Lodging
Westrek Accommodations
The historic photograph of the Fortuna area shown above gives you an idea of the type of accommodations you might have expected in the days around the time our Franklins were originally on the road. Of course this establishment is long gone. Today we are fortunate to have more comfortable places for you to stay. The Westrek will be headquartered in the Best Western Country Inn. For those bringing recreational vehicles, the Riverwalk RV Park is located adjacent to the Best Western.
Scroll down to see more information about both lodging options.
The historic photograph of the Fortuna area shown above gives you an idea of the type of accommodations you might have expected in the days around the time our Franklins were originally on the road. Of course this establishment is long gone. Today we are fortunate to have more comfortable places for you to stay. The Westrek will be headquartered in the Best Western Country Inn. For those bringing recreational vehicles, the Riverwalk RV Park is located adjacent to the Best Western.
Scroll down to see more information about both lodging options.
Best Western Country Inn
Our hotel for the 49th Franklin Westrek is:
Best Western Country Inn
2025 Riverwalk Drive
Fortuna, CA 95540
(707) 725-6822
The Best Western Country Inn is conveniently located next to the RV Park and the tow rig and trailer parking. It is just down the street from a gas station with a small convenience store and the River Lodge Conference Center which is the location for the Ladies Tea and the Banquet. There are also two restaurants within easy walking distance. As the Best Western layout is U-shaped, our Franklins will be mostly tucked away from the street.
Your daily rate includes a free, full breakfast offered between 6:00 A.M. and 10:00 A.M. The Inn’s amenities include an indoor/outdoor pool, cable satellite television with in-room movies (pay-per-view), free local calls under 30 minutes, wake-up calls, voice mail, coffee/tea maker, hair dryer, iron, ironing board, microwave, refrigerator, AM/FM alarm clock with radio, air-conditioning and free high-speed wireless Internet access. The Inn also has DVD players available for your use. Check in is 4:00 P.M. and check out is 11:00 A.M.
A number of rooms has been blocked and they are available for the Westrek participants to reserve. The following is a list of items that will help you make your reservations:
1. Please call the Best Western Country Inn directly, using the telephone number shown above, to make your reservation. If you call the Best Western 1-800 number, the lower group rates will not be available to you. As of January 23, 2018, you can check out photos of the rooms and book or amend your reservation (you will need your confirmation number) on line at
www.bestwestern.com/en_US/book/hotel-rooms.05533.html?groupId=4S0PV0A1
2. Be sure to tell the folks at the Inn that you are with the “Franklin Westrek” to assure that you get the appropriate room rate.
3. Half of the rooms are upstairs and there is no elevator. You can request the first floor and the Best Western staff will try to accommodate your request. Please take an upstairs room if you are able and leave the downstairs rooms for those that are less able.
4. To assure that you get the room and dates you want, please make your room reservations as soon as possible. Rooms need to be reserved no later than May 22, 2018. After that date, all unreserved rooms will be released for rental, and the group rates will no longer apply.
5. Your reservation needs to be secured by a credit card.
6. Cancellation without any penalty may be made up to 30 days prior to your check in date. On the 30th day prior to check-in, your credit card will be charged for the full amount of your stay except for any additional incidental room charges you may incur. If you have to cancel after that time, you will be charged for one night and the remaining balance (cash value) will be returned to you in the form of a Best Western travel card.
7. The rates are based on 2 adults per room. There is a $10.00 per day charge for each additional person aged 12 years and older.
8. Upon check in, you need to present a credit card or cash ($200.00 for standard rooms and 300.00 for suites) to guarantee room incidental charges.
The rooms that are available and the rates (applicable taxes and fees will be added) are as follows:
Our hotel for the 49th Franklin Westrek is:
Best Western Country Inn
2025 Riverwalk Drive
Fortuna, CA 95540
(707) 725-6822
The Best Western Country Inn is conveniently located next to the RV Park and the tow rig and trailer parking. It is just down the street from a gas station with a small convenience store and the River Lodge Conference Center which is the location for the Ladies Tea and the Banquet. There are also two restaurants within easy walking distance. As the Best Western layout is U-shaped, our Franklins will be mostly tucked away from the street.
Your daily rate includes a free, full breakfast offered between 6:00 A.M. and 10:00 A.M. The Inn’s amenities include an indoor/outdoor pool, cable satellite television with in-room movies (pay-per-view), free local calls under 30 minutes, wake-up calls, voice mail, coffee/tea maker, hair dryer, iron, ironing board, microwave, refrigerator, AM/FM alarm clock with radio, air-conditioning and free high-speed wireless Internet access. The Inn also has DVD players available for your use. Check in is 4:00 P.M. and check out is 11:00 A.M.
A number of rooms has been blocked and they are available for the Westrek participants to reserve. The following is a list of items that will help you make your reservations:
1. Please call the Best Western Country Inn directly, using the telephone number shown above, to make your reservation. If you call the Best Western 1-800 number, the lower group rates will not be available to you. As of January 23, 2018, you can check out photos of the rooms and book or amend your reservation (you will need your confirmation number) on line at
www.bestwestern.com/en_US/book/hotel-rooms.05533.html?groupId=4S0PV0A1
2. Be sure to tell the folks at the Inn that you are with the “Franklin Westrek” to assure that you get the appropriate room rate.
