Hotels in Joliet that allow 18-year-olds to check in
A Joliet room can look right until you discover the hotel insists you be 21. The hotel below lets you check in at 18 on your own.
3-star
Motel 6-Joliet, IL - I-80
Use LaSalle for weekend Metra trains to Joliet
The Heritage Corridor line connects Joliet with Chicago Union Station, but its regular trains only run on weekdays. For a Saturday or Sunday arrival, the Metra option is the Rock Island line from LaSalle station in Chicago.
Heritage Corridor follows the weekday commute. Trains leave Joliet for Chicago in the morning and run toward Joliet in the afternoon, so the line won't suit a plan to arrive from Chicago in the morning.
A Friday afternoon arrival in Joliet and a Monday morning departure can fit those regular service directions. If either Metra trip falls on Saturday or Sunday, use the Rock Island line, whose Chicago terminal is LaSalle.
Start with an Old Joliet Prison tour date
An Old Joliet Prison tour reservation gives you an appointed entry time, and the prison strongly encourages booking ahead. If the tour is the reason for your stay, reserve that visit first and choose your hotel nights around it.
The prison is closed on Easter, Memorial Day, July 4 and Labor Day. Its winter closure begins in November, with reopening by April, weather permitting.
Your overnight bag during an Old Joliet Prison tour
A tour between check-in and checkout lets you leave your overnight bag in your booked room. For a visit outside those times, ask the hotel to confirm it can store your luggage for that period before you count on the service.
Backpacks, duffel bags and suitcases aren't allowed inside the prison, and the site won't hold them for you. There are medical and diaper-bag exceptions to the bag policy. You can bring one clear plastic bag up to 12 x 6 x 12 inches under the general rules, though individual events may impose further restrictions.
