We're planning on maybe taking a trip with the kids and my parents and I'm really not familiar with the area...we're likely staying at a Marriott as we have a friend that offers F&F discount forms...there is so many areas around Boston to stay in, just trying to find out what areas are safer to stay in...I had a friend that booked a hotel is a not so good part of Boston...and I'm trying to avoid that. I'm looking at Hotels in Andover, Woburn, Burlington.
My DH and my dad are planning on going to watch a Red Sox game and we're hoping to make it to the aquarium, it's just a short weekend gateway, but any tips would be appreciated!
TIA
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To be honest those are some of the hotels available for the rate, we don't want to be right in Boston itself, but near it enough that we might be able to take a commute by train or whatever...to be honest I really have no idea where to stay. I had a friend that suggested Woburn North, Peabody and Danvers area... do you think those are handy to Boston itself?
There was a few hotels available in those areas, but I wasn't sure thanks for the reply!
Andover is a very nice suburb. Woburn is meh....just a big city.
Boston does have a nice Aquarium and also a kids play museum that is quite lovely and really fun. I LOVE the bubble room
https://bostonchildrensmuseum.org/
We do want to go into Boston, but enjoy the surroundings as well of where we are staying (eating/shopping), we're not really use to the traffic in Boston so we're trying to stay where we might be comfortable doing some driving around as well, and I think we'll take commuter trains into the city, driving in it makes me nervous! lol
I hear ya, I HATE city driving. Have fun!!!
The Marriott in Woburn is located on Mishawum Rd, which is a stop on the Lowell Commuter. From Mishawum stop to North Station is like 15 minutes. I live along the Lowell Commuter and used to work right next to that stop. Woburn is a city but where this hotel is located is amongst many hotels and shopping plaza's. Its not a horrible area. I used to work in this area of town for a while and never had a problem. Also right down the street is another stop on the Lowell Line called Anderson. It might be a bit of a walk with little ones but you can hop a taxi and get there in under 5 minutes.
Andover is a nice town and further North than Woburn. But definitely a nice suburb. You'd have to find a taxi or rent a car to go back and forth to different stops along the commuter rail.
Just my two cents! Good luck and have fun in Boston!
Would the Springhill Suites in Peabody be a good spot? There are so many options and with all these methods of transportation I'm confused! lol I live in a small city so mostly everyone gets around with their vehicule, but some take the bus...I'm trying to familiarize myself with the MBTA system...so I have half a clue on how to get to Fenway...
Fenway is a must! Basically I'd like to be in an area where we could easily get around (commute or walking), that is safe and within reach of eating areas and maybe shopping (not boutique shopping $$$) We're not going on a super tight budget, but I don't want to be paying a fortune to eat, especially considering we have both kids with us and same for hotel, I'm hoping to get the F&F Marriott for around or less than $100/night, if we weren't paying for my parents room I'd be willing to pay more...I'd like to visit the Quincy Market as well and perhaps the Aquarium or I know a few have mentioned neat places for kids....it might be worth it to pay a little extra and get a hotel on a specific line that we can easily understand on getting from point A to point B as I'm already stressing about it, I'd like to be as prepared as I can...
Thanks for all the information- I can get the Boston Marriott Newton for $99/night on Commonswealth Ave.? I'll PM you my e-mail and we can go from there if you don't mind, I'd like to get as much information as I can so we can figure out which area will work best for our needs at the price we're looking at
From NB (Canada), we often cross over to go to Bangor and I've been twice in Boston passing thru on a bus (group) and I have been a few times going to visit my great-aunt in Springfield, but we've always just gone past Boston, execpt for this one time my mom took the wrong exit and we ended up downtown lol Anyhow I'm really not familiar with the surrounding areas, as you can see!