<p>I'm an international student and my mum is coming with me to Boston on 8/29...we'll need a reasonably-priced place to stay as she's going to stay in town for approx. 10 nights (I'm going to take up the 8/30 early move-in option); anyone has any suggestions? it doesn't even really have to be around Northeastern, as long as it's around Boston.</p>
<p>thanks!</p>
<p>Tripadvisor is a reliable site to begin your search. I’ve had positive stays at the Marriott Copley, Hilton, Westin, and the Sheraton. I’ve heard good things about the Hyatt Cambridge too.
Northeastern recommends the hotels noted on the school’s website:
<a href=“http://www.northeastern.edu/admissions/visitcampus/stay.html[/url]”>http://www.northeastern.edu/admissions/visitcampus/stay.html</a></p>
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<p>jeffreycone: thanks for your help! :)</p>
<p>We have stayed at the Colonnade several times. It is about 4 blocks to campus and 2 blocks (in the other direction) to Copley Square. They always have a Northeastern rate, but still not cheap. Worth a call. 800-962-3030. Friends recntly stayed at the Marriott Courtyard in Cambridge for a better rate. It is a short walk to the Charles River which separates Cambridge from Boston. It is about a mile from NEU.</p>
<p>Cheapest closest place is the Midtown Motel. Price includes parking which most of them do not. It is NOT fancy… go to tripadvisor and check the reviews. I am an NEU parent and I have stayed there. It is fine if you are basically just looking for a place to sleep.
Ten nights is a long time. Once you move in and the Welcome Week activities start you won’t have much time to spend with her…</p>
<p>I have stayed in several of the hotels in Boston…most recently at the Sheraton near NEU. Not bad at all and a short walk away. It was a priceline deal my hotel obsessed sister got. Keep in mind this was in the month of March, but we paid $70 a night. I have stayed at the Marriott and the Marriott Courtyard in Cambridge and Copley too. The Courtyard was nice and all , but not too convenient to the T .</p>
<p>As NEU parents for the last 3 years, we’ve flown into Boston Logan Airport and taken the T into downtown. We stayed at the Sheraton in the Prudential Center and used the T or cabs to get everywhere. Last trip (February 2009) we paid $60 per night plus city taxes. It is conveniently located to NEU. </p>
<p>As Ebeeee said, the Midtown Hotel is also convenient (a block or two closer to NEU), but when we were there it was winter and the Sheraton was connected indoors to the T station.</p>
<p>I agree with lje62 - parents don’t see much of their kids once move-in day is over - there are so many organized activities and new friends that there isn’t much time to get together. It’s the best time for new freshmen to meet each other and get comfortable with their new college life, so we didn’t want to distract our son away from all that. We just used the time to tour Boston and enjoy ourselves.</p>
<p>thanks for all the suggestions! </p>
<p>how long do you guys suggest that my mum stay? my orientation’s from 08/31-09/02 (plus ISSI orientation) and I want to go around Boston a bit with her; have a girls’ day or two or something, set up bank accounts and stuff like that…would 1 week be enough for everything?</p>
<p>xfiona, hard to say and of course, you have to do what is comfortable for you. She will have her own activities during the orientation. My concern about the ten days was that you would feel obligated to spend time with your Mom when you should be spending time with your new roommates, dormmates, etc. If you spend the first ten days just with your Mom the others will form friendships without you. i would say a few days past the orientation would be plenty. The bank thing literally takes ten minutes, probably about half an hour to set up a cel phone, etc.</p>
<p>^ she’s not going to orientation though. yeah, I’m afraid about feeling obligated to spend time with her if she’s there for 10 days because she’s there alone. I want her to stay for my birthday, and most short-term apartment leases (I found that vacation studio leases are more worth it) I’ve found are a week long so I guess 7 days would be enough then. </p>
<p>thank you :)</p>
<p>We always get great deals on Travelzoo. We usually stay at the Park Plaza. When we picked up my son in April, I got a deal for $110 a night, for parents who were visiting colleges. They always have great deals. We have also stayed at the Boston Back Bay, but that hotel is very expensive, we used our Hilton points.</p>
<p>bump… thinking about booking for Oct parents weekend. </p>
<p>(The other option is to go Columbus Day weekend and take son to visit relatives on Cape Cod. Thoughts?)</p>
<p>colorado_mom: I think you might want to visit during Parents Weekend just because a lot of your son’s friends’ parents and families will be there that weekend as well. If you’re not there, his friends might not be able to hang out with him for those couple of days (although it’s quite possible that he could hang out with a friend’s family for that weekend as well). Just something to consider. Although a weekend on the Cape away from campus sounds good as well! (Since I live so close, I always have the option of going home for a weekend. Your son might like to get away for a few days.)</p>
<p>I made tentative reservations last night at Midtown Hotel for Parents Weekend. (Our variables for work/vacation and airline tkts are still TBD, but I figured I’d better get a room now while available and then cancel if needed.) </p>
<p>The Midtown is .7 mile from NEU on Huntington toward Symphony and Prudential Ctr. It looks like we could walk or take the T. (Any safety hints about this walk?) The NEU rate was $169, plus $18/night if you have a car. It sounded high for a non-luxury place, but all others were booked or over $300/night.</p>
<p>That walk is safe, I suppose. I’ve walked back to NU from Prudential/Shaw’s at 12am once and my friends and I regularly go to Red Mango at night, then leave a bit after 11pm. With cars passing by, it’s not that quiet/creepy like Tremont St.</p>
<p>I think its a good rate for parents weekend. We have stayed there. Nothing fancy. Its about a 3-4 block walk, very close. The area is nice, you are in Back Bay. There is a great place about a block away for breakfast, Thorntons, on the same side as the Midtown. Its a neighborhood type restaurant, with seating inside and out.</p>
<p>The Colonnade with the Northeastern discount only turns out to be about thirty dollars more expensive than the Midtown rate. Definitely worth it. The colonnade is much nicer and just as convenient.</p>
<p>The Colonnade reservations clerk found no Northeastern rate on Sat, but suggested maybe it would be better to call during the week. They were quoting a nondiscounted $349/night.</p>
<p>If you go on priceline or a website like that you can get very very good deals for nice hotels in boston. My mom last time paid under 100$ per night at the Boston Park Plaza Hotel. It’s pretty far from campus (25 min walk) but it is a very nice hotel. Also, my parents really like to stay at the Marriott Courtyard by Copley Square and i think they get good deals there, and it is much closer to campus. </p>
<p>Just a few recommendations.</p>
<p>I wouldn’t recommend the midtown unless you really do not care about accommodations. The clarendon is much nicer for the extra spend, or if you can get discounted rates at either the Hilton back bay, Sheraton, or the Marriott Copley – i’d HIGHLY recommend it! The Copley Marriott was just redone and is beautiful, and is also a walk from campus. (about 15 mins but not a bad nor dangerous walk)</p>