Ok, so we just got back from a quick stay at the Ramada. Me and the hubby did this as a pre-cruise option. The hotels in the area are really expensive so for what we were "trying" to do this was just about our best option.
First all the good stuff. There is free shuttle services to/from the airport, subways, Black Falcon cruise terminal, and also other close by locations. Check in was simple and the front desk staff (I think her name was Sherita) was super cool and down to earth. The shuttle guy from the airport said the hotel is about 6miles from the airport and the drive seemed close to 20mins.
The room was clean, the beds comfortable and shower pressure good. All standard ammenities you would expect from Ramada.
Now the not so good. Now I am not going to say it is bad, but it wasnt really what I was expecting. This hotel used to be were you entered your rooms from the outside. The walkways have now been enclosed to give it more of a sercure appearance but the ventilation system in the halls is horrid. It was everybit mid 80's walking in the halls to the room. I am pretty good with following directions otherwise I would have gotten lost because of the numerous left/rights to reach the room. When we arrived at the room I got scared that there was someone already in the room because we couldnt get the door to open. We had to put a substantial amount of weight against the door to open it. Guess maybe the door was swollen??? Same thing leaving the room, I had to pull all my weight on it to get it to open. Now the room was clean, beds comfy so once we got in there we were in for the night.
Only other not so good thing is June 22 Boston had horrid thunderstorms. Our flight was delayed, delayed and delayed then cancelled, because so many people were effected due to Bostons Airport ground stop I wasnt even sure we would make it to Boston. Originally we were supposed to have arrived Friday at 3:00pm in Boston. At 5pm I called the hotel to inform them of the issue. They advised that I didnt call to cancel by 4pm so rather I make it or not I would be charged for the room. The room was $187.00 ..OUCH! Now I get it, policy is policy, but c'mon really. You can look outside and see I am not making this up (even the airport driver confirmed that the weather was horrid.) So this added even more stress to me knowing that I may be spending this much money and not using the hotel. In addition to this, If I get stuck in another city I may have to foot the bill for another hotel room too....So all in all we eventually found a flight to Hartford, CT and rented a car and drove 2hours to the Boston Airport. We reach the hotel by 330am Sat morning. So with a few hours of sleep I felt somewhat okay we made it. I never made it to the free breakfast because I wanted to sleep in, plus we were heading to a cruise... The airport shuttle bus driver said they had eggs, waffles, fruits, pastries...etc.
I also want to mention that the hotel has lots of things around it, bowling alley, restauraunt, had a great price of Boston Redsox tickets 2 for $100, City Tours pick up from the hotel etc, also there was a hotel pool yet due to the weather issue I didnt get to try anything in the area. I would consider staying here in the future. Maybe not at a $187.00 rate though. Maybe no more than $150.00 but on the other hand the complimentary shuttle paid off. So it just depends on what you are looking to do in the area. BTW if you are leaving from the cruiseport back to the airport it is $21.70. I added some pictures. As usual if you have any question send me an email. Plus dont forget to let me know if this review helps by hitting the yes button below.
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