Frequently Asked Questions

Our 25th Reunion will take place on the Princeton University campus from May 23-26, 2024.

Here is a list of local hotels that have historically been serviced by Reunions Shuttles.

Limited on-campus housing was allocated via lottery in mid-February. Those who received beds were emailed, and room assignments will be distributed by University housing representatives at check-in.

For those who indicated interest in on-campus housing but did not receive beds, an email was also sent in mid-February offering alternative housing options (the class is investigating housing at Rider College for these classmates and their guests).

We had hundreds of classmates enter the lottery, and nearly twice as many people applied as there were beds allocated to our class by the University. Supply exceeded demand, and housing prices are fixed by the University.

We are investigating housing options at Rider University in Lawrenceville to help those who did not get housing through the lottery. The pricing is slightly different than Princeton University pricing, but still much more affordable than hotels. Rider has air conditioning, linen rental will be included, and it is on the shuttle route. Those who did not get on-campus housing needed to indicate interest in Rider by February 22, 2024, using the survey link provided in the email they received.

You can also consider local hotels that might still have room block availability from the hotels list that we created this past summer.

Closer to Reunions, the University maintains a list of people looking to swap out hotel rooms.

Please notify 99regchairs@gmail.com as soon possible. They will check to see who is next on the waitlist queue. If you need to cancel after April 30, 2024, and if there is a taker on the waitlist, you will be refunded your housing fee. If not, we still have to pay Princeton for the bed, and we will not be able to refund the fee.

The class is offering classmates who are staying in campus housing the opportunity to rent bed linens as an alternative to purchasing sheets and towels from the U-Store (which are often thrown away after the weekend, adding to textile waste and landfill usage, as many organizations do not accept donated bed linens). Princeton University is not offering linens for the 25th this year, but we felt it was important enough, for convenience and for environmental friendliness purposes, to pursue this on our own.

All rooms, regardless of location, are student housing (ie. they do not come furnished with anything except a bed, dresser, closet, desk, and chair). They do not have trash cans or amenities like bathroom toiletries, etc.

A 3-night minimum stay is required.

Suites with 4 beds will have a shared bathroom.

Linens are included ($25 fee).

Rider is on the shuttle route again this year. Pickup/drop off is in front of the Moore Library on our campus.

Check-in will be at Rider from 3-7 pm on Thursday. Afterwards, check-in will be at the 25th check-in at our Whitman Headquarters.

Princeton has partnered with YWCA Princeton to offer its traditional “Tiger Camp” childcare during Reunions Friday, May 24, to Saturday, May 25. We will share more details when we receive them from Princeton.

We will also be planning a host of activities at our Headquarters site for families with kids. We are not legally allowed to provide child care onsite.

Unfortunately, it is not logistically possible for our supplier to track and send one-off jackets on top of production, and we don’t want your jacket to get lost before Reunions. Jackets will be available for pick-up when you check-in at Reunions, and we will have supplies available if you need to do some on-site adjustments until you can get it tailored for lifelong usage.

Non-refundable deposits and fees must be paid over the course of planning our 25th, based upon our registration numbers. We do not have corporate budgets, and our major reunions are entirely funded by classmate registration fees. As such, cancellation terms are as follows:

• Cancellations prior to 1/15/24 will receive a 75% refund;
• Cancellations prior to 4/1/24 will receive a 50% refund;
• After 3/31/24, no refund will be given.

Option A: Find your original registration email (subject: Reunions 2024 Confirmation). Scroll to the bottom. You should see one button for “View Registration Details” and one for “Update My Registration.” Use the “Update” button to make any changes.

Option B: Navigate to the Reunions registration site and log in with Tigernet. You should be able to update the registration from there.

Option C: If you have tried both of these steps without success, capture a screenshot of the errors and email those to 99regchairs@gmail.com.

Registration hours are:

Thursday | Noon – 11:00 pm
Friday | 9:00 am – Midnight
Saturday | 9:00 am – 10:00 pm

When you arrive on campus, Registration for the 25th will be in Whitman Courtyard. If you have been allotted a bed on campus, the housing check in is located at the Dillon Gym tent.

Parking is extremely limited, and attendees are strongly encouraged to use hotel shuttles, transit, or carpool when traveling to campus. For more information on shuttle service, accessible parking, and the Reunions Headquarters and Parking map, please visit the Parking and Transportation page of the Reunions website.

Rovers — clearly marked, student-driven golf carts that serve as a mini transit connection on the core of campus — will operate throughout Reunions, Thursday through Saturday night.

Rovers are intended for alumni and guests with personal mobility limitations, the Old Guard, and families with young children.

Rovers will provide frequent service to the Theater Drive Garage and lot P20, the transit plaza, hotel shuttles, Forbes, and Reunions headquarters sites along Elm Drive and Chapel Drive.

