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Hotels in Boston currently start at about € 112 per night for two people, with a typical price of € 248 and € 288 for a comfortable 4-star room. Across the 183 properties we can book here, 80% of rooms can be cancelled free of charge; 39% include or offer breakfast; the average guest rating is 8.5/10.
Boston is small, walkable and dense with universities and hospitals, and that last detail is what drives its hotel market. Conferences, graduations and medical congresses fill the city several times a year and prices go with them — this is the most volatile market we measure anywhere in the world.
Per night for two adults, taxes and fees included where the property reports them. Based on the 183 bookable properties we found for a two-night midweek stay a month ahead.
| Cheapest available | € 81 |
|---|---|
| Typical starting price | € 112 |
| Lower quarter of the market | € 193 |
| Typical (median) price | € 248 |
| Upper quarter | € 333 |
| Typical 3-star | € 211 |
| Typical 4-star | € 288 |
| Typical 5-star | € 471 |
The highest-rated properties with a meaningful number of guest reviews, available for our sample dates.
Rated 8/10 or better and priced at or below the city median — the sweet spot most travellers are actually looking for.
The places travellers here look up most, ranked by how widely they are written about. Most sit within reach of the hotels above.
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1.8 km from the centreBoston sits in United States at 42.3601° N, 71.0589° W. Every hotel below is plotted on the live map, so you can see straight away which ones are walking distance from what you came for and which are a taxi ride out.
Distances are straight-line from the city centre.
Central, handsome, walk to most things, consistently expensive.
Business hotels, newest rooms, big weekend drops.
Across the river, near Harvard and MIT, often better value.
Near the hospitals and the ballpark; check the game schedule.
Each of these has its own page with live prices for that part of town.
Rooms within walking distance of what you actually came for.
Hotel resort fees and parking are often charged at the property on top of the room rate. Always ask what the nightly total will be.
The biggest week-to-week swing in our entire dataset: 2.73 times between the cheapest and dearest of three ordinary midweek stays. Graduation season in May and the autumn conference calendar are the peaks. Moving your dates by a week here saves more than any other decision you can make.
Yes, and more than the stars on the hotel. Across three separate midweek stays we measured, the typical price in Boston differed by a factor of 2.73. Move your dates a week and check again before you settle for less hotel. How we measure this.
The price you see includes our margin and the taxes the property reports. Nothing is added at checkout.
Every rate states its own deadline, and you cancel yourself without calling anyone.
See what each property costs before you click, and search any neighbourhood by dragging the map.
You get a reference the property can look up directly, and a page to view or cancel your booking.
Conferences, graduations and medical congresses. Boston has the most volatile hotel market we measure: across three ordinary midweek stays the typical room rate varied by 2.73 times. The city is not expensive every week, but it can be extraordinarily so.
Often, yes, and the Red Line puts you in the centre in about fifteen minutes. Cambridge fills for its own university events, so the saving is not automatic — compare both for your dates.
Right now the cheapest bookable rooms start around € 112 per night for two people, the typical price is € 248, and the upper quarter of the market begins at € 333. Prices move with the season and the day of the week, so check your own dates.
Yes — about 80% of the rooms available in Boston can be cancelled free of charge up to a deadline set by the property, usually 24 to 72 hours before check-in. Use the free cancellation filter to see only those rates.
The biggest week-to-week swing in our entire dataset: 2.73 times between the cheapest and dearest of three ordinary midweek stays. Graduation season in May and the autumn conference calendar are the peaks. Moving your dates by a week here saves more than any other decision you can make.
The USD ($). Cards everywhere; carry a little cash for tips. Prices on shelves and menus exclude sales tax.
Tipping is part of the wage: 18–20% in restaurants, $2–5 per night for housekeeping, $1–2 per bag for porters.
The best-known places are Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Fenway Park, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Museum of Bad Art. There is more detail in the things-to-do section above.
Yes, and more than the stars on the hotel. Across three separate midweek stays we measured, the typical price in Boston differed by a factor of 2.73. Move your dates a week and check again before you settle for less hotel.