Thanks for the heads up. I know I should be able to find this out somehow...but I'm not sure where to find the address of the test center in Houston. Mainly I want to know which airport to fly into and where to make a (cheap) hotel reservation. Thanks to anyone who knows!
You want to fly into Bush Intl. It's only a couple miles from the testing center.
I stayed at the Holiday Inn Express which is about a mile from the center. Around 100 bucks a night. There's probably a little cheaper, but it was between the airport and the testing center, right on the highway, and clean.
My recommendation is to fly in the evening prior, get a cab to the hotel, stay one night, get up, leave your luggage at the front desk, take a cab to the testing center, after the test, take the cab back to the hotel, grab your suitcase, jump back in the cab, haul azz to the airport and hop a flight home.
I stayed two nights, and rented a car. Way too expensive. The rental car alone since it counted as 2 days was about 150 bucks including all those stupid fees.
By getting a couple of cabs and staying just 1 night, I could've knocked 200+ dollars off easy.
I was just worried about the time frame (would the test get out on time, where would I leave luggage, how soon to get to the airport, etc.)
Really, it only took 30 minutes from the time I dropped off my rental car until I was sitting at the gate. Online check-in helps (which you can usually do from your hotel room the night before).
As long as your return flight is affer 6-7pm or so, you're probably good.
If you're in the afternoon session, try to fly in that morning, then leave the next.