In addition, the University’s new fleet of electric shuttles will loop the perimeter of campus, including the new Stadium Drive Garage and Lot 20 parking at the bottom of campus.

A map of TigerTransit campus shuttles and Rover routes will be available closer to Reunions on the Parking and Transportation page of the Reunions website.

During Reunions, you will be able to track hotel shuttles and campus shuttles on the Tiger Tracker mobile website.

The general Reunions schedule of open events will be on the Reunions website closer to Reunions. The schedule will also be available to attendees in a printed program and on the Reunions Events app for smartphones.

For Class of 1999-specific events, please visit the Schedule section of this class website.

The Princeton University Events app is now available for download on Google Play and at the Apple Store. The Reunions 2024 event will be available through this app a day or two prior to Reunions.

Wristbands are not necessary during events such as the P-rade and Fireworks. Please note that wristbands are only required to enter Reunion headquarter sites after 5 p.m. with the exception of class-only meals.

• Like many large festivals, Reunions has a large environmental footprint.
For example, alumni travel on average 1,900 miles round trip, which equates to a travel-related carbon footprint of ~7,900 tons of CO₂ (comparable to the annual electricity use of 1,500 US homes).

• In addition, Reunions weekend generates a massive amount of landfill waste. The Greening Reunions Alumni Group (GRAWG) estimated that Reunions 2022 sent more than 320,000 single-use plastic cups to landfills and generated 110 tons of waste.

• If music festivals are developing roadmaps to reduce their environmental footprints, and sporting events like the WM Phoenix Open have gone zero waste; Reunions can make meaningful progress as well! We care about the future of the planet for ourselves and for our tiger cubs, and we want to do our part.

• If you’d like to learn more about the broader alumni efforts to make reunions more sustainable and communicate your support of these initiatives, check out the Greening Reunions site and their open letter to President Christopher Eisgruber.

Generating meaningful impact means a multi-pronged approach. Our class is striving to be more green on multiple fronts.

• Reusable Cups. We are minimizing the use of single-use plastic at our headquarters tent and related events by partnering with TURN, a leader in supplying reusable cups systems for events hosted by Live Nation, sports stadiums, the Daytona 500, and more. The 30th and 50th reunions are piloting TURN cups this year, as well, as part of an effort across classes to be more sustainable. PLEASE RE-USE and RETURN orange TURN cups throughout the weekend and be a good example for other classes visiting our site.

• Pre-registered classmates and guests will also receive a branded 25th logo souvenir cup to use throughout the weekend and take home with them.

• Sustainable Swag Choices. We are reducing the environmental impact of apparel and swag by choosing higher-quality, classic-design items that are made of sustainable natural materials (ex. Thousand Fell for shoes and Bella + Canvas for t-shirts) and less plastic “throwaway” items similar to conference tchotchkes, etc.)

• Smart (& Delicious) Food Choices. Like many large event planners, we can reduce food related greenhouse gas emissions via menu planning (ex. substituting chicken and fish for beef for a few meals, as well as offering more vegan and vegetarian options as dietary preferences indicate). We’re also trying to reduce food waste sent to landfill by minimizing over-ordering via more practical food counts and looking to compost leftovers. Where possible, we are using wine glasses and metal flatware at meals and compostable plates for some HQ meals.

• Linen Rental Service for Campus Beds. The class is offering classmates who are staying in campus housing the opportunity to rent bed linens as an alternative to purchasing sheets and towels from the U-Store (which are often thrown away after the weekend, adding to textile waste and landfill usage, as many organizations do not accept donated bed linens). Princeton University is not offering linens for the 25th this year, but we felt it was important enough, for convenience and for environmental friendliness purposes, to pursue this on our own.

• Carbon Offsets. Using classmate donations received at registration, we are purchasing high-quality, quantifiable, verifiable carbon offsets after Reunions in order to help mitigate emissions associated with Reunions travel.

• Did you know that in 2022, it was estimated that Reunions sent more than 320,000 single-use plastic cups to landfills and generated 110 tons of waste? We have partnered with TURN, a leader in supplying reusable cups systems to use reusable cups at our bars this reunion weekend. Large events like Austin City Limits, Lollapalooza, and the Daytona 500 now use TURN to reduce waste, as well as major corporations like Starbucks, Live Nation, and Delta Airlines.

• Using (appropriately orange) reusable cups dramatically reduces landfill waste, and we encourage you to model great cup re-use and return behavior for the other classes visiting our site. Look for the marked bins and know the planet and future generations thank you.

PS – If you are missing the old logo cups, know that pre-registered classmates and guests will also receive a branded 25th logo cup to use throughout the weekend and take home with them.