Pick-Up Request

Prospective Student: Please send this information when the date of travel is confirmed.

This request is for airport pick up as well as temporary accommodation. Students are requested to submit individual requests even if they are coming together. No group requests will be accepted.

Houston has two airports, George Bush Intercontinental Airport and William P. Hobby Airport. Intercontinental Airport is located 25 miles north of the city. You can secure transportation by using Airport Express shuttle located near the baggage claim area. An airport bus runs every 30 minutes from 7:30 a.m. until 11:30 p.m. The cost is approximately $15 from Hobby Airport and approximately $27 from Intercontinental Airport. It takes passengers to four major downtown hotels. From downtown, you may take a taxi to UH for approximately $18.

Alternatively, you can travel by taxi from the airport directly to the university from Intercontinental Airport for about $65. Ask the driver about the fare before leaving the airport. Taxi fare is more expensive than the airport bus fare. There are three UH campuses in the greater Houston area, so be sure to tell the taxi driver the address of University of Houston main campus is 4800 Calhoun Road.

If you arrive at Houston's Hobby Airport, you will be closer to the university. Taxi service is located in the airport's ground transportation area. The taxi fare from Hobby Airport is approximately $27. It is customary to tip the driver at least 15 percent of the total fare.

The airport super shuttle costs $27 from the Airport to the University of Houston.
Cab or Limo Service costs a minimum of $65 one way.
There is Metro bus number 102 from Intercontinental Airport to Downtown Transit Center.
From there, you will have to change to 52 or 30 to reach the University of Houston. The total
time for this travel is a minimum of 1 hour 20 minutes.

GISO provides free temporary accommodation to students on first come first served basis.

There are many hotels and motels near UH. The average minimum cost of a room is $59 per day plus taxes. The ISSSO (http://issso.uh.edu) provides one week accommodation to students at Moody Towers at UH for approximately $20 per day.

1. NEW STUDENTS with confirmed travel plans and requesting GISO airport pick up service may fill this form.
2. Please send your requests WELL IN ADVANCE (at least 3 - 4 days) and don't wait until your travel date, so that we have time to process your request.
3. Please complete ALL the fields accurately and specify any other special detail(s) that you think we should know while arranging a pick up for you.
4. You will receive an acknowledgement from GISO within a maximum of 5 DAYS. For your reference, we'll also send the contact information of the person(s) incharge of picking you up soon afterwards, in case you need to contact them directly.
5. Please DO NOT make any alternate or backup arrangements for airport pick up if you are filling up this form. We'll definitely send someone to receive you at the airport. Please remember that this is a volunteer service and we will be unnecessarily sending someone otherwise. If you do have to change your mind for any reason, please inform us immediately.
6. If your travel plans change, please inform us well in advance and resubmit another form with your new details as soon as possible.
7. Make sure you give your correct email id, this will help us a lot.
8. Lastly, it would greatly help us if you plan to arrive during weekend.

For furthur questions, e-mail GISO's pick-up team at giso_fall_09_pick_ups@googlegroups.com .