Feb 10-12 (Valentine's Day)

I would like to something different with my B/f this year and thought of a trip to Boston for the weekend. I have been to Boston once for a Red Sox game. We are 20 and 23 non drinkers (I know have to believe huh?) What should we do, see, stay, places to eat? Also I%26#39;m in college and he has bills (doesn%26#39;t everyone) so we want something cheap. help me plan a surprise Valentine%26#39;s Day weekend for my bf.

Feb 10-12 (Valentine's Day)

aaahhhh college life and broke. I Know how that feel and I am still broke after I got out of college. Anyway, it%26#39;s all good but I will help you out on some of my suggestions. First of all how much are you willing to spend? Less than $100 for two? $75 for two? or $50 for two? I can suggest you plenty of places to eat and have fun since I go and gone out many of times to places that are $$$$ to $. Plus what would be your idea weekend in Boston? I could help but a little more information will help me narrow things down.

Feb 10-12 (Valentine's Day)

Well I looked at some places on line to stay in boston and they are like over a hundred bucks a night. We can SO NOT afford that. I totally want to go shopping. (Even if it%26#39;s like window shopping ha ha)Plus I like the looks of the Science Museum I think it is. Dinner: some place good. We like to eat. ha ha. My main thing is where to stay though. I%26#39;m really nervous about that. I would like to stay some place with a pool and hot tub and my boyfriend works out everyday too so that would be good. Free breakfast in the morning would be awesome as well. Hope this is a little more detailed as to what we want to do.

You could try www.betterbidding.com and then www.priceline.com and put a price in for a hotel room in Boston. See what price you can get it for a night.

The Holiday Inn in Boston located at 5 Blossom St. right on Cambridge St. not too far from Government Ctr. usually has good deals? You could see what it is a night there, it would be convenient to Downtown Crossing and the Quincy MarketPlace area.

The Comfort Inn in Danvers is showing $59 a night? You could drive down from Maine this far and take the commuter rail in from Beverly? The Hotel staff will be able to give you directions from this hotel, I%26#39;m sure. That way you could leave your car at the parking lot and take the train in to Boston for the day and window shop, check out the Museum of Science (www.mos.org) You know you could go Ice skating at Frog Pond if it%26#39;s in the next few weeks? That wouldn%26#39;t cost that much; you can rent skates right there now too. You could people watch down at the Quincy Market! You could walk down to the Christopher Columbus Waterfront Park and people watch there too! Your day will be filled up and then you can head over to Hanover St. in the North End either for a late lunch or for Mike%26#39;s Pastry Shop to bring on the train back to Beverly!

There%26#39;s another Motor lodge that might be closer to the commuter rail, it%26#39;s in Beverly called the Lakeview Motor Lodge. It%26#39;s located at 5 Lakeview Ave. right in Beverly. The directions are right on their website. It%26#39;s pretty reasonable here too. That way you won%26#39;t be paying those outrageous prices that are in downtown Boston, you know what I mean?

You could go to Salem on the way home on Sunday to see this lovely town and all there shops, it%26#39;s only 5 1/2 miles from either the Comfort Inn or the Lakeview Motor Lodge if you do decide to stay at either.

Have a great time and if there%26#39;s any other questions don%26#39;t hesitate to ask them here we%26#39;ll be happy to help you think of things to do, you%26#39;ll have a fun weekend!

Gurt3829,

If you do end up staying at the Quality Inn on Dayton St. in Danvers they have a continental breakfast in the morning. They%26#39;re located right off of Rte 1, not too far at all to pick up the commuter rail in Beverly.

You can view the schedule for Beverly%26#39;s train station to North Station/Boston by clicking on commuter rail on this site:

www.mbta.com

Make sure you know the schedules leaving Boston, you can pick up the train schedules

right as you get in to the North Station terminal. They%26#39;re located all along the wall right as you get in to the station, after the doors. That way you can have the schedule right with you all day.

If you wanted to check out ice skating at the Frog Pond on the Boston Common just go to this site:

www.bostoncommonfrogpond.org

There%26#39;s one more place I forgot to tell you about. If you go ice skating and are freezing cold? They have a place to get warm there. ALSO after skating you could head over to the Loew%26#39;s Theater to a movie, it%26#39;s a pretty neat theater, it%26#39;s right on Tremont St. across the street from the Boston Common. If you were there during the week the Matinee shows would be a little cheaper for you guys!

Have fun!

Gurt3829- I agree with NoMo01,stay in the North shore area like Beverly, Danvers, Salem area for hotels(much cheaper). I reccomend looking for hotels/motels in either Salem or Beverly. The hotels up north are cheaper than Boston hotels and commuterail direct you to Boston: price for roundtrip per person $8.00 from Beverly to North Station. It%26#39;s cheaper than parking in Boston and no hassel of finding parking. But if your insistent of looking far a motel in Boston, try outside like Cambridge or Somerville, you may have luck there and close to trains. There is no way around getting a hotel in Boston for less than $100 without being sheedy. Here are a list of hotels/motels in the Northshore.

Lakeview Motor Lodge

5 Lakeview Ave

Beverly, MA 01915

(978) 922-7535

Cross Street: Enon Street

Motel 6

65 Newbury St Ste 100

Danvers, MA 01923-1040

(978) 774-8045

Quality Motels

128 N Trask Ln EXT 21

Danvers, MA 01923

(978) 774-6800

Salem Inn

7 Summer St

Salem, MA 01970

(978) 741-0680

Cross Street: Essex Street

Days Inn

152 Endicott St

Danvers, MA 01923

(978) 777-1030

Best Western

225 Derby Street

Salem, MA 01970

978-740-8788

Super 8

225 Newbury St

Danvers, MA 01923-1001

(978) 774-6500

Also check out this website for hotel listing and price range on www.citysearch.com. Excellent website to use. Check it out, worth searching.

As far as things to do like shopping or site seeing on the cheap but still have a great visit in Boston. Let me suggest you some places.

First of all places to stay away to eat:

Newbury street (restaurants + shops= expensive), and Faneuil Hall marketplace (High touristy food prices).

Good places to eat:personal Favorites. $+$$=reasonable prices under $15.00

($)The King and I (Thai)- On charles street in Beacon Hill.

($)The Hill (pub food)on Cambridge street

($$) Kinsale(Irish Pub) on Cambridge Street

($$) Summershack-near Kings bowling alley. Cool place to go if you like bowling hang out epecially in that area...other good value places to eat.

($) Boston Beer works-Canal Street

($$) Cheers Bar-Beacon Street %26amp; Faneuil Hall

($$) Hard Rock Cafe-Clarendon street

($$) Joe American Bar and Grill-Newbury street

($) Chinatown-great places to eat...make sure you go in the daytime.

Anywhere in the South End or North End and still have place to see and do.

I could go on and on but I am not sure what is your prefrence as far as food. check out www.citysearch.com for more restaurant guide.

Also it doesn%26#39;t hurt to pick up a %26#39;Free Map of Boston%26#39; ....find this a any hotel concierge desk or tourist information center throughout the city. Great friendly map to use...I still use it and I live in downtown Boston.