3. Half of the rooms are upstairs and there is no elevator. You can request the first floor and the Best Western staff will try to accommodate your request. Please take an upstairs room if you are able and leave the downstairs rooms for those that are less able.
4. To assure that you get the room and dates you want, please make your room reservations as soon as possible. Rooms need to be reserved no later than May 22, 2018. After that date, all unreserved rooms will be released for rental, and the group rates will no longer apply.
5. Your reservation needs to be secured by a credit card.
6. Cancellation without any penalty may be made up to 30 days prior to your check in date. On the 30th day prior to check-in, your credit card will be charged for the full amount of your stay except for any additional incidental room charges you may incur. If you have to cancel after that time, you will be charged for one night and the remaining balance (cash value) will be returned to you in the form of a Best Western travel card.
7. The rates are based on 2 adults per room. There is a $10.00 per day charge for each additional person aged 12 years and older.
8. Upon check in, you need to present a credit card or cash ($200.00 for standard rooms and 300.00 for suites) to guarantee room incidental charges.
The rooms that are available and the rates (applicable taxes and fees will be added) are as follows:
- Standard rooms – 2 Queens or 1 King, 41 available @ $152.99/night
- Disability rooms – 1 King or 1 Queen, 3 available (1 with a roll-in shower ) @ $152.99/night
- Jacuzzi rooms – 1 King, 4 available @ $199.99/night
- Sequoia family suite – downstairs, 2 rooms, 1 bathroom, 2 Queens and 1 Queen size fold out couch, sleeps 6, 1 available @ $249.99/night
- Redwood family suite – downstairs, 1 room, 2 bathrooms, 2 Queens and 2 Queen size fold out couches, sleeps 8, 1 available @ $249.99/night
- Mother-In-Law family suite – upstairs, 2 rooms, 1bathroom, 1 King and 1 Queen, sleeps 4, 1 available @ $229.99/night
Riverwalk RV Park:
Accommodations for RVers are located adjacent to the Best Western Country Inn at:
Riverwalk RV Park
2189 Riverwalk Drive,
Fortuna, California 95540
Do not call the RV Park for your reservation - see below.
The Park has pull through sites (±65 ft. in length) that will accommodate slide outs. Sites have full hookups including 30 & 50 amp hookups. Park amenities include a dump station, propane, free Wi-Fi, 60+ cable TV channels, laundry room, free hot showers, swimming pool and spa, outside kitchen area and mobile RV repair. Pets are welcome. There is a block of spaces available for the Westrek. The nightly reservation rate for these spaces is $37.13 including tax and fees, which is about 10% less than the standard rate.
All Westrek RV reservations need to be made through the designated “Wagon Master” who is Kathy Ryan. Your reservation and payment for the total number of nights' stay must be received by Kathy by May 24, 2018.
You can make a reservation two different ways:
1) To fill out and submit the reservation form online, click here
2) Print the form, complete it by hand, and mail it to Kathy at the address below. To print the RV Reservation form, click on the following link:
Accommodations for RVers are located adjacent to the Best Western Country Inn at:
Riverwalk RV Park
2189 Riverwalk Drive,
Fortuna, California 95540
Do not call the RV Park for your reservation - see below.
The Park has pull through sites (±65 ft. in length) that will accommodate slide outs. Sites have full hookups including 30 & 50 amp hookups. Park amenities include a dump station, propane, free Wi-Fi, 60+ cable TV channels, laundry room, free hot showers, swimming pool and spa, outside kitchen area and mobile RV repair. Pets are welcome. There is a block of spaces available for the Westrek. The nightly reservation rate for these spaces is $37.13 including tax and fees, which is about 10% less than the standard rate.
All Westrek RV reservations need to be made through the designated “Wagon Master” who is Kathy Ryan. Your reservation and payment for the total number of nights' stay must be received by Kathy by May 24, 2018.
You can make a reservation two different ways:
1) To fill out and submit the reservation form online, click here
2) Print the form, complete it by hand, and mail it to Kathy at the address below. To print the RV Reservation form, click on the following link:
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Cancellation without any penalty needs to be received by Kathy no later than 3:00 p.m. on June 10, 2018. Any cancellations after that time will result in paying the full amount of your contracted stay.
There are three alternatives for paying for your RV Park reservation. Please indicate the method you will use when completing your reservation form. The alternatives are:
1) Pay by Check – Make your check payable to Kathy Ryan and mail it to:
Kathy Ryan
P. O. Box 443
Orangevale, CA 95662-0443
2) Pay by PayPal – If you have (or sign up for) a PayPal account that has a cash balance or is linked to your bank account, you can make the payment; however PayPal charges a fee for money received. Since it is not practical for the Westrek budget to absorb the fee, the amount of the fee (2.9% + $0.30) will be added to the reservation amount. We will send you an invoice for the reservation amount plus PayPal fees through PayPal which will also include a link for making your payment.
3) Pay by credit card – You can pay by credit card via PayPal; however PayPal charges a fee for money received and a fee for money sent. Since it is not practical for the Westrek budget to absorb the money received fee, the amount of the fee (2.9% + $0.30) will be added to the reservation amount. PayPal will charge you a $0.25 fee for the money sent. We will send you an invoice for the reservation amount plus PayPal fees through PayPal which will also include a link for making your credit card payment.
Please note that the Riverwalk RV Park will not make reservations for you as part of the Westrek group. All payments and communications need to go through Kathy Ryan. Space assignments will be made by Kathy at the time she receives your payment.