Book Travel Accomodations

Future City DOES NOT book or pay the cost of travel for the official team members. Teams must book and pay for their own travel to Finals.

Teams can fly into one of the following airports:

• Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA)
• Washington Dulles (IAD)
• Thurgood Marshall Baltimore Washington International Airport (BWI)

Teams should finalize travel arrangements within seven days of their Finals Invitation.

Arrange Ground Transportation From the Airport

Teams are responsible for their own ground transportation from the airport.

The Hyatt Regency does not operate an airport shuttle service. Travel options include:

• The Washington DC Metro subway system is available between several airports. Visit www.wmata.com for more information.
• You can make travel arrangements with the Washington area Super Shuttle in advance by calling 1-800-258-3826 or visiting supershuttle.com.
• Taxicabs, Ubers and Lyfts are also available options to book for transportation

Additional information may be obtained through www.washington.org (the official tourism site for Washington, DC) and from www.metwashairports.com (the official site for the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority).

Hotel Parking

The hotel only has valet parking for a daily fee.

There are a number of parking garages in the area surrounding the hotel with varying daily rates.

A limited amount of meter parking options available on side streets near the hotel. Meters are free on Monday, February 17th, 2025.

Additional Questions? Email Maddy@DiscoverE.org

DiscoverE will make hotel reservations for the official students and Coach at the Hyatt Regency.

Please do not contact the hotel to make a room reservation for the official team members (students and Coach).

If your team chooses to arrive earlier or stay later than the scheduled Finals dates, you are responsible for the cost of the additional nights. You may make your own reservation at the Hyatt or make alternate accommodations for those nights that are not paid for by Future City once you have recieved confirmation from Maddy for your official event hotel nights, see STEP 1 above).

OFFICIAL TEAM ROOM ASSIGNMENTS

• Student team members will be placed in rooms with two double beds.
• The Coach will be placed in a room with a king, queen, or two double beds (based on availability). No special room requests can be made.
• Single gender teams (e.g., 4 boys or 3 girls) will be assigned one room with two double beds.
• Mixed gender teams (e.g., 2 girls and 1 boy, or 2 boys and 1 girl) will be split based on the gender listed on the team members’ information submitted in the FC Dashboard. This may result in a single boy or girl being placed in a room with a student of the same gender from another team. In such instances, the hotel will make every effort to house the two impacted individuals on the same floor and hallway as their teammates.

• If a team does not want a student to share a room with a student of the same gender from another team, the team must notify Future City no later than 2 weeks prior to the team’s scheduled arrival in Washington, DC.
  • In such instances the student or team (whoever is the responsible party) will pay 50% of the cost of a single room ($181.00 per night + 14.95% tax), which is $104.02 per night (including tax). Future City must receive full payment no later than 1 week prior to the team’s scheduled arrival in Washington, DC. Changes made less than a week prior to Finals and/or not provided to Future City in writing by the team educator, will be charged to the team, whether or not the room is used. Accepted payment types:
    • Check or credit card (Visa or Master Card only)

• Payment instructions will be sent via email to the Coach/responsible party with an invoice.
• Upon arrival at the hotel, the Coach will be responsible for checking in the official team at the Front Desk.

Registration

All friends and family must be registered to attend the Future City Competition. To view details to attend and make accommodations, please visit here: Friends and Family Finals Page – Future City® Competition

Hotel Accommodations for any Friends and Family not part of the official team:

Hyatt Regency on Capital Hill 

400 New Jersey Ave NW

Washington, DC 20001

Book Your Room Online Here: Future City Finals Competition 2025 (hyatt.com)

or call 1-877-803-7534 and mention the Future City Room Block to secure your room.

Hotel Rate: $181.00 per night plus 14.95% tax while room block supply lasts.

• Note: Room availability and rate is not guaranteed and is on a first come, first served basis. Pending availability, the rate is available until January 30.

Drop In Q&A Calls for Finals:

Option 1: Thursday, January 24th at 6pm – Register Here

Option 2: Tuesday, January 28th at 3pm – Register Here

Optional: Future City Middle School Model and Presentation Judging:

High School students at Finals have the opportunity to judge the Future City Middle School teams as they present their city on Monday, February 17th, 7:30am – 3:30pm. Please have interested and committed students email Maddy@DiscoverE.org

There are only 10 judge spaces available – first come, first served.