<p>Does anyone have any suggestions for a hotel near Wellesley that's not too expensive? My daughter really wants to fly out for Open Campus, but there are no early morning flights so she'd have to go the night before. She might be going with a friend, so if that is the case, it would have to be a place that allows 18-year-olds to book a room. If the friend doesn't go, my husband or I will have to go, which means we'd have to get the hotel for 2 nights. Or if it was just the 2 girls, would it make more sense to get a hotel near the airport, check out early in the morning, go back to the airport & catch the shuttle to campus? She really wants to go, but I just don't know how we're going to make this work. I'd really appreciate any ideas anyone might have.</p>
<p>Most people who stay at hotels near Wellesley stay in Natick or Needham or some other local suburb. A lot of people stay at the Courtyard Marriott in Natick on Speen Street; when I came for spring open campus, Wellesley College had reserved some rooms for people coming for SOC so you got a reduced price on the room. I know there are some other Marriotts in the area also. Rooms were definitely reasonably priced though I don’t remember exactly what my parents paid; breakfast was not included. </p>
<p>If you’re looking for something cheaper, there is a Travelodge in Natick also that is located right across from the Natick Collection (the largest mall in New England) and also across the street from Dick’s Sporting Goods and a Starbucks and some other stores. The rooms there are about half of what it would cost to stay at the Courtyard Marriott but you are also paying for quality of the room…</p>
<p>Wellesley College also has it’s own hotel of sorts on campus, the College Club. It has a limited number of rooms but it is right on campus! Prices are a but more expensive ($135-150) but here is the information. You can make reservations online.
[Welcome</a> to the Wellesley College Club](<a href=“http://www.wellesley.edu/Collegeclub/accommodations.html]Welcome”>http://www.wellesley.edu/Collegeclub/accommodations.html)</p>
<p>If your daughter wants to come out by herself and cannot come in the day of Spring Open Campus, I would call admissions and see if she could stay with a student that night. We have an overnight hostess program throughout the year for prospective students with volunteer hostesses.</p>
<p>Also, here is the list of hotels from the Admissions website: <a href=“http://www.wellesley.edu/admission/admission/hotels.html[/url]”>http://www.wellesley.edu/admission/admission/hotels.html</a></p>
<p>Also, if you have to come in early for Spring Open Campus (I know a lot of flights from the West Coast in particular come in to Boston around 5-6am) you can contact admissions and they can arrange for you all to come to campus before the actual check-in time. I know some people who did this my year and they really bonded with each other and had a chance to explore the campus on their own for a bit.</p>
<p>There is an embassy suite next to Boston Logan Airport. It is pretty expensive as pretty much all hotels next to the airport are. They do have a shuttle that takes you back and forth to the airport and they are located within walking distance to the blue line of the MBTA. </p>
<p>Personally I wouldn’t want to spend the night in a hotel and then go to campus the next morning – Wellesley is very accommodating and I’m sure they could figure out something for you to not have to do that, but if it comes to staying there, then you have to do it. I would either stay at a hotel near the airport (not necessarily downtown Boston unless you want to take public transportation the school, which is also another possibility) or stay at the College Club on campus so the girls would know they have transportation to and from campus. </p>
<p>The other hotels listed above and on the website all require a car to get to campus.</p>
<p>Come to think of it, I was 21 before I paid for/booked my first hotel room. Theoretically, your daughter and her friend should have no trouble booking the room as long as there’s a credit/debit card to go with the reservation. I don’t think I would have liked to travel alone when I was a senior in high school, I was definitely not ready, but having done so, it’s not bad, and would be fine with a friend.</p>