L'Espalier, Boston

Advantages: Historic, culturally diverse and not too huge a city.
Disadvantages: Not many, unless you don't like cities, or America, or fish.

...OK. Here’s a quiz question: What is the least friendly place on Earth? Is it: A) Downtown Novosibirsk on a Wednesday morning in February? B) A pub outside Ibrox when Celtic have just whupped Rangers...and you’re wearing a green scarf? C) Platform 3 at King’s Cross Station, four minutes after you miss your last train home...and your credit cards are maxed...and you’ve got no money...and you’re a little bit pissed, but not pissed enough to sleep on a bench? D) None of the above? The answer, of course, is D...none of the above, because without a shadow of a doubt the least friendly spot on the face of our planet is Logan International Airport, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Sorry Boston. Lovely city, great people, very nasty airport. Very. More later. Boston in October, when the sun is shining, the Redsox are playing... Read review

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Advantages: Extremely efficient front desk, ideal location for power shopping and sightseeing
Disadvantages: No ghosts, a/c leaked, staying at Marriott can lead to telephone solicitation later

...is to secure the facilities with an adequate block of hotel rooms for its members who are traveling from out of town. The 62nd installment of Worldcon (aka Noreascon 4) was held at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston in September 2004. Earlier in the year, our convention committee presented a choice of two hotels, Sheraton Boston and Marriott Copley Place. Before booking, I dashed an email off to the concom, asking whether either of them was haunted. I hit the jackpot at the Royal York in Toronto the previous year, maybe I would this one as well. I was told neither had ghosts. It was discouraging, but when attending a Worldcon, staying at one of its hotels is part of the atmosphere. By the time I acquired that info, the party hotel had been fully booked. I took a room at the Marriott. Big chains hotels usually bore me, but I have never... Read review

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Advantages: Good bargains
Disadvantages: Still have to fly for 8 hrs

...Flights to Boston take around 8 hours and it is located on the Eastern Seaboard, the closest part of the US to the UK. Good deals to Boston can be found in the off peak periods. If I said Boston to you, what would come into your mind? Ally McBeal, Tea Parties, lobsters, Cheers, Autumn? Well all of these things are true (except Ally McBeal, I think that it filmed in LA). Boston brings you the more traditional and rustic side of America. It is one on the first colonies and as a result it has many historical buildings. We spend five nights in December there in the four start Raddison Hotel in the theatre district. The accommodation was fine and in the heart of the city. It was walking distance to the theatres, Chinatown, Boston Common and Copley Square, an up market shopping centre. Boston is around 150 miles from New York... Read review

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