Conference Center
For information about the conference center, visit the Benton Convention Center website or click here for directions.
Parking
Friday Parking
On Friday only, NCHE offers free remote parking with shuttle bus service to the convention center. Park at the Dixie Classic Fairgrounds (gate 9) and ride a shuttle bus, free of charge and as many times as you like, to the front door of the Benton Convention Center. There will be three to six round trips per hour between 6:30 a.m. and 10:00 p.m.
Other Parking:
During the day on Friday, if you plan to park near the convention center, we recommend that you arrive at the following parking lots by 7:00 a.m. When parking in area parking decks, please notice the hour the deck will close for the day. There is an ample amount of free parking on the street Monday through Friday after 5:00 p.m. and all day Saturday.
- Sixth Street, Cherry Street and Trade Street Deck will be open until 12:30 a.m. on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights of the conference.
- Cherry Street and Marshall Street Deck never closes.
- Liberty Street and Main Street Deck has hourly parking spaces available. Open Monday through Friday 7:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m.
- Fourth Street and Church Street Deck is located between Fourth, Fifth, Church and Chestnut Streets. It operates Monday through Friday 7:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m. Note: the entrance on Fourth Street is accessible twenty-four hours a day Monday through Saturday.
- Marshall Street and Second Street lot is $2 per day.
IMPORTANT!!
DO NOT park in the lot of First Baptist Church across the street from the convention center!
Lodging
Hotels
NCHE has reserved blocks of rooms and made arrangements for special rates at these establishments. Please note the cut-off dates. After these dates, the rooms will not be held for NCHE, and the rates will be considerably higher. Please be considerate of other homeschool families and do not hold unneeded rooms past the cut-off dates, forcing others to pay the higher rate. Some cancellation fees may apply. When making reservations, ask for in-house reservations and mention that you are with the NCHE conference.
Cut-off date for special rates is April 21, 2010 unless otherwise noted
A Embassy Suites. (West Tower) 460 N. Cherry St., (800) 696-6107, $110 single, $115 double, $120 triple, $125 Quad. Cooked to order complimentary breakfast.
B Marriott. (East Tower) 425 N. Cherry St., (800) 320-0934, $85 single, $90 double, $95 triple, $100 quad.
C Courtyard University. 3111 University Parkway, (336) 727-1277, $87. Rooms held until 5/7/2009
D The Brookstown Inn. 200 Brookstown Ave., (800) 845-4262, $99.99. Complimentary full European breakfast
F Wingate Inn. 125 S. Main St., (336) 714-2800, $94. Continental breakfast.
G Hawthorne Inn. 420 High St., (800) 972-3774, $94. Continental breakfast.
H Sundance Plaza Hotel and Suites. 3050 University Parkway, (336) 723-2911, $80. Continental breakfast.
J Courtyard at Hanes Mall. 1600 Westbrook Plaza Dr., (336) 760-5777, $79. Rooms held until 5/4/2009
K Holiday Inn Select. 5790 University Parkway., (800) 553-9595, $90
NEWLY AVAILABLE AND NOT ON MAP:
Sundance Plaza Hotel and Day Spa. Flat Rate: $94.99 includes continental breakfast. 3050 University Parkway, Winston Salem, NC 27105. 10% discout on all Day Spa services for Home Educator attendees. Resrvations can be made by calling toll-free 1-877-499-7829 or on our website www.staysundance.com using access code: HEC
Camping
Dixie Classic Fairgrounds, 2886 Shorefair Dr., Winston Salem, (336) 727-2236, $25 per night
Holly Ridge Family Campground, 5140 River Rd., Booneville, NC 27011, approximately $30 per night, email <hollyridge@yadtel.net> (336) 367-7756
Food
For downtown restaurants, download the Winston-Salem Visitor Guide (pdf). There will also be food available in the convention center at the 2 hotel restaurants, the snack bar, and various satellite food stations.
Children at the Conference
Attention Parents!
There are many state conventions that do not allow children to attend. However, NCHE realizes that many of you would be unable to attend if children were prohibited. We strongly suggest, for your own benefit and the benefit of others, that you do not bring children with you unless your situation requires it. If you must bring children, please take special note of the following information.
It is very important that your younger children be kept under your supervision at all times. Do not allow any children to roam the halls alone or play on the escalators or elevators in the convention center or hotels. You alone are responsible for your children's safety and for preventing them from needlessly occupying and tying up the escalators and elevators. Do not allow children to roam the book fair alone. If you have small children, please keep them by your side in the book fair. If you are not bringing a child who needs a stroller, do not bring a stroller. We do not allow strollers or other four-wheeledI devices to be used for shopping carts. If you have a strollers in the book fair, you must have a child in it. We do allow two-wheeled luggage carriers. A nursing mother's room is available downstairs outside the tunnel and across from the snack bar.
Each workshop will have designated seats near the exits for parents with small children to slip out if the children cannot keep quiet during the session. Each session is taped and those in attendance do not want to miss anything, so our monitors will ask parents to leave if they remain in the workshop with a noisy child. Of course, mothers with quiet nursing babies are welcome, however, please be considerate of others.