Cheap Boston Hotels

Old Jul 18th, 2006, 09:05 AM
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Cheap Boston Hotels

What is the cheapest overall hotel in Boston. What is the cheapest downtown boston hotel. What Boston hotels provide the most bang for your buck. What is the cheapest centrally located hotel
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Old Jul 18th, 2006, 09:07 AM
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I think the best bang for your buck is the Mariners house, in little italy. Its a beautiful hotel for about $100 a night. But you have to be in the navy or merchant seaman to stay there
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Old Jul 18th, 2006, 09:49 AM
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To get the most bang for your buck in general, use priceline (unless you need more than 2/room)
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Old Aug 30th, 2006, 11:00 AM
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I thought I'd resurrect this thread because I'm thinking of visiting Beantown this or next year.

What's a decent cheap ($60-100/night) Boston hotel near downtown and/or a T stop? The neighborhood it's in must at least be safe, if not a place in its own. My destinations will be Cambridge, Beacon Hill, downtown, and Boston Common/Back Bay if there is time.

The previous entries did not help much :\
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Old Aug 30th, 2006, 11:02 AM
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You won't find a hotel in Boston for under $100/night. For that price range you're going to have to stay outside the city in a not so nice place. I think Priceline is your best bet.
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I'm thinking NOT a Priceline-based price. Okay, $100-$150. No more Priceline ads. Please.
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Old Aug 30th, 2006, 11:15 AM
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But that's the problem: The greater Boston area is a tight, very expensive lodging market. Without Priceline, the pickings even at $150 a night are mighty slim. I do, however, have a possibility: My favorite, the Newbury Guest House, right on Newbury Street in Back Bay. Perfect location, wonderful B&B style guest house. But I don't know if you can still get a room for less than $150/night.
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All depends on the time of year and whether it's weekend or weekday. It makes all the difference...can you give us a time frame.
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Old Aug 30th, 2006, 11:27 AM
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Milemarker, I really don't have a time in mind. If anything, most likely next summer. But tell me, when's the season to get the lowest rates?

I read about Newbury, and like its Back Bay location. So that sounds good. What about the HoJo I read about near downtown (not sure what neighborhood)? Is it okay?
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Old Aug 30th, 2006, 11:37 AM
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I wasn't trying to be an ad for Priceline but your budget is very unrealistic. $150 would be the minimum I think you'd find anything. Plug in some dates on hotels.com or a similar site and see what you come up with. Beware that hotels often advertise as Boston/Waltham or such and those hotels are not in Boston and a pain to get into Boston.
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Old Aug 30th, 2006, 11:44 AM
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Thanks for the tip, wyatt
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Old Aug 30th, 2006, 11:50 AM
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Try the Mid-Town Hotel on Huntington Ave. Good location, relatively cheap.
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Winter is definitely cheaper. Summer is high season, as well as Spring (Because of Graduations)You can often catch good deals in April, or after graduations up until July 4th.

I know you don't want to deal with Priceline, but what about Hotwire.

With a little bit of research, you can pretty much get a good idea of what 1 or 2 hotels it will be.

In the Winter or off period times, you can regularly get nice hotels for $100 sometimes less. (i.e. Doubletree Theater District, Radisson, Park Plaza, Holiday Inn Express Gov't Center, Hyatt Downtown, just to name a few)

If the HoJo's you're refering to is the one next to Fenway, you can do a lot better. Kind of a Motel style place that is really only busy during Baseball season or if you're looking for cheap accomodations to crash for the night....and it's not usually too cheap, because of it's location.)
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Everything is relative. A cheap Boston hotel is $250. A cheap NYC hotel is $300. A cheap hotel in farm country is $40.

That said, this Beacon Hill B&B is the cheapest place to stay in central Boston and gives the greatest value (note - these rates are before taxes):

http://www.johnjeffrieshouse.com/
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