Accomodations Info:

Reserved Rooms

Comfort Suites (pdf brochure)
10 rooms: 2 queens + pullout
10 rooms: king + pullout
Reserved June 1-5, $65/night
915-587-5300
Sleep Inn (pdf brochure)
10 rooms: 2 queens
Reserved June 2-3, $55/night
915-585-7577

Rooms are reserved at both hotels under Lantz/Garcia.  Please book by May 8 (Sleep Inn) or May 17 (Comfort Suites).  Both hotels have continental breakfast and an indoor pool, and the Comfort Suites has microwaves and fridges. The two hotels share a parking lot. Directions

Other Hotels

Holiday Inn Sunland
Across Sunland Park Dr from the other two hotels.  Online rates are around $74/night.  They have an airport shuttle available.

El Paso Airport:

The El Paso International Airport (ELP) is your best bet to come to El Paso.  Least you forget, Texas is a big state.  Other "nearby" airports and driving times: Albuquerque (4 hrs), Tuscon (5.5 hrs), Phoenix (7 hrs), San Antonio (10 hrs), Dallas (12 hrs), Denver (12 hrs), Los Angeles (13 hrs), Houston (14 hrs).

Major airlines that fly into El Paso and cities with direct flights:
American - Chicago O'Hare, Dallas Fort-Worth
America West/US Airways - Las Vegas, Phoenix
Continental - Houston, New York JFK
Delta - Atlanta, Houston, Chicago O'Hare, Salt Lake City
Frontier - Denver
Northwest - Minneapolis, Atlanta, Houston
Southwest - Los Angeles, San Diego, Phoenix, Albuquerque, San Antonio, Dallas, Austin, Houston
United - Denver

So what are you waiting for?  Check out one of the above links or Orbitz, Travelocity, Expedia, or try SideStep to search a bunch at once.  Or see what airplanes are heading to El Paso right now!

Car rental companies at the airport:
Advantage, Avis, Budget, Dollar, Enterprise, Hertz, National
Alamo and Thrifty are off-site (< 1 mi).
Try SideStep to find the best deal.

El Paso:

So what is there to do in El Paso? I'm glad you asked.  Within a few miles of the wedding site are Bob-O's (mini golf, go-karts, batting cages, laser tag), Sunland Park Mall, Sunland Park Racetrack and Casino (no racing in the summer, however), and the new site of Western Playland Amusement Park in May 2006.  

El Paso borders Ciudad Juarez, Mexico's fourth largest city.  Driving in Juarez is not a very fun event, but there is the Border Jumper Trolley that runs in a loop from the El Paso Convention Center to downtown Juarez.

Other attractions in El Paso include Wet-N-Wild Waterworld, UTEP (University of Texas - El Paso, site of the Sun Bowl), the El Paso Zoo, and Franklin Mountains State Park.  The El Paso Diablos (Arizona Diamondbacks AA baseball team) will be at home against the St Paul Saints on Thursday June 1, and against the Pensacola Pelicans the Friday through Sunday.  El Paso is also home to Fort Bliss, one of the largest Army bases in the country.

Not surprisingly, El Paso is also home to lots of great Mexican food.  Stop by the Chico's Tacos on Montana on your way from the airport for a real taste of El Paso.

Visit El Paso
El Paso Convention and Visitors Bureau