TAFA hotel and travel information

The official TAFA hotel

The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) makes every effort to keep participant expenses at Taking Action for Animals (registration fees and hotel accommodations) as low as possible. We work hard to negotiate the best hotel rates and to make the best use of your registration dollars to keep TAFA affordable. We encourage all participants to reserve a room with the official TAFA hotel. When anyone pays the registration fee and reserves a room with the official TAFA hotel, they are helping to support TAFA 2023 and future conferences. 

The hotel booking link is the only approved method to reserve a room in the official Taking Action for Animals block. The HSUS is not working with a housing agency for TAFA 2023. Beware of any unsolicited information from housing agencies misrepresenting that they are reserving rooms on behalf of the HSUS or Taking Action for Animals. 

Special notice

Companies have been known to solicit our participants and exhibitors with offers of lower rates or nonexistent inventory of hotel rooms. Often referred to as "housing pirates" or "housing bandits," they will phone or email participants and exhibitors of events such as Taking Action for Animals. It is important to remember these companies are falsely claiming to be affiliated with Taking Action for Animals or HSUS. To protect yourself against these scams, book only using this housing link. Please report any suspicious solicitations, including phone number, email address or web link to us via email.

Transportation

Illinois' capital, Springfield, is nestled an hour and half north of St. Louis, Mo. and three hours southwest of Chicago. When traveling to Springfield, the nearest airport is Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport (SPI) located directly in Springfield and 10 minutes from the President Abraham Lincoln Springfield DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel. Please see a list of other regional and international airports below, listed by distance:

• Decatur Airport (DEC)—43 miles
• Central Illinois Regional Airport at Bloomington-Normal (BMI)—70 miles
• General Wayne A. Downing Peoria International Airport (PIA)—77 miles
• St. Louis Lambert International Airport (STL)—106 miles
• O’Hare International Airport (ORD)—202 miles

If flying into any airport other than Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport, you will need additional transportation such as a rental car or train to get to Springfield.

Train

With 10 daily trains via Amtrak, getting to the Springfield station is easy. Just 0.4 miles from the TAFA hotel, once you arrive in Springfield, you’re just a few minutes’ walk or a short taxi ride from the start of your weekend at TAFA.