Boston Hotel Recommendations Please.

[FManke 1,726]

I suggest The Seaport Boston. Stayed there before our cruise on Serenade. It's a great hotel about 8 min cab ride to cruise port. Close to a few good restaurants. I would suggest Row 35 for great seafood and Flour for great pastries, coffee and a quick breakfast. Both within a four block walk of the hotel. 

[teddy 200]

There are a bunch of hotels in the Seaport area of Boston.

I've personally stayed in the Renaissance, Westin, Aloft, and Element over the years while volunteering at conventions held at the Boston Convention/Expo Center.  Decent hotels.

Aloft was a smaller room which was set up a bit different than "regular" hotel rooms...the beds were perpendicular to the windows.  Our room in the Element had a kitchenette which was nice.  The Renaissance and Westin were just your standard hotel rooms.

For the past few years I have purposefully chose the Aloft despite the smaller room because they always recognize me as a Marriott member, and make sure I have early check-in (much appreciated when tens of thousands of people are converging on the area). 

I've never stayed in any of the suites, just the plain old "two queen beds" room.  

In all the hotels, the rooms were clean, the breakfast good, the wifi fast, and the staff pleasant.

 

[12thman 179]

@teddy thanks for the information!! 

[12thman 179]

1 hour ago, FManke said:

I suggest The Seaport Boston. Stayed tgheir before our cruise on Serenade. It's a great hotel about 8 min cab ride to cruise port. Close to a few good restaurants. I would suggest Row 35 for great seafood and Flour for great pastries, coffee and a quick breakfast. Both within a four block walk of the hotel. 

Thanks! Sounds interesting. 

[emsff02 555]

I've stayed at the Boston Mariott Long Warf. Its right on the water and within walking distance to all the downtown fun things to do in Boston, Quincy Market, Faneuil Hall, The Green Dragon Tavern etc. Its about a 15 minute drive to the cruise port. 

[AshleyDillo 3,062]

7 hours ago, Spang1974 said:

Hotel Buckminster next to Fenway is where we stayed before our cruise.

I have stayed here.  It is pretty affordable and was comfortable enough...but definitely not up to par with what you would expect from any of the chain hotels.  Not in a bad way..just not polished.  We ended up in a 2 bedroom suite which was like a mini apartment.  It's a couple blocks to the T and a block from Fenway..but other than that there wasn't a whole lot in the immediate area.

I personally haven't even thought that far ahead..still have figure out my plans for the not official group cruise Ovation for June first!

[12thman 179]

@AshleyDillowhat unofficial cruise in June?

[KathyC 871]

If you're looking for someplace just to crash for the night, we stayed at The Best Western Adams Inn.  It's in Quincy, just a few minutes from the seaport. 

 https://www.bwadamsinn.com/hotel 

It's got a pub with food and drink, and sports on the tv.  It's got water views and a free shuttle from the airport, and to the cruise port the next day.  

This spot worked great for us, as we got in late - they sent a to Lyft to the airport for us as the shuttle wasn't available - and it was pouring rain so no sightseeing was to be had.  We enjoyed the evening in the pub, and the next morning was off to the port.  Less than a mile away is a liquor store if you need to pick up wine to bring on board with you. 

[whenismynextcruise 132]

15 hours ago, WAAAYTOOO said:

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I am also a Marriott fan and I would recommend the Marriott Long Warf to anyone. Its only a short ride to the terminal by taxi or uber. It is also very close to downtown attractions like fanuel hall, the north end, its on the warf so water views and a nice area to walk around. I lived and worked in Boston for many years so this is from someone who knows Boston well here. If you are able Boston is a great walking city.Depending on what your needs and pleasures are you can walk to just about everything you might want to see in 15 minutes in that area.  If you are willing to spend a little more $$$ the Marriot Fairmont is in Copley Square (also another amazing Boston destination) https://www.accorhotels.com/gb/hotel-A554-fairmont-copley-plaza/index.shtml?utm_term=mafm&gclid=Cj0KCQiA2ITuBRDkARIsAMK9Q7MvrJ8Rp9xGr0659ejmOD_HJyBoEbCj69MzxVLMxOR-w-oqwFcD1zgaAnvDEALw_wcB&utm_campaign=ppc-ach-mafm-goo-us-en-us-bro-sear-a&utm_medium=cpc&utm_content=us-en-all-all&utm_source=google and has my favorite restaurant in the city in the lobby. The Oak Bar. The cheeseburgers are literally not to be missed.

[BunnyHutt 77]

I’ve got high status with IHG and when my kids and I went to Boston for fall break last year we stayed at the Kimpton Nine Zero. Fantastic location (provided you don’t care about being close to the port, lol) on the Freedom Trail, adjacent to Boston Common. Samuel Adams’ gravesite was literally across the street from our entrance.

