The SXSW Housing Desk can book the best selection of Austin hotels at the best available rates during SXSW. Click here to see hotels, rates, and amenities. Please note that requesting a room via SXSW is a request and not a guarantee until confirmation is sent to the registrant via email.
Hyatt Regency and Lady Bird Lake, courtesy of Hyatt Hotel
Already thinking about SXSW 2014? You’re not alone! SXSW Housing is hard at work arranging hotels for our guests for next year.
SXSW Housing will begin accepting reservations later this summer as soon as registration opens. Subscribe to our email newsletter or follow us on Twitter to be informed when we launch registration and housing for the 2014 season!
Photo courtesy of White Lodging
The hotel construction underway in Austin will help in the future, but rooms remain in short supply for March. If you already have a reservation, consider sharing to help out a friend or colleague. Check your dates and release any nights that you don’t need. If you haven’t registered and booked a room yet, read on for more information about your options.
SXSW Music dates (March 12-16) still show available hotels outside downtown. Waitlist requests will still be accepted for downtown hotels March 12-16.
SXSW Interactive/Film dates (March 8-11) remain sold out at all properties. A limited number of waitlist requests will be accepted for March 6-8 or March 11-12. Waitlist is closed out for March 9-10.
See the availability page for more info about housing alternatives such as short-term rentals by owner. Email housing@sxsw.com with questions or to cancel any existing waitlist requests.
The atrium at the Embassy Suites North Central, courtesy of Hilton.
For registrants and artists attending the SXSW Music Conference & Festival, a variety of hotel options are waiting. Hotels in the immediate walking area are sold out and their waiting lists are open for Music Festival dates. However, savvy travelers who plan ahead might prefer to bypass the waitlist and go ahead and secure a great hotel at the best possible rate.
Sleeping on the sidewalk is not advised, you may be kicked by a wayward breakdancer. Photo courtesy of Chris Van Loan.
Since late July the SXSW Housing Department has made thousands of hotel reservations for registrants for our events and Austin hotels are nearly sold out for certain SXSW dates. Because events are back-to-back or overlapping, March 8 through 11 dates are difficult to find at a single hotel. You can check the updated list of hotels and their availability online. (SXSWedu registrants–good downtown hotels are still available. Make your reservation when you purchase your registration.)
Newly renovated room at the Holiday Inn Midtown
Smart registrants will purchase their badge for SXSW Music, Film or Interactive by midnight tonight to take advantage of the price break that ends today. But what about your hotel room?
New! 2014 dates!
Interactive: March 7–11
Film: March 7–16
Music: March 11–16
