I''d appreciate constructive help in planning a forthcoming trip to the US (from UK) - wife and I and our 3 month old baby son have flights to Boston (arriving end July) and departing New York JFK 3 weeks later. Taking advantage of maternity leave etc I foolishly booked a long trip, and now don't know where to begin with an itinerary. We plan to hire a car and do a bit of moving around, but probably finding 2 or 3 bases max to stay and going on day trips with quite a few days lazing around our base / short walks with baby etc. With mini-so3003 we are acutely aware that we're likely to spend a lot of time in our accommodation rather than our pre-children approach of charging around seeing just about anything there was to see / exquisite dining out etc.

Can anyone make some helpful suggestions for our itinerary? We have booked airport hotel at BOS for the evening we arrive, but otherwise nothing booked. No particular budget constraints, but really struggling to see "value" in most of the accommodation options currently available on expedia / tripadvisor etc, ie upwards of £250 GBP/ night for a grubby looking 2* hotel room. Ideally looking for ideas of smaller places / accommodations we might not find on the standard websites (expedia, tripadvisor etc), and routes we could drive with a small child in tow.

All help gratefully appreciated - usually at this point we have everything booked, but a combination of new baby, sleep deprivation, work issues etc have meant that we are seriously behind with planning, and there's a serious risk we will end up having to cancel the trip through not having managed to plan anything!