[chyamor]

Might have to do DC for personal side business at the end of the month
Flying into dulles. From dulles to downtown is about $25 per person one way on shuttle bus and there's 2 of us. So that's almost $100 round trip.

I can get a rental from Thursday night to Sunday for $50 total. I plan on staying at Grand Hyatt Washington (1000 H Street) or Capitol Hill Hyatt (400 New Jersey Ave)

Hyatt arlington and Washington Hilton are other options

Is there anywhere I can find cheap or free long term / overnight parking? I want a rental so I can site see, maybe check out Baltimore inn harbor, etc

I dont mind parking near a metro and picking up car when needed

[Merenguero]

Is there any way you can fly into Reagan National? The metro stops right at the airport and you can easily access downtown D.C. and the immediate suburbs by Metro. There is no need to drive if you fly into Reagan National. Eventually Dulles will also be accessible by metro, but that will take some time.

[Menace]

Doesn't hotel provide (valet) parking for guests?

[j r]

Parking in DC is tough because it's only 2 hour parking Mon to Fri btw 7am and 7pm. You're good on the streets overnight and weekends, if you can find a spot.

Loke above, fly into DCA if you can. Getting to and from Dulles is terrible, because it's so far away a because one company has a monopoly on all the transportation. The other option is the shuttle bus that runs to as from the West Falls Church metro station. It's $10 ad runs about every half hour.

[chyamor]

after looking up reagan its not much price difference from chicago so yes I can fly into reagan now. Thank you

For the hotel which is better in terms of closer to metro and famous sites
Grand hyatt or capital hill ?

[Menace]

Grand Hyatt is more central. You can easily walk to White House, for example.

[paninaro]

Sounds like you changed your plans and are flying to Reagan, but FYI if you ever fly to Dulles and want to save $$:
http://www.wmata.com/bus/timetables/view.cfm?line=49

Metrobus 5A from Dulles takes you to Rosslyn or L'Enfant Plaza Metro stations for a great price.

You don't really need a rental car if you plan to stay in the city. Metro goes to most places, and runs until 3am on Fridays/Saturdays. Also look at the Circulator bus for areas like Georgetown. It's $1 each way.

[Gallego2006]

A WashFly Taxi is $60 each way and faster. About ~35 minutes. Do that instead if you have to fly into Dulles. *shiver*

Daily parking in DC is $25-30.