Travel and Lodging
Hotels
Hotels and lodging near campus are available at a special rate to families of patients receiving care at CHOP or Penn Medicine. For more information, please check out these websites:
Other Accommodations
The Ronald McDonald House
The Ronald McDonald Houses — in Philadelphia and just over the river in Camden, NJ — offer a “home away from home” for families traveling more than 25 miles from their home to the Hospital. Both facilities have rooms available for CHOP families.
The cost per room is $15 per night, based on ability to pay. Daily dinner and transportation to and from CHOP are provided to guests at no charge. To check room availability or book a room, call 215-387-8406 or visit the website for each location
Hosts for Hospitals
Hosts for Hospitals provides low-cost lodging and support at volunteer-host homes as a caring response to the housing needs of patients and their families who come to the Greater Philadelphia area for medical care.
The cost per family is $20 per night. Accommodations vary from host to host. Guests share household facilities with host families and are matched with host-homes chosen to meet each guest family's specific lodging needs. All homes have been visited by Hosts for Hospitals program staff to ensure safety and comfort.
To apply or for more information, please call 484-380-2999, email lodging@hostsforhospitals.org, or visit hostsforhospitals.org. An easy online application may be submitted from this webpage.”
International Patients
If you are a caregiver of a pediatric patient that is travelling from outside of the United States, you will be well supported by both our ACE-WS program coordinators and the incredible services of the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Department of Global Medicine who will assist you with everything you need to ensure you plan a seamless visit to our center.