Boston Accommodations

[scarygrrl]

Hey ffs-folks!

If you had FFS in Boston, where did you stay, accommodation-wise? Did you use the Spiegel-recommended hotel? Somewhere else? Did you like where you stayed? Did you ever find yourself thinking, "if only this hotel offered X?"

Scarygrrl

[cej]

I got an airbnb. It was great. We wanted a full kitchen and a grand piano and a separate room for me so I could sleep while caretakers were awake. It was cheaper than a hotel and I think housekeeping would have just been annoying.

[Venusxoxo]

Hey, yes airbnb is the best way for your privacy, I won't recommend hotel. I just had ffs with dr speigel this Jan , and booked an Airbnb, I had to extend because the swelling. Was immense. I'm going back this May for the outstanding forehead surgery. Make sure to book way in advance, Boston accommodation is really expensive in spring/summer time. When is your surgery? Dr speigel is amazing,

[Rachel]

I used the Spiegel recommended hotel. They will get you food and have an ok breakfast. I loved walking the paths by the hotel. I think the cost was $1700. You need to get the special Spiegel rate.

[Jacqueline]

Hey, yes airbnb is the best way for your privacy, I won't recommend hotel. I just had ffs with dr speigel this Jan , and booked an Airbnb, I had to extend because the swelling. Was immense. I'm going back this May for the outstanding forehead surgery. Make sure to book way in advance, Boston accommodation is really expensive in spring/summer time. When is your surgery? Dr speigel is amazing,

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[scarygrrl]

If you had FFS in Boston, where did you stay, accommodation-wise?

For what it's worth, I ended up using the Spiegel-recommended hotel (the Residence Inn Fenway). The room was nice enough, and with the Spiegel rate, was probably cheaper than other reasonably-located hotels of comparable quality. I was content, enough with the hotel, but there were some points I had mixed feelings about:

1. The hotel room gives you a kitchenette, including a full-sized fridge. This is particularly useful for storing the "bag of frozen peas" or proper ice pack you're probably using for icing your swelling.

2. The hotel has a grocery service -- you can hand someone a list of things you want and they'll run out and get them for you. I found this helpful: I requested a bunch of items the morning of my surgery, and came back to the hotel the next day to a stocked fridge.

3. Although the hotel rate includes breakfast each morning, I was surprised to discover, on arrival, that the hotel doesn't have a restaurant or room service. I imagined that, on "ugly face" days, that I would order up from soup or whatever from the hotel kitchen. Not so much.

4. The clock in the room was terrible. You can't read it in the dark; it's hard to set an alarm and those limitations were aggravated by a flaky bedside light that periodically didn't want to turn on.

5. Noisy! Car horns, car alarms, and other traffic noise was surprisingly irritating. I live in a downtown environment, so I'm accustomed to "the sounds of urban living", and yet this location was noisier than I was attuned to.

6. Wifi was reasonable, free and had minimal fuss.

7. There were a bunch of restaurants and food places nearby, so getting things to eat was pretty straight-forward. But I otherwise felt like it was oddly located. I suppose, if I had my druthers, I'd prefer a location closer to the Boston Medical Center or the Chestnut Hill office. Both of those locations require a drive/cab ride. Not long trips in either case, but I live in a city where I walk a lot or use transit, and those options just weren't really practical.

SG.