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Hyatt Regency Boston Harbor - how to get to the city?

Old Feb 5th, 2016, 09:04 PM
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Hyatt Regency Boston Harbor - how to get to the city?

We are travelling to Boston this summer for 5 days. Due to a low price, free Hyatt nights and points, we are booked at the Hyatt Regency Boston Harbor. It was a great deal, but now I am concerned about the difficulty, time and cost of getting into Boston every day. I know that there is a water taxi, but there are 5 of us, and it seems like that will get very pricey. Is it easy just to take a subway or such? Did I save money on the room, only to spend it on getting into and out of the city every day? What can we look forward to? Thank you for your help.
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Old Feb 5th, 2016, 09:19 PM
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The cost of the water taxi will mount up, especially for 5. You can take a shuttle bus to the Airport Station of the Blue Line subway. The cost is $2.65 for the subway. Buying weekly passes for everyone makes sense. The cost is $19 per person for unlimited subway rides for a week. The hotel has lovely views but isn't the most convenient location for 5 days. Can you switch to the downtown Hyatt?
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Old Feb 5th, 2016, 09:29 PM
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Another alternative is to take the shuttle to one of the airport terminals and take the Silver Line bus to South Station, where you can transfer to the Red Line. The ride into Boston is free but is $2.65 leaving.

The good news is that Government Center Station is scheduled to reopen on March 26. This is a Blue Line/Green Line station. Www.mbta.com
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Old Feb 6th, 2016, 05:24 AM
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The Harbor Hyatt cost us $158 per night, plus we can use two of our free nights there (credit card bonus), while the downtown Hyatt was something like $350 per night and no free nights. For 4 nights and two rooms, that was quite a big difference.

I know the hotel has some type of shuttle to the subway. The weekly pass is a good idea.

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Hyatt Boston Harbor can be a very good deal but you do need to get a weekly train pass. Do take a water taxi one time, several sifferent companies; the hotel concierge can give you a discount pass or an free pass if he/she decides to do that.
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The last time I stayed still the Hyatt, the Hotel hds its own shuttle to the terminals and the MBTA, and the airport shuttle bus marked "Water Taxi" stopped right next to the hotel.

In addition to the expensive shuttle to Rowe's Wharf (and you should take it once at sunset for the incredible view) there have sometimes been other, cheaper boats to Long Wharf or Charlestown, but I think these depend on the MBTA budget, and it hasn't been too strong lately.
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Great, thanks for the info. This helps a lot.
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Old Feb 7th, 2016, 08:23 AM
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You need to consider where you will eat your meals. The breakfasts at the Hyatt Boston Harbor are expensive. And their dinners are nothing to write home about. The rooms did not have refrigerators the last time we stayed there. The additional costs of transportation and meals may make this hotel less of a bargain. If you are in the city itself you can grab breakfast at a café or diner. We stay at the Hyatt Boston Harbor in conjunction with flights, late arrivals, etc.
If you do stay there, make sure you have a harbor view/city skyline view room instead of one facing an airport runway.
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I would agree with happytrvlr about the cost of food, but they are getting a huge discount on the room, much better than they could get downtown. This is partly because I eat breakfast, not coffee and a bun.

If coffee and a bun are okay, Dunkin Donuts are ubiquitous in Boston, beginning in the airport terminals and seemingly on every block in the city.

I would eat lunch in the city near where I was touring and have dinner in the North End or Quincy Market area, then walk to the Aquarium T station nearby and take the Blue Line back to Logan and the hotel shuttle. There are increasing numbers of interesting Latin American eateries in Maverick Square, one stop from the airport.


Absolutely ask for a water view room.
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Old Feb 9th, 2016, 07:57 AM
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We are Platinum level members at Hyatt, due to our credit card, so we will hopefully get the water view room. I will make sure to include the request in my reservations. I like the Latin American eateries idea. We are pretty light breakfast eaters - coffee and a muffin is fine with us. Then maybe a big lunch in the city, and a light Latin dinner.
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Can't go wrong with a cab to Santarpios Pizza for a garlic pizza and a mixed grill of house sausage and lamb tips with crusty bread and hot peppers and a bottle of their best. You'd be surprised that cheap wine can taste good with the right food and atmosphere! Cash only still, I think.

http://www.santarpiospizza.com/index.html

And Rino's place is a great red sauce joint, not sure how the wait is these days, since the food network turned it into a tourist destination. Lobster Rav!

http://www.rinosplace.com
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Strongly agree about a cab to Santarpio's. The restaurant and the lamb tips are Boston institutions.
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Old Feb 11th, 2016, 08:58 AM
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If Mexican food interests you, Angela's Cafe in East Boston is highly-rated.
It, too, would be a short cab ride.
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