travel information

Flying
Driving
Hotel Information
Wedding/Reception Site

Flying

(FYI, since Linda is a real airline/miles freak, this may be more information than you really need!)

The nearest airport is Knoxville's McGhee Tyson Airport (airport code: TYS). The airlines that fly here are:

• American
• Continental
• Delta
• Northwest
• USAir
• United

Knoxville has a fairly small airport, so most airlines fly commuter jets (1/2 x 2 seats, with 10+ rows), with some turboprops (yikes!). Delta is the only airline that flies a commercial jet (MD-80), and only to/from Atlanta.

There are direct flights to Knoxville from:

• Atlanta (ATL)
• Charlotte (CLT)
• Chicago (ORD)
• Cincinnati (CVG)
• Cleveland (CLE)
• Dallas-Ft. Worth (DFW)
• Detroit (DTW)
• Houston--Bush (IAH)
• Memphis (MEM)
• Minneapolis (MSP)
• Newark (EWR)
• New York (LGA)
• Orlando (MCO)
• Philadelphia (PHL)
• Tampa (TPA)
• Washington--Dulles(IAD)

There are direct flights from Knoxville to:

• Atlanta (ATL)
• Charlotte (CLT)
• Chicago (ORD)
• Cincinnati (CVG)
• Cleveland (CLE)
• Dallas-Ft. Worth (DFW)
• Detroit (DTW)
• Houston--Bush (IAH)
• Memphis (MEM)
• Minneapolis (MSP)
• Newark (EWR)
• New York (LGA)
• Orlando (MCO)
• Philadelphia (PHL)
• Tampa (TPA)
• Washington--Dulles(IAD)
• Washington--National (DCA)

Driving

Knoxville is located in East Tennessee, and is easily reached by driving:

• 4 hours north from Atlanta
• 4 hours east from Nashville
• 6 hours west from Durham
• 8 hours west/southwest from Washington, DC
• 12 hours west/south/southwest from NYC
• 16 hours from Boston, MA :)

Hotel Information

We have reserved blocks of rooms for October 6-8, 2006, at the following hotels:

Downtown Knoxville: These hotels are located about 17 miles from the ceremony/reception site. Downtown is a great place to stay, with many bars/restaurants within short walking/driving distances.

For more information on activities in downtown Knoxville, click here.

For those of you who do not want to drive/deal with parking at night because of alcohol consumption, Knoxville has a free trolley that runs around downtown Knoxville. The late night line runs on Friday and Saturday nights from 8 PM-3:30 AM. The map can be found here.

Holiday Inn Select

• Renovated in 2004
• 20 rooms at 93+/night (does not include local/hotel tax)
• Rooms can be with either 2 doubles or 1 king
• Parking cost is $4/day.
• Must be reserved by September 6, 2006, to guarantee discounted rate.
• Call 800.HOLIDAY/865.522.2800 and request the Yu/Cooke wedding rate

Cumberland House Hotel

• Just opened in October of 2005
• 17 rooms at 109+/night
• Available rooms: 12 queens (two beds), 5 kings (one bed)
• Self parking is $5/day; valet parking is $9/day
• Must be reserved by September 11, 2006, to guarantee discounted rate
• Call hotel at 865.971.4663 and request the Yu/Cooke Wedding rate
• Neat tidbit: Peyton Manning is a part owner of this hotel!

Hampton Inn

• Just opened in March of 2006
• 12 rooms, 7 doubles (two beds) at 129+/night, 5 kings (one bed) at 119+/night
  • Note: the rate for the doubles is the same as booking them online.
• Complimentary breakfast
• Complimentary high speed internet access (whoo hoo!)
• Garage parking is free
• Must be reserved by September 6, 2006, to guarantee discounted rate
• Call hotel at 865.522.5400 and request the Yu/Cooke Wedding rate

By Knoxville Airport: This hotel is located about 16 miles from the wedding/reception site. It is less expensive to stay near here, but you will need to take back roads to the wedding/reception site.

Jameson Inn

• 10+ rooms at 66+/night
• Rooms can either be 2 doubles or 1 king
• Free parking
• Must be reserved by September 22, 2006, to guarantee discounted rate
• Call hotel at 865.984.8333 and request Yu/Cooke wedding rate

East Knoxville: This hotel is located about 20 miles from the wedding/reception site. We got a very favorable rate from this hotel, and it is very convenient for those coming from I-81/I-40. Also you bypass a lot of street traffic.

Fairfield Inn

• 10 rooms at 49+/night
• Rooms are 2 doubles, but can be changed to 1 king
• Free parking/free internet/free continental breakfast
• Must be reserved by October 6th, 2006, 6 PM to guarantee discounted rate
• Call hotel at 865.971.4033 and request Yu/Cooke wedding rate (you can also mention reservation number 82737)

Wedding/Reception Site

The wedding ceremony and reception will be held at Sunnybrook Farms in Walland, Tennessee, which is located in the foothills of the Smoky Mountains.

Driving directions can be found at Google or Yahoo.

Some helpful hints when driving to the site:

• If you are driving from downtown Knoxville, before the intersection of Chapman Highway (441) and Maryville Highway (411), you will see an E-Z Stop Food Mart and Taco Bell. If you pass a Food City on your right, you've gone too far.
• Before the intersection of Maryville Highwayy (411) and Prospect Road, you will see a historical landmark sign for McTeer House.
• At the intersection of Maryville Highway (411) and Prospect Road, there is a huge "Lookout Mountain Caverns" billboard.