Found Hotel Boston Common

I had a decent stay in the hotel. With the exception of the power now working when I checked in and being out throughout the night. They attempted to use a mobile generator to power the building and the power wasn’t consistent. Me mor my parenter could get a good night sleep due to this. My next issue which is probably just me complaining, but the check in was at 3PM. Usually, in my experiences hotel rooms are available by 12-1PM. Although it was an unfortunate setback, my partner and I found things to do in the city to keep us occupied until it was time to check in. Overall, the place wasn’t bad.

The room was surprisingly small and the hotel was without reliable power. During my stay there was an industrial generator parked out front that hummed as it ran. When the crew switched over to normal/house power, the lights strobed. And they switched back and forth during the evening making it a challenge as there were dark periods. I ended up tethering my computer to my phone as the wifi cycled along with the various power outages. The location is good ...

Decent hotel. Small but efficient single room. Location is really convenient, and that's probably the property's strongest selling point.

The price ($300/night) is outrageous for what you get. The small queen bed took up half of the room; the bed was against the window so you could not get in and out of the bed; no night tables; no coffee in the room; no information about the city in the room; wash basin blocked. I could go on. If the price had been $100 I wouldn't complain but at this price it was terrible.

The only reason for my average rating is that the electricity kept going out & this was days before hurricane Doreen moved up the coast leading me to think this may be a reoccurring condition. The electricity went out repeatedly throughout my stay & the air conditioning only worked part of the time after the first power outage reading as "error". I had to go to the Boston Public Library to work remotely as the room had no chair or desk and part of the time, no electricity or air. I did, however, love the staff as they always greeted me with a smile, opened the door for me when my hands were full, offered to mail my postcard themselves rather than make me hunt for a post office box & kept the coffee area stocked in the basement lobby.