Boston in October
 

We will be in Boston for 2 days, Oct 9 and 10th. I'm having trouble finding a hotel that will accommodate our needs. We will be needing a shuttle to and from Logan. We would love something convenient to touristy things and charming. A large hotel chain would be fine, but we'd like to keep it around $200. Confused as to the best location to stay also. Thank you. Any suggestions?

Location: downtown, Copley, Back Bay.
Avoid hotel that are listed as Boston-area or have Boston in their name but are actually in another city - unless you absolutely must to save money.

Cost: I would try Priceline if it is only 2 people.

Don't limit yourself to hotels with airport shuttle. MBTA is an option and even a cab is not all that expensive from downtown area to airport.

Do a search here on Boston hotels - it is one of the most popular topics here.

Try the chandler hotel onGoogle. We stayed there in 2004 and walked to all the historic places. PAul

As gail pointed out, the price of a taxi is reasonable; that's one reason that most hotels don't bother to offer a shuttle. And it's tru that there have been several recent threads about economical Boston htels; IMHO, Priceline or one of the other discounters is your best bet.

You dates are a particular challenge because Columbus Day weekend (Oct. 7 - 9) is a very popular travel weekend for Boston due to foliage tours, college parents' and sports events, conference season etc.

I posted a reply to your questions that you asked on my trip report thread.