MA/Boston ladies

jen4ny · January 2013

DH and I are trying to plan a weekend in Boston. Any suggestions of a hotel or bed and breakfast to stay in? I have been checking out some hotels and they are so expensive. The one thing DH really wants to do while we are there is go to the Kennedy Library. Thanks for any help!

bluejetta · January 2013

I love the Kennedy Library -- it is my touchstone when I'm feeling disillusioned by my work in public service. Unfortunately it is a high cost travel area and there aren't a ton of bed and breakfasts. You might find better rates in Cambridge (though lots of business travelers so not sure how that impacts prices) which is accessible by public transit into downtown and out to the library (mbta red line).

septmom11 · January 2013

Just be careful when booking your hotel. Alot of lower cost hotel chains advertise downtown boston when they are in some not so desirable suburbs

shelley1002 · January 2013

septmom11:
Just be careful when booking your hotel. Alot of lower cost hotel chains advertise downtown boston when they are in some not so desirable suburbs

This. A lot are on Route 1 in Revere by the airport and not in the city. Then you have to pay tolls to get into the city via one of the tunnels or the Tobin.

When I go I splurge and stay at the Omni Parker House. I can usually get a better rate there on Hotels.com than I can through their site. It's a historic hotel that was remodeled a few years ago. Rooms are really small but you don't spend much time there anyway. It's a couple blocks from Fanueil Hall/Quincy Market, and a few blocks from Boston Common. Several T lines right near there too at Givernement Center and the Old State house.

I stayed at the Holiday Inn Express in Cambridge/Somerville. Nice hotel, right near the Lechmere T but not a nice area.

SusieBW · January 2013

I've only stayed overnight in Boston twice that I can remember, and I would not recommend either place. So take this as a warning of places not to stay, I guess.

First was the Hotel Buckminster, right in Kenmore Square. What a dump! We stayed because Dh and I both got way more drunk than intended at a Sox game and after calling most of the decent hotels in Boston and Cambridge and finding that all were booked, we wandered into the Bucky and wound up crashing there for the night for about $80.

The other was Club Quarters, which is a really nice little hotel, if a bit small, but it very much caters to business folks. It's in the financial district, which is close to Fanueil Hall/Quincy Market and a few T stops, and therefore pretty convenient, but otherwise, the area is completely dead on weekends. It was almost eerie walking around there on Saturday afternoon and even more so on Sunday morning.

JKGymnast · January 2013

Because I live here I can't say too much about the hotels... But my first choices if you can splurge are Omni Parker, Weston Copley, fairmont Copley... Otherwise find an area you want to be most centrally located to (for example, Fenway Park, the library) and search by location, the read up on their reviews on hotels.com. Or come back and give us a name... The B&Bs are more so on the Cape and Islands... Not really in downtown Boston.

Side note: If you're sports fans, id take a tour of Fenway, it's fantastic, even if the team is not so fantastic right now... :-).

jen4ny · January 2013

Thanks for all the tips ladies. I'll let you know if I have any questions about a specific hotel and the area it is in.

bluejetta · January 2013

Another vote for Omni Parker (I work nearby) in terms of location, history, etc. Not sure who $$$ it is. Like JK I haven't stayed at most of the area hotels so I'd have more info to offer on sights and such rather than the actual accommodations.

shelley1002 · January 2013

Omni Parker is over 200 a night. I think I got it for 235 once.

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