You may fly in to San Francisco, Oakland, Santa Rosa, or Sacramento. See this link for driving directions from the airports. For public transit on Airport Express buses, see directions below.
From San Francisco Airport (SFO)
Take the Sonoma County Airport Express bus to the Doubletree Hotel in Rohnert Park (90 minute to 2 hour commute time depending on time of day). From there it is a 10 minute taxi drive to the Cooperage on the SSU campus. Airport Express fees are $28 one way to the Doubletree (senior and student ID rate is $26) paid by cash or travelers check--no credit cards accepted. Online advance ticketing is available. Passengers are allowed 2 pieces of stored baggage; extra is $6 per piece of luggage. Buses are wheel-chair accessible; contact Airport Express to insure your bus will have lift access.
Look for the AIRPORTER or AIRPORT EXPRESS wall signs at the baggage claim area of any terminal, and follow the signs outside to the pickup area. The Airport Express buses leave from the pickup point at the first curb out from the terminal outside the baggage claim areas. For international travelers, the International Terminal pickup is located at the Arrivals Level, outside customs in the outer roadway center island at the AIRPORTERS zone. Please note that there may be no departure schedules posted at the pickup point; so download a schedule now at the link below so you will know departure times. Bus service from SFO is more frequent than from Oakland. Buses are air-conditioned, spacious, quite comfortable, have a restroom, and seat 47 people per bus. Also please note that other Airport Express buses stop at this pickup point-- take only the Sonoma County Airporter, or Airport Express to Sonoma County--don't take the Marin County Airporter!
Notify the bus driver that you would like a taxi at the Doubletree. He will radio ahead and there will be one waiting for you. The taxi ride is about a 10 minute, $15 fare ride. Take the taxi to the Cooperage at Sonoma State. This is where you will check in.
Leaving Sonoma State, you will need to call a taxi for pickup at the Cooperage at SSU, for a ride to the Doubletree Hotel in Rohnert Park. You can usually reserve a taxi about a week of ahead of time, so you can reserve your departing taxi when you arrive at the conference. Download the Doubletree Rohnert Park-SFO Airport Express departure times now.
Taxis: Rohnert Park Taxi 707.585.0211 | Yellow, George's, Checker Cabs 707.544. 4444
Daily SFO-Doubletree Rohnert Park departure times as of March 2007 (1 hour 45 minute transportation time):
5:15 am 6:45 am 8 am 9 am 10 am 11 am 12:30 pm 2 pm 3:30 pm 5 pm 6:30 pm 8 pm 9:30 pm 11 pm 12:30 am
Daily Doubletree Rohnert Park-SFO departure times as of March 2007 (1 hour 45 minute to 2 hour 15 minute transportation time, depending on time of day):
3:15 am 4:45 am 5:45 am 6:45 am 7:45 am 8:45 am 10:15 am 11:45 am 1:15 pm 2:45 pm 4:15 pm 5:45 pm 7:15 pm 8:45 pm 10:15 pm
From Oakland Airport (Oak)
Take the Sonoma County Airport Express bus to the Doubletree Hotel in Rohnert Park (about 1 hour 45 minutes to 2 hours, depending on traffic), and from there it is a 10 minute taxi drive to the SSU campus. Airport Express fees are $28 one way to the Doubletree (senior and student with ID rate is $26) paid by cash or travelers check--no credit cards accepted. They are planning for online reservations but do not have that as of August 2006. They don’t take advance reservations. Passengers are allowed 2 pieces of stored baggage; extra is $6 per piece of luggage. Buses are wheel-chair accessible; contact Airport Express to insure your bus will have lift access.
Look for the AIRPORTER or AIRPORT EXPRESS wall signs at the baggage claim area of any terminal, and follow the signs outside to the pickup area. The Airport Express buses pick up and disembark passengers at the Ground Transportation Center platform marked 4C SCHEDULED BUSES. The location is directly outside baggage claim across four lanes of traffic between the two terminals. Please note that there may be no departure schedules posted at the pickup point; so download a schedule now so you will know departure times. Buses are air-conditioned, spacious, quite comfortable, have a restroom, and seat 47 people per bus. Also please note that other Airport Express buses stop at this pickup point-- take only the Sonoma County Airporter, or Airport Express to Sonoma County--don't take the Marin County Airporter!
Notify the bus driver that you would like a taxi at the Doubletree. He will radio ahead and there will be one waiting for you. Take the taxi to the Cooperage at Sonoma State. This is where you will check in. The taxi ride is about a 10 minute, $15 fare ride.
Leaving Sonoma State, you will need to call a taxi for pickup at the Cooperage at SSU, for a ride to the Doubletree Hotel in Rohnert Park. Download the Doubletree Rohnert Park-Oakland Airport pickup times now.
Daily Oakland Airport-Doubletree Rohnert Park departure times as of March 2007 (1 hour 45minute transportation time):
6am 8am 10am 12noon 2pm 4pm 6pm 8pm 10pm 12 midnight
Daily Doubletree Rohnert Park-Oakland Airport departure times as of March 2007
(2 hour transportation time):
3:30am 5:30am 7:30am 9:30am 11:30am 1:30pm 3:30pm 5:30pm 7:30pm 9:30pm
From Schulz Sonoma County Airport, Santa Rosa
The Schulz Sonoma County Airport in Santa Rosa has non-stop flights to Los Angeles (LAX) and Seattle (SEA) through Horizon Air, phone 1 800.547.9308.
The Sonoma County Airport is 18 miles north of Sonoma State, and is about a 30 minute drive to the Sonoma State campus. The airport has three rental car agencies; see their website for more information. Airport Express runs a 30 minute bus from Schulz Sonoma County Airport in Santa Rosa to the Doubletree Hotel in Rohnert Park for a $10 one way fee, paid in cash. Online advance ticketing is available. Departure times from the Sonoma County airport are 11am, 11:15am, 5pm, 9pm, 9:45pm. Notify the bus driver and he will radio ahead to have a taxi waiting to take you to the Sonoma State campus. For the return trip, Airport Express buses leave the Doubletree Hotel in Rohnert Park for the Sonoma County Airport at 4:30am, 9am, and 3pm.
From Sacramento Airport
The Sacramento Airport does not have airport express or super shuttle services to Sonoma County, so transportation from Sacramento airport would be arranged privately through rental cars or limousines. Transportation time to Sonoma State is 1 hour 40 minutes.
Limousines
Limousines are available for travel to airports. You should contact them directly for rates. Here is an abbreviated limo listing: Beau Wine Tours & Limousine, 1st Classic Limos & Sedans, 415 Limousine, California Wine Tours.
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