Temporary Housing

Make reservations at the High Desert Inn at 661-275-7666 or DSN 525-7666 as soon as possible once you have your travel dates. We are open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, including holidays.   

Information needed to make reservations includes your name, rank, arrival and departure dates, the number of individuals staying in the unit, the number of children (if any), the number of pets (if any), and a phone number at which you can be reached, along with your email address, organization, mailing address and credit card information.

Eligibility and orders

Active-duty military members on permanent change of station orders are eligible and have priority to stay at the Desert High Inn, followed by retirees. Department of Defense civilians on PCS orders or just passing through are also eligible to stay. Invited contractors who are relocating to Edwards Air Force Base because of an assignment must have special permission from the installation commander or have an active-duty military member sponsor their stay. Present a copy of your PCS orders upon check-in. 

Availability, costs and registration

If we are fully booked and cannot house you on base, you will be given a Certificate of Non-availability good for up to 10 days’ lodging.    

Daily check-in starts at 2 p.m.; check-out is at 11 a.m. The High Desert Inn does not accommodate late check-outs; an additional room charge will be added to the bill for late check-outs.

Temporary lodging facility costs:

• Visiting officer quarters/visiting quarters -- $150
• Temporary lodging facilities -- $162 (for pet-friendly TLFs add an extra $10 daily pet fee)
• Distinguished visitor quarters (all distinguished visitors) -- $165
• Large distinguished quarters -- Jan-Oct: $165

TLFs are fully functioning houses with kitchens, stoves and ovens, dishwashers, cookware, laundry facilities with a washer and dryer, and a full living room. 

Guaranteed room reservations (credit card on file) -- Your room is held until 5 a.m. the following morning. If you do not call us to cancel your reservation or if you are a no-show, we will cancel your room at 5 a.m. and charge your credit card for one night’s stay.

Non-guaranteed reservations (no credit card on file) -- If you do not check in by 6 p.m. on the day you are due to check in, your reservation will be canceled and your room will be used for other guests.

Maximum length of stay

If PCSing in, you are authorized 30 days in lodging, then use becomes Space Available; if you are PCSing out, you are authorized 10 days in lodging.

Location

Edwards' High Desert Inn is located on Honts Drive, Building 5602.

Pet restrictions

Two pets may accompany you in one of our Pet TLFs. Advance approval from management is required for a third pet. There is a nightly pet fee of $10 that is automatically assessed to your nightly room rate. You must present your pets’ current shot records at the time you check into your unit. Pets are not authorized in any room other than a Pet TLF. If it’s found that a pet has been kept in a non-pet unit, you will be asked to leave immediately.

Special needs

Edwards’ High Desert Inn has only one room for families with special needs. The entrance to that room has a ramp to accommodate a wheelchair. Currently, the room is being modified to properly accommodate family members with special needs.

Contact the High Desert Inn at DSN 312-525-7666 or commercial 661-275-7666 as far in advance as possible to arrange for temporary quarters. The inn is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week. For members who have families and who have not been assigned permanent housing, there are two- and four-bedroom apartment-type quarters. There are also a limited number of four-bedroom units. The units have cooking facilities, a queen-size bed and a twin-size bed in the bedrooms, and a couch that converts to a double bed and a chair that converts into a single bed in the living room. For families with pets, there are 17 designated pet units.

Note: Local hotels may be expensive, and pets are only allowed in some hotels.

Junior enlisted personnel should work closely with their sponsor and first sergeant to arrange for a dorm room to be ready when you arrive. In most cases, individuals with PCS orders are given top priority. Should accommodations be unavailable, newcomers are given a Certificate of Non-availability and a list of off-base temporary lodging.