Full immersion or save money?
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Anonymous
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We are flying into Boston before we visit family in ME. Our original plan was to spend a day exploring Boston, spend the night there before we headed N and check out a couple places along the way (Salem, Manchester-by-the-Sea/Gloucester area) with the plan being to spend a night in each before meeting up with family. But hotels are ridiculously expensive as this is sort of last minute idea.
So I found an OK looking chain hotel (think Hampton) in a centrally located shopping type area. We figured we can take day trips. We will still visit and stay in Boston. We will save around $1000 doing this, but then lose that immersion experience, and the nicer accommodations. Convince me either way, what to do. |
Anonymous
| I feel like it's ok to save the $1000. |
Anonymous
| Immersion? In Boston? What?! Save the money |
Anonymous
| We have done this in other cities and I actually prefer it to staying in the city center. Parking is easy, it’s quiet, I’m near grocery stores etc if I need to replenish things. We have a high traffic tolerance FWIW |
Anonymous
| Have you looked into Airbnb? |
Anonymous
| What immersion experience? Am I missing something? |
Anonymous
| We would spend the money. Location is very important to us. But I do understand why others feel differently. |
Anonymous
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Good alternative.
The extra cash can be used to make the trip more fun. Save on the room (where you will only sleep) |
Anonymous
I’m thinking it’s like staying on Mackinac Island vs staying at the Hampton on the interstate near the Waffle House. |
Anonymous
I agree. I hate driving on vacation, so I'm willing to spend extra for prime locations located IN the spots I want to be, not 30-45 minutes away every day. That gets old very quickly, especially with kids and at the end of a long day of touring. Once my day is done, I just want to be able to quickly get back to where I'm staying and relax. |