{"id":793,"date":"2023-05-18T13:43:37","date_gmt":"2023-05-18T13:43:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deeplearningindaba.com\/2023\/?page_id=793"},"modified":"2023-06-30T14:29:56","modified_gmt":"2023-06-30T14:29:56","slug":"guidance-for-staying-in-accra","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/deeplearningindaba.com\/2023\/guidance-for-staying-in-accra\/","title":{"rendered":"Guidance for staying in Accra"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Will the event organisers be arranging accommodation for the participants?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you have not been offered an accommodation grant, you will need to arrange your own accommodation. You can view a list of recommended hotels <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/115s-roSqJYYLM7YMruPCM_GwmnoMxspZmkve3qDGHrs\/edit?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a> and their corresponding travel times to the conference venue.<\/p>\n<p>If you have been offered an accommodation grant, we will contact you soon after you accept the offer to arrange this.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Are there hotel options around the venue?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re putting together a list of recommended hotels within a reasonable distance. You can view the current list <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/115s-roSqJYYLM7YMruPCM_GwmnoMxspZmkve3qDGHrs\/edit?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>. Please note that we\u2019re continually updating the list. We are in the process of negotiating discounted rates but these cannot be guaranteed. We&#8217;d encourage you to go ahead to make arrangements when you are ready. The majority of the hotels listed can be reached via phone or email for reservations.<\/p>\n<p>There are also Airbnb&#8217;s around the venue that you can co-ordinate and share with other accepted participants.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Will I need cash, or can I use my card?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Cash is highly recommended. <br \/>Mobile money is the next popular mode of payment but you will need a Ghanaian phone number registered with mobile money to do that.<br \/>Most restaurants will accept cards such as Visa and Mastercard. Almost all fast food places, fine dining, bars and clubs accept cards.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Will the event organisers be arranging accommodation for the participants? If you have not been offered an accommodation grant, you will need to arrange your own accommodation. You can view a list of recommended hotels here and their corresponding travel times to the conference venue. If you have been offered an accommodation grant, we will [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-793","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deeplearningindaba.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/793","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deeplearningindaba.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deeplearningindaba.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deeplearningindaba.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deeplearningindaba.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=793"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/deeplearningindaba.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/793\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1111,"href":"https:\/\/deeplearningindaba.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/793\/revisions\/1111"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deeplearningindaba.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}