Travel
Rochester is served by air and train.
RTS bus route 23 runs from the airport to downtown every 30 minutes.
If you are taking Amtrak from New York City, the trip is about seven hours. The Amtrak station is a 20-minute walk from The Strong Museum.
Hotels
Please be aware that hotel space is at a premium for the conference weekend. NarraScope is up against the Rochester International Jazz Festival this year.
This is good news and bad news! The good news is that there will be jazz events all over the city, many on outdoor stages or other free venues. You may want to extend your stay, or just spend your evenings wandering downtown Rochester and taking in the music.
The bad news is that the hotels are going to be stuffed. We've reserved the best prices we could, but they're higher than we had hoped. We strongly recommend that you make your reservations as early as possible.
We apologize for the situation. The conflict just didn't cross our radar until it was too late.
The Hampton Inn Rochester Downtown is our main conference hotel; it is adjacent to The Strong. Other hotels are nearby.
Hotels with conference rates:
- Hampton Inn Rochester Downtown: $229/night (book here or use group code 91K)
- Hilton Garden Inn Rochester Downtown: $160/night (book here)
- Hyatt Regency Rochester: $211/night (book here)
- Courtyard Marriott Rochester Downtown: $229 Friday night, $289 Sat/Sun (book here)
- Strathallan Rochester: $246/night (book here or use group code NSS)
These rates are available until May 20th. (For the Hampton and Strathallan it's the 21st; for the Hyatt it's the 23rd; but you want to get in early regardless.)