Lots of character and within walking distance of sooo much. And what we didn’t walk to, we just rode the T. 

[AshleyDillo 3,062]

8 hours ago, 12thman said:

@AshleyDillowhat unofficial cruise in June?

Ovation of the Seas, June 5 RT out of Seattle.  Matt booked this as his family's return to Alaska and a bunch of us went ahead and also booked it.  MEI should even have a group if you ask about it..my invoice has the group number as "FLORIDA FRIENDS".  It won't be a typical group cruise with scheduled activities and an itinerary, but there should be quite a few of us on that sailing!

[12thman 179]

Hmmm maybe I should look into this? Thanks!

 

Did this cruise have Glacier Bay? If it did it's been modified. 

10 minutes ago, AshleyDillo said:

Ovation of the Seas, June 5 RT out of Seattle.  Matt booked this as his family's return to Alaska and a bunch of us went ahead and also booked it.  MEI should even have a group if you ask about it..my invoice has the group number as "FLORIDA FRIENDS".  It won't be a typical group cruise with scheduled activities and an itinerary, but there should be quite a few of us on that sailing!

 

[AshleyDillo 3,062]

4 minutes ago, 12thman said:

Did this cruise have Glacier Bay? If it did it's been modified. 

Nope..it never had Glacier Bay as far as I know.  When you visit that cruise page it pops up with an itinerary change notification but I can't figure out why.  We originally booked it in November 2018 and the current itinerary matches what's on my booking confirmation from that time.

I don't expect Glacier Bay to really start showing up on itineraries until the 2021 season.  There's a process they have to go through to secure the visits there and since they just got their 10-year contract accepted effective October 2019, I can't imagine that gives them a lot of time to secure everything for the 2020 season.  Plus I think the other ships that got their contracts renewed actually get priority in securing their visits so Royal has to compete with those ships and gets to take what's left over.

[twangster 19,271]

1 minute ago, AshleyDillo said:

I don't expect Glacier Bay to really start showing up on itineraries until the 2021 season.  There's a process they have to go through to secure the visits there and since they just got their 10-year contract accepted effective October 2019, I can't imagine that gives them a lot of time to secure everything for the 2020 season.  Plus I think the other ships that got their contracts renewed actually get priority in securing their visits so Royal has to compete with those ships and gets to take what's left over.

Royal may have abandoned plans for Glacial Bay.

https://www.royalcaribbeanblog.com/boards/index.php?/topic/16389-rccl-not-visiting-glacier-bay-in-2020/

• November 4, 2019
• (2:15 p.m. EST) -- After winning coveted spots earlier this year to sail into Glacier Bay National Park, Royal Caribbean has decided not to visit the famed Alaska preserve, forcing it to change itineraries for several 2020 sailings.
• The National Park Service confirmed that the cruise line recently elected not to finalize its agreement to visit the park. Earlier this year, the federal agency announced that seven cruise lines had won 10-year park access including Cunard, Princess Cruises, Holland America Line, Norwegian Cruise Line, Seabourn, Viking Cruises and Royal Caribbean.
• This means that Royal Caribbean won't be visiting the UNESCO World Heritage Site until at least 2029, when the current agreement expires. Sailings on Ovation of the Seas and Radiance of the Seas have been affected, with the Glacier Bay call being replaced by visits to Endicott Arm and Dawes Glacier, or Skagway. Not all the line's webpages have been updated to reflect the change.

[karl_nj 111]

I just got back from a long weekend trip to Boston.  We stayed at the Residence Inn in the Seaport area  https://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/bosfp-residence-inn-boston-downtown-seaport/.  We really liked the hotel.  It's built in a old renovated building, so the architecture is interesting.  It will be close to where the cruise ships dock, but you can also walk a mile and get to Boston Common or Faneuil Hall There is a Trader Joes down the street,  a liquor store across the street, and a CVS around the corner.  There are several interesting bars and restaurants in the immediate area, including a great microbrewery down the street (next to the Trader Joes), and a bunch of seafood restaurants within walking distance.  I would certainly stay there again.

[MattCasey 16]

As I'm from Boston I have lots of recommendations. Parker House is always nice, right downtown. Marriot Long Wharf is on the water, as is the Boston Harbor Hotel if you want to splurge

[mworkman 1,747]

What's going on in Sept that would raise the prices of rooms? 😳

We decided to use our Marriott points since room prices are over priced. 

[ellcee 1,089]

2 hours ago, mworkman said:

What's going on in Sept that would raise the prices of rooms? 😳

Still baseball season!