Pssst, Boston... ready for another gathering?

Well, I booked already some months ago, a b&b.

We know Walter; we're trying to help RJB now.

What I know as well :wink:

(Even special "last minute" sites don't have a lot of rooms, and none "affordable". )

I'm well aware this is none of my business, Walter, except I'd love to be there myself.

A house I didn't inherit some long time ago (oh, never mind, that was all of my parents' generation) would've made a nice b + b.

Skipping along, I hope rjb finds quarters... bowing out of where I shouldn't have posted in the first place, dumb re local stuff.

Depends on what you consider affordable. Keep in mind that even when I was in college, over 25 years ago, hotels were already over $100/night. For all of these, I looked at June 3 - 10; your mileage will vary if you want different dates.

1. At www.boston4less.com - put in your arrive and return dates and sort by price. Boston Bedford Travelodge (not close, but not infinitely far, either) is $79/night.
   
2. At www.travelocity.com - again, put in your dates and you'll need the airport code (BOS) and sort by price. They have the same Travelodge at $69/night so I'll wager they may be better than boston4less for other choices as well. When I limited them to Cambridge and sorted by price, they came up with Holiday Inn Express and Suites, but at $211/night.
   
3. At www.orbitz.com - I just looked at Cambridge and they came up with a Holiday Inn Express for $128/night.
   
4. At www.hotels.com - sorting by price, they came up with the Boston Bedford Travelodge, for $79/night. They also had a B & B tab so I checked that as well but the results were similar. You can also go to a deals tab and I found the Shawmut Inn there. $119/night but the dates are off -- that may be one where you can get a last-minute deal, though. They also showed the College Club of Boston, similar rate but I think it's another last-minute issue.

Anyway, my recommendation is: check the usual sites online and be flexible.

hotwire.com

I think it was the Hyatt in downtown Boston I got for something ridiculous like $80 for a night off their site.

I found several options, a couple with last minute price reductions, like the Shawmut and Chandler Inns, for June 6th and 7th. But I forget. Why am I going to Boston?

The Chandler Inn would be an interesting choice. It's a two-minute walk from where I am. I can see part of it from my front windows.

The Chandler Inn, in its present incarnation, is primarily a gay men's residency hotel. I didn't even know they sold transient accommodations. It has a history. Back in the day it was called The Hotel Diplomat and was probably the best-known whorehouse in all of Boston. It's where any cabbie would take you if you asked to be 'fixed up.' (I know only because I used to drive a cab ) At some point in the 1980s it changed hands and clientele. The hotel has a charming-looking cocktail lounge called Fritz's. I have never ever seen a woman enter this bar.

You don't know?

I thought there was going to be a mini-gathering of A2K folks o/a June 6th and 7th. But evidentally I need to know the secret Harvard/MIT/Red Sox hand signal to find out anything.

I was coming over there ..... and thought, it would be nice to meet again :wink:

RJB - there's nothing to find out. We don't make plans well. We haven't made much of a plan yet. A few pages back there was a plan for one evening to meet at a bar/restaurant in Harvard Square (John Harvard's).

I'd thaught, George wanted to make reservations for that pub?

All well and good, Littlek. But I envision Johnboy standing in the middle of Harvard Square screaming "Stella! Stella!" Oops, wrong city, wrong play. How about "Jespah! Jespah!"

I'll be wandering the streets of Bahstin, searching for a guy in a torn tee shirt.

Ah have always relahhd on the kindness of strangers.

When you get to Harvard Square, you will see the "Out-of-Town News",
a newstand in the middle of the square. There'll be an old guy there
wearing a blue baseball cap with "Goodrich" on it. That'll be me. I'll also
have my cell phone with me. I'll send the number to you via PM.

I wish I could be there early enough to scoop people up. But, given my schedule, I'll be there later than most. I'll also offer my cell # to those who think they might need it (via PM).

That day I'm in an all-day work meeting (oof) but will be released at 5 or so, possibly already a little tipsy and undoubtedly speaking corporate. RP and I will probably grab an Inbound Red Line together, might even be early if the T gods are smiling.

Head count!
Walter
George
littlek
Dag?
RP
me
RJB?

Anyone else?

i think CrazieLady420, username and Merry Andrew said they would go...

Yah, I can prob'ly make it. What's the date and time again?