Location: Great. In the theater district and a super-quick walk to Boston Common, the T, and restaurants. I personally didn't find the rooms I stayed in noisy, despite the nightclubs surrounding the hotel.
Cost and Room Info: The Boston hotel scene is well on its way to matching NYC prices. After taxes, the room charge for a standard double room over the weekend I was there was over $400 (perhaps the conferences and dance competitions were the reason for the high rates that weekend). For that, I got the pleasure upon arrival of finding a toilet seat with water and a small urine stain...always travel with a pair of latex gloves and Clorox wipes, kids.
The following night, my friends and I moved into two new rooms on the executive level. The executive level rooms are nothing special. In fact, the corner double room on the 12th floor the night before was actually larger than my executive level king room on floor 15. However, on the executive level you do get the added bonus of a security guard who does not even look at who is coming up in the elevator, as he is too busy watching tv and checking his email on the computer meant for executive level guests. When I went to print a document, I had to wait for the security guard to finish his email. Hmmmm.
Additionally, I did request that the sheets in my executive king be changed due to a weird white stain on the sheets (yuck). The housekeeping staff was very prompt and responsive. The housekeeper told me the stain was from the washing machines. Even so, I'd prefer stain-free sheets just to be safe....so they were changed and I was grateful.
The lobby is quite lovely. The building has a long history, and the front desk has little cards available that explain the building's background. I found the staff to be friendly and with a few tweaks, this could be a really decent hotel. My advice: more attention to housekeeping inspections, re-train the security guard, and try to keep the room rates a bit more in line with what is actually being offered. The W Hotel next door is practically the same price as this Courtyard some weekends.
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