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[mooby]

I can't answer all your questions, but:

No idea on best place to stay, I live locally.

Your options for going to the game are Metro or driving. If you wanna tailgate, you're gonna need a car and a parking pass (although there are non-stadium parking you can tailgate at, me and my friends go to a lot on the outer perimeter that charges like 20 bucks for parking. You can ride Metro unless you hate walking, in which case don't ride Metro (1+ mile walk to closest station). Metro reliability always leaves something to be desired too, but I've never had problems as long as you leave early enough to account for weekend delays.

Metro will also take you into DC and northern VA if you stay down here. Driving in DC sucks too and parking is a bitch (I've gotten more $100 parking tickets than I care to admit). If you fly into Reagan you can hop on the Metro, if you fly into BWI (MARC or bus) or Dulles (shuttle bus) there are options to get to the Metro/DC. Oh yeah and if you ride the Metro always remember walk left, stand right.

[Buffalo Bob]

Questions could best be answered if you let us know your budget for the trip and where you are coming from.

[OmahaRedskins]

Coming from Omaha, Nebraska. We would like to stay under 1K plus flights.

[Buffalo Bob]

My girlfriend works for the Feds and sets up conferences, she said to just look on Trivago for rooms. She said decent rooms go for $350-$400 a night in the DC area. I only spent a couple nights in DC a half dozen years ago meeting a friend who was on vacation. I forget the name but for $150 a night the place was a full on dive that makes a Motel 6 look like the Waldorph Astoria. Parking in DC is expensive and it is usually a PITA, best to take the Metro Train if you don't mind a little walking here and there.

[mooby]

Originally Posted by OmahaRedskins

Coming from Omaha, Nebraska. We would like to stay under 1K plus flights.

I love to travel on the cheap and speaking from experience I feel like the best place to find deals on domestic flights is through Southwest. You just have to continuously monitor their homepage to see when they're offering sales, and with a little time you'll learn when they're offering a BS sale vs. a legit sale.

A legit sale I've seen one way domestic flights, nonstop, for under $100. Right now they are having a "spring" sale but it's not a legit sale because cities that I'm always eyeballing aren't actually discounted. Normally their legit sales they'll run on Tues-Thurs during a slow period of the year, i.e. non-holiday periods/etc. I would wait until summer before I start looking at flights to DC, there are definitely good deals to be had. You might be able to do round-trip per person, with 2 free bags, nonstop, from Omaha to DC, for around 200-250.

[skinsfan69]

Originally Posted by OmahaRedskins

Coming from Omaha, Nebraska. We would like to stay under 1K plus flights.

If you're coming for the weekend then I'd suggest staying in Arlington near a metro. That way you won't need a car and you can get downtown to do stuff pretty easily. Plus there's a lot to do in Arlington. Plenty of nightlife and great restaurants.

I use to live in a condo across the street from The Highlander Hotel. It's pretty cheap ( kind of a dump ) and a couple blocks away from the Va Square Metro. The orange line goes through there and you can take that all the way to Addison Road. I think it's the closest stop from Fed Ex. Some others could tell you if there's still a shuttle that runs to and from the metro.

Also you could walk off the plane and go to Va Square and not have to deal with driving. I can promise you that if you've never been to DC and you're going to attempt to drive good luck.