Travel

Travel Note

Getting to Taos

Please plan to arrive by Friday afternoon if you’d like to participate in the welcome reception on Friday evening. The ceremony and reception will be Saturday afternoon and evening. We will have brunch and activities on Sunday for anyone who wishes to stay that day as well. ---------------- ✈️ FLYING ✈️ ---------------- You may fly into Albuquerque (ABQ) or Santa Fe (SAF). From these airports, it is 2.5 hours or 1.5 hours drive to Hotel Luna Mystica (HLM), respectively. -------------------------------------------------- 🚗 RECOMMENDED: RENT A CAR NOW 🚗 -------------------------------------------------- We strongly advise you to rent a car when you land at either the ABQ or SAF airports. Our wedding is in the tourist high season so we STRONGLY advise you to book your rental car NOW. Do NOT rent from Thrifty or Dollar at the ABQ airport as they frequently run out of cars. DO rent from Hertz, but do not prepay your Hertz reservation as it makes it harder for them to change your reservation if needed. They honor reservations regardless of whether it was prepaid or not. None of the rental car companies in ABQ honor same-day reservations owing to rental car shortages. --------------------------------------- NOT RECOMMENDED: CAR FREE --------------------------------------- Though it pains us to say so, we do NOT recommend this option. There is no reliable public transportation we've found from the ABQ or SAF airports to Taos. Nevertheless, if you're still keen to try this, we advise you check out the private airport shuttle bus, Taos Rides, to get between Taos, Santa Fe, and Albuquerque; the Rail Runner train to get between Albuquerque and Santa Fe; and/or the regional bus to get between Santa Fe and Taos and around central Taos. Even though Taos downtown has a bus, the bus does NOT go to our wedding venue. Though there are taxis, Lyfts and Ubers, they can be quite scarce; so we don't advise you rely on them. Tripcarma.com is the Taos-local version of Lyft/Uber.

Travel Note

Lodging

---------------------------- 😁 ON-SITE WITH US 😁 ---------------------------- We would ❤️ for you to stay on-site with us at Hotel Luna Mystica (HLM), but please see the important details below! There are NO private trailers left available to book and therefore, if you'd like to stay on-site with us, you only have three options: (a) a bunk bed in a common/shared trailer, (b) car camping, or (c) RV camping. ---------------------------------- 😢 OFF-SITE WITHOUT US 😢 ---------------------------------- If you'd rather stay off-site, we STRONGLY advise you to book that NOW since our wedding will be during the high tourist season and hotels book up quickly! We do not have any room blocks reserved in our name at any hotels. (In fact, the hotels won't let us precisely because it is high tourist season. Hint hint. Wink wink. Reserve now.) We will NOT be operating a shuttle bus between other hotels (two miles or more away) and our venue (HLM). While there is public transportation within Taos Town, HLM is just outside Taos so there is NO public transportation to and from our venue. Therefore, if you stay off-site, you will have to drive or get a ride with Trip Karma to get to and from our wedding. In the event you feel uncomfortable driving back from our reception, will WILL have a car available to drive you back to your hotel for free between 9pm-midnight on Sat Aug 5. Please call Charley Rael at 575-770-8759 or 575-776-4904.

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😀 Stay on-site with us at Hotel Luna Mystica 😀

We'd ❤️ for you to stay on-site with us at Hotel Luna Mystica (HLM), but please see the important details below! There are NO private trailers left and therefore, if you'd like to stay on-site with us, you only have three options: (a) a bunk bed in a common/shared trailer, (b) car camping, or (c) RV camping. -------------------------------------------------- BUNK BED IN COMMON/SHARED TRAILER -------------------------------------------------- All vintage trailers on-site at HLM have already been booked by the wedding party, with the exception of a few beds in "The Sands", a 1957 Spartan Imperial Mansion vintage trailer, for those who are open to sleeping hostel style with fellow wedding guests! If you would like a bunk bed in "The Sands" trailer, please let us know! All other trailers have already been booked and there are NO private trailers available to book. ------------------------- CAR OR RV CAMPING ------------------------- You can car camp 🚗 ⛺️ or RV 🚐 camp on-site at HLM. Both car and RV camping are free Fri Aug 4 - Sat Aug 5, but $25/night otherwise. No need to reserve your tent or RV spot -- just show up. However, you must BYO tent or RV. You can rent an RV in Albuquerque or Santa Fe via Cruise America, Outdoorsy, or RV share for $100-300/night. There are no hookups for the RVs at HLM, so you’ll need to have your batteries charged and potable water full. You can use the same shower and toilet facilities as the car campers. There are three shower houses with hot water and private toilet facilities on site. Since it's the rain/mud season, bring shower shoes 🩴 if you plan on using shower houses. --------------------- COME PREPARED --------------------- If you're staying on-site, we highly recommend you bring shoes appropriate for rain/mud 🥾 since this is the rainy season (e.g., wellies, rain boots, mud boots, galoshes). We also recommend you bring a rain jacket. ☔️ Note that checkout at 3pm or later and check in at 11am or earlier is NOT flexible.

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Off-site: El Pueblo Lodge

El Pueblo Lodge is right on the bus line (340 Red Chile) that goes around downtown Taos (but NOT to our wedding venue) and near all the downtown attractions.

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Off-site: Hacienda del Sol

Hacienda del Sol is a sprawling villa with fabulous grounds and unique rooms.

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Off-site: Palacio de Marquesa

Palacio de Marquesa is an amazing boutique hotel and each room is inspired by a different female artist.