Boston Accommodation

Boston Accommodation – Where to Sleep in Boston for Cheap (Homeless Shelters not Included)

If you’re staying in Boston on a budget, you have several options, but you have to remember that it is real estate prices that make Boston so expensive (restaurants or shop, as well as some of the attractions, have to pay the rent, right?).

There are some ways around the expensive hotel prices in Boston, assuming you don’t know anyone in Boston who would take you in (thank you tmarmoret!!!). The first might be to join an apartment exchange program (like this, this or this). The way it works was featured in a pretty bad Cameron Diaz/Kate Winslet movie I’ve seen on a plane, The Holiday, but it doesn’t have to work like that. It could be actually good. You might find a cheap – perhaps even free – host in Boston that way. There is also the CouchSurfing organization, where people register themselves to accommodate or meet others. Another option for budget accommodation in Boston would be to look up – through Craigslist for example – for people willing to rent their apartments when they are on vacation; for example (given the number of universities in Boston, Cambridge and the vicinity) students on one of their winter, summer or spring break. Bed and Breakfasts are also usually more affordable than hotels, although in the case of Boston, you can’t be sure…

For those of you who cannot sleep at someone else’s house, I can recommend the Marriott Residence Inn, a cheaper version of Marriott, which is suitable to host a relatively large party for affordable prices, something that could be a solution for those visiting Boston with kids or as students. The Residence Inn is also very close to MIT and Harvard.