Budget hotel with car parking

Hello!

We%26#39;ll be arriving in Boston on the 18th of June, coming from Cape Cod. I`m trying to find a reasonably priced hotel/inn, preferably around $100, not more than $120.

We%26#39;re arriving with car. I`m not very keen on driving in the city so I`m looking on places outside of Boston, but within a 30 minutes drive and train ride to the city center.

So far I%26#39;ve come up with Holiday Inn ($120/night) and Country Inn ($100/night) in Brockton. I`m not sure how far away these are from Boston though. Any other suggestions are greatly appreciated of course :)

Budget hotel with car parking

We just stayed at the Homestead Suites in Waltham. It%26#39;s about a 20 drive to the Alewife station (Red Line).

For a queen the price is about $95 after taxes and king is $100/night after taxes. It%26#39;s clean and has a small kitchen.

The hotel also has free shuttles to the station, but I think it%26#39;s very limited (mostly around business hours such as 7 AM and 5 PM). Parking at the Alewife station is only $5/day.

Budget hotel with car parking

Hi

Since you are coming from the Cape, I%26#39;d recommend two places which are steps off of the highway you will be driving on (I-93/Route 3).

There is a Motel 6 in Braintree which is cheap and has free parking. It%26#39;s $79/night. The good thing is that it%26#39;s next door to the Braintree Red Line subway station, so it%26#39;s extremely convenient to get in and out of Boston without your car. However, it%26#39;s basic, no-frills accommodations in a boring surburban area with nothing interesting for a tourist in the immediate area. But, if you just need a cheap place to sleep, a free place to park your car, and easy access to Boston, it%26#39;s great.

The other place is a Holiday Inn Express on Boston St. in Dorchester. It%26#39;s around $109/night, has free parking, free continental breakfasts, and it%26#39;s maybe a slight improvement in comfort over the Motel 6. It%26#39;s also a 5 minute walk from the Red Line at Andrew station. The down side is that it%26#39;s in an ugly light industrial area, with lots of auto body shops, and shopping mall as neighbors. Again, if you are just looking for a cheap place to park the car and sleep, it%26#39;s perfect. My 85yo dad stays there when he visits Boston and always has had good things to say about it.

http://www.motel6.com (Braintree is hotel #1057)

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The suggestions listed here are much better options than the ones you found in Brockton. You don%26#39;t want to go to Brockton, it%26#39;s not a very pleasant place at all.

I second Beantownmans suggestions. Getting a T station within walking distance to your hotel is key for a place outside the city. Remember that the Alewife Station on the Red line often fills up early morning with commuters (Mon to Fri) and the garage is undergoing renovations so different floors are often off limits so further limiting the number of parking spots there. Weekends it is fine place to park and we often use it without any trouble Sat or Sunday.

Based on your advice we choose the Motel 6. Price and accessability to Boston deciding factors :)

Thanks very much for your help!

http://www.bwadamsinn.com/

I think this is nicer than the hotel in Braintree... both are better than Brockton.

The Best Western looks nicer, but it%26#39;s roughly twice the price of the motel 6 in Braintree. As long as we%26#39;re not trading safety for a good price, I think we%26#39;ll stay with motel 6 :)

Thanks for all the suggestions. You%26#39;re all very helpful!

It is good that you decided not to stay in Brockton. It is out of the question.

Motel 6 is the American version of an Accor economy hotel, about at the level of an Ibis. There are two things that you can do near the motel that are not what one usually considers tourist activities. There is a Best Buy store nearby, but you will need to drive to it. And I strongly suggest that you get directions to ';Famous Dave%26#39;s'; barbecue restaurant in Braintree, which is about two km down the road. In my opinion it is outstanding.

I know, I know. The other Bostonians are gasping. You%26#39;re here to spend time in Boston. But Best Buy is now a phenomenon in the US, and I am sure you will find it interesting (as I am sure we would have found IKEA interesting in its early years there). And it will be so close. It is worth an hour. About Famous Dave%26#39;s, I have many friends from outside the US who love barbecue when I introduce them to it.

OK, Bostonians, you can resume normal activity... ';Nothing to see here.';

We found another room at a B%26amp;B that looks very nice. Carruth House in Dorchester. From the reviews at TA it it seems like a good place for $100/night. What do you think of the place? I thought I read somewhere that Dorchester area is iffy?

Hi,

The idea about Famous Dave%26#39;s is interesting. When I had friends visiting from England, their favorite place I took them was Bugaboo Creek steakhouse in Braintree (which is next door to Famous Dave%26#39;s).

I wasn%26#39;t planning to take them, but they wanted to see a real ';American Suburb'; restaurant. It fit the bill perfectly. Also, the food isn%26#39;t so bad and they really enjoyed the steaks.

Famous Dave%26#39;s is definitely a slice of Americana, and for someone from overseas it might be a fun dinner, in a campy sort of way. It%26#39;s difficult for us here to imagine the attraction of some of these chain places. However, if it%26#39;s not something you find in your home country, it can be interesting. Look at all the hype here when a foreign chain opens up, like Wagamama, for example.

Anyhow, it is a 5 minute drive from the Motel 6 and if you want to stick closer to the motel one evening for dinner, and you want BBQ, it%26#39;s a good option.

As for the Best Western Adams Inn, it%26#39;s a nice motel, but as mentioned it%26#39;s significantly more expensive. Also, it%26#39;s a bit less convenient for the Red Line. North Quincy station is a 10 minute walk. The Motel 6 is next door to the Red Line.

And yes, it%26#39;s in a perfectly safe area, so not to worry about that.