Originally Posted by
luxtrvlwrks
Where do you want to be in Boston? As you've already discovered $500 inclusive of tax won't get you a top tier hotel.
I've stayed at The Langham, FS, RC, Fairmont Copley, Copley Square Hotel, XV Beacon, Colonnade Hotel, Boston Harbor Hotel, Charles Hotel (Cambridge), and the former Fairmont Battery Wharf.
The IC and Nine Zero are popular options that you might want to consider.
In all honesty given it is a quick vacation trip I have time to move around, but would prefer to be in the thick of it.
I will however be intending to visit MIT, Harvard, Northwestern and Booth on my trip to get a feeling for them (potential MBA choices next year), but that doesn't mean I'm restricted to Cambridge for example.