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Travel & Lodging

Transplant travel and lodging near major centers

Patients, caregivers, and donors often need to be near the same transplant center for weeks at a time. We help you figure out where to stay and how to get there — no charge to ask.

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Living donors: travel and lost wages can be reimbursed. Eligible living donors can use NLDAC for travel, lost-wage, and dependent-care reimbursement — up to $6,000. Recipients, that is often what makes it possible for a match to actually get to the center. What NLDAC covers →

Major transplant hub cities we cover first

Cleveland, OH

Home to Cleveland Clinic's transplant programs. Typical stays: 2–6 weeks for evaluation through early recovery.

Rochester, MN

Home to Mayo Clinic. Many out-of-state patients relocate temporarily for full workups.

Pittsburgh, PA

Home to UPMC's transplant institute, one of the highest-volume programs in the country.

Houston, TX

Home to Houston Methodist and Baylor St. Luke's transplant programs.

Baltimore, MD

Home to Johns Hopkins' transplant center, with an active paired-exchange program.

Nashville, TN

Home to Vanderbilt Transplant Center, serving a wide multi-state region.

What happens when you ask

This is concierge follow-up from us — not a list of other houses to call. Tell us the stay; we reply with options. Nothing is charged to ask.

Tell us the stay

Center or city, approximate dates, who is traveling, and a budget if you have one.

We reply with options

Lodging near that program, and flight notes when they matter. Eligible living donors can use NLDAC for travel and lost-wage reimbursement — up to $6,000.

Stay on this site if you want more

Kidney or liver matching, or an RN Navigator for the rest of the process — all on this site, not a handoff to another nonprofit.

Request travel help

Tell us where you're headed. This goes to a real inbox — we'll follow up with lodging and travel options for that stay. Nothing is charged to ask.

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Living donors: see what NLDAC reimburses. Recipients: Want an RN Navigator in your corner first? Order a navigator session. Kidney or liver: start matching.