airport (BUR)          14.6 miles
http://www.burbankairport.com/
(renamed Bob Hope Airport in 2003)

Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)      19.7 miles
http://www.lawa.org/welcomeLAX.aspx

At this time, the Warner Center Marriott does not provide shuttle service. If you’re traveling by yourself, the most practical and economical way to get from either BUR or LAX to the Warner Center Marriott is to take a commercial shuttle.  The following shuttle companies serve both airports:

Prime Time Shuttle (800) 733-8267 - $29.00 each way for shared van
 http://www.primetimeshuttle.com/

Below is a link for a discounted rate from Prime Time Shuttle!
http://primetimeshuttle.hudsonltd.net/res?USERIDENTRY=406220&LOGON=GO

Super Shuttle (800) 660-6042 -  $29.00 each way for shared van
http://www.supershuttle.com/

Roadrunner Shuttle (800) 247-7919 -  $43.00 each way
https://www.rrshuttle.com

Additionally, Premier Airport Van (800) 896-8645 (no Web site) serves Burbank Airport only.

If you’re traveling in a group, sharing a cab may be more economical.
Estimated cab fares (from http://la.taxiwiz.com):
BUR – Warner Center Marriott: approximately $55.00 + tip
LAX – Warner Center Marriott:  approximately $80.00 + tip

If there is enough interest, Costume College may be able to charter a shuttle bus.  If you are interested, please e-mail Mary Llewellyn, the Transportation Coordinator

If you wish to rent a car, the following car rental companies serve Burbank and LAX:

Alamo  (800) 327-9633 https://www.alamo.com/
Avis (800) 331-1212 http://www.avis.com
Hertz (800) 654-3131 http://www.hertz.com/
Budget (800) 527-0700 http://www.budget.com
Enterprise (818) 558-7336 http://www.enterprise.com/

For more information, see http://www.carrentalexpress.com/

By train

Amtrak
From Los Angeles Union Station (abbreviated LAX just like Los Angeles International Airport, but nowhere near it!) take the Pacific Surfliner to the Burbank Amtrak station (BUR), across the parking lot from Burbank Airport, then take a taxicab or shuttle to the Warner Center Marriott.

If there is sufficient interest, Costume College may be able to provide shuttle service from the Burbank Amtrak station. If you are interested, please e-mail Mary Llewellyn, the Transportation Coordinator

By Metro

From Los Angeles Union Station, take the Metro Red Line to North Hollywood and transfer to the Orange Line (a bus) to the Warner Center station, approximately 1/3 mile from the Marriott.

From Los Angeles International Airport, take the free shuttle to the Green Line eastbound, transfer to the Blue Line northbound to the 7th Street Metro Center.  Transfer to the Red Line and proceed as above.

By bus

Long-distance:
Greyhound Bus Lines http://www.greyhound.com
1716 East 7th Street, Los Angeles, CA‎ 90021
The Greyhound bus station is in downtown Los Angeles, 1.6 miles from the 7th Street Metro Center.  Take the Metro Local bus 60B to the 7th Street Metro Center.  From there, take the Metro Red Line west to North Hollywood, transfer to the Orange Line bus to the Warner Center station.

Local

Metro  http://metro.net
Use Metro.net’s Trip Planner, accessible from the website above, or http://socaltransport.org/, to plan a trip from your location to the Warner Center Marriott.

Hear my voice* where you are,
Take a train, steal a car**,
Hop a freight, grab a star...

On a mule, in a jet --
With your hair in a net --
In a towel, wringing wet...

In a Rolls or a van,
Wrapped in mink or Saran***,
Any way that you can...

Come to Costume College!

* Didn’t Yves Montand sound just dreamy in “On a Clear Day You Can See Forever”?
** Costume College does not recommend or endorse car theft.  Please use one or more of our other transportation suggestions to get to Costume College.
***Saran Wrap is a registered trademark of S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.