Customer Travel Tips for Chicago
Customer Travel Tips for Chicago
Read a selection of great customer tips provided by HostelBookers customers like you
08 Sep 2017
Travel Type:
With friends / other travellers
Trip Type:
Backpacking / gap year
Sightseeing & culture
Age Range:
41+
Customer Travel Tip: walk around in Lincoln Park, take a drink at the beach
Liked: Many things to do and see
Disliked: You need a coat to go in to shops and restaurants. The aircons are way to cold
09 Aug 2017
Travel Type:
With friends / other travellers
Trip Type:
Events / festivals
Age Range:
31-40
Customer Travel Tip: Be prepared to walk
Liked: Transportation
Disliked: Where are the trash cans?
04 Jul 2017
Travel Type:
With friends / other travellers
Trip Type:
Business / conference
Age Range:
25-30
Customer Travel Tip: You will need more than two days
Liked: The public transportation, cleaness, restaurants
Disliked: The hotels and very expensive
15 May 2017
Travel Type:
With friends / other travellers
Trip Type:
Sightseeing & culture
Age Range:
31-40
Customer Travel Tip: Go to Cloud Gate early in the morning.
Liked: The Blues culture.
Disliked: Too many homeless.
12 Feb 2017
Travel Type:
With my spouse / partner
Trip Type:
City break
Age Range:
31-40
Customer Travel Tip: Take a walk down Lakeshore along the beach and Lake Michigan looking back at the city. Beautiful!
Liked: Sight seeing and shopping. #mykindoftownChicago
Disliked: Could stay longer...
17 Nov 2016
Travel Type:
Alone
Trip Type:
Events / festivals
Age Range:
25-30
Customer Travel Tip: .
Liked: everything
Disliked: traffic
06 Sep 2016
Travel Type:
With my spouse / partner
Trip Type:
Backpacking / gap year
Sightseeing & culture
Age Range:
31-40
Customer Travel Tip: Allow a whole day for the Field Museum.
Liked: Clean, fun city. Friendly locals, great food, great sights.
Disliked: Nope
16 Aug 2016
Travel Type:
Alone
Trip Type:
Events / festivals
Partying / nightlife
Shopping
Sightseeing & culture
Visiting friends or family
Age Range:
25-30
Customer Travel Tip: Prepare to be in traffic everyday especially during rush hour or when there is a cubs game. It takes a long time to get anywhere.
Liked: It is a big city with a small city feel.
Disliked: Chicago is a little more on the expensive side.
14 Jun 2016
Travel Type:
Alone
Trip Type:
Business / conference
City break
Events / festivals
Partying / nightlife
Sightseeing & culture
Sports, adventure or outdoor activities
Age Range:
18-24
Customer Travel Tip: Stay downtown pr visit the Wicker park area! Take a kayak tour of the river- Urban Kayaks.
Liked: Lots of sights to see, the weather, the lake, the music... need I say more?
Disliked: Quite hard to get around, if only because it's such a large city.
10 Jun 2016
Travel Type:
Alone
Trip Type:
City break
Visiting friends or family
Age Range:
18-24
Customer Travel Tip: Be spontaneous
Liked: Nature and large city together
Disliked: No
12 May 2016
Travel Type:
Alone
Trip Type:
Work / volunteering
Age Range:
31-40
Customer Travel Tip: CHECK OUT THE RIVER AND THE TRUMP TOWER
Liked: EVERYTHING
Disliked: NOTHING
03 May 2016
Travel Type:
With friends / other travellers
Trip Type:
Sightseeing & culture
Age Range:
25-30
Customer Travel Tip: It's chilly in April be prepared.
Liked: Lots of different sightseeing spots and all relatively close making it quite walkable. If not the public transit is pretty expansive.
Disliked: Certain areas felt a little unsafe to be two young girls travelling but mostly ok.
25 Apr 2016
Travel Type:
With friends / other travellers
Trip Type:
Backpacking / gap year
City break
Events / festivals
Shopping
Sightseeing & culture
Visiting friends or family
Age Range:
18-24
Customer Travel Tip: Just stay and fall in love ..
Liked: Everything!
Disliked: Nothing!
14 Sep 2015
Travel Type:
Alone
Trip Type:
City break
Sightseeing & culture
Customer Travel Tip: Check out the Museum of Contemporary Art and the Chicago Cultural Center (near millennium park).
Liked: It had the bustle and footprint of a large city. The architecture was beautiful. Very tourist friendly.
Disliked: Lots of hobos but that comes with the territory of being in a large city.
14 Sep 2015
Travel Type:
With friends / other travellers
Trip Type:
Backpacking / gap year
Customer Travel Tip: They can find cheap taxi
Liked: Nature
Disliked: Transportation
11 Sep 2015
Travel Type:
With friends / other travellers
Trip Type:
Sightseeing & culture
Customer Travel Tip: Make a plan for what you want to see/do.. It will save a lot of walking time!
Liked: Lots of things to do..
Disliked: Too many smells.. dirty.. overwhelming at times
08 Sep 2015
Travel Type:
With friends / other travellers
Trip Type:
City break
Partying / nightlife
Shopping
Sightseeing & culture
Customer Travel Tip: walk around the city and be impressed
Liked: very clean city, not as hectic, great atmosphere
Disliked: not really
08 Sep 2015
Travel Type:
With friends / other travellers
Trip Type:
Backpacking / gap year
Work / volunteering
Customer Travel Tip: Wear comfy shoes, a lot of walking and lovely museums to go too
Liked: Everything
Disliked: No
05 Sep 2015
Travel Type:
Alone
Trip Type:
Work / volunteering
Customer Travel Tip: I don't know
Liked: Chicago has that midwest feel in a large city. Some culture, but still feels like home.
Disliked: It is what it is. The dangerous neighbors definitely need some work
04 Sep 2015
Travel Type:
With friends / other travellers
Trip Type:
Sightseeing & culture
Customer Travel Tip: Bring a jacket
Liked: Everything
Disliked: No