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[Crucial]

This should be fun As someone else meantioned transit system in boston is great. Parking at min will be $20/day so add that into cost of rental your nearly at ~$60.

I should have got a bus and carpooled all the people staying at hotels as a sponsorship to hostingCon

[SingleHop_Kevin]

A great public transportation system for sure, but gets a bit dicey after midnight.

Originally Posted by Crucial

This should be fun As someone else meantioned transit system in boston is great. Parking at min will be $20/day so add that into cost of rental your nearly at ~$60.

I should have got a bus and carpooled all the people staying at hotels as a sponsorship to hostingCon

[FRH Dave]

I think we're going to wind up driving to the Anderson / Woburn station (from our hotel in Burlington) and taking the Lowell line to North Station, then take the Green C line to Hynes. Looks like it's about 70 minutes, but at least we'll be relaxing on the train and not driving. $14 per person round trip, plus $4 to park.

Boston locals, does that sound about right?

[RyanK]

Originally Posted by gordonrp

Whats the evening/social line up looking like? Anything planned yet? If I go I'll skip the conference stuff and just hit the social stuff in the evenings.

We don't call it PartyCon for nothing! You can always count on evening/social events!

[IRCCo Jeff]

Originally Posted by RyanK

We don't call it PartyCon for nothing! You can always count on evening/social events!

You always meet tons of people at the parties that you cannot remember seeing at HostingCon itself

[Nich]

Originally Posted by floor9

I think we're going to wind up driving to the Anderson / Woburn station (from our hotel in Burlington) and taking the Lowell line to North Station, then take the Green C line to Hynes. Looks like it's about 70 minutes, but at least we'll be relaxing on the train and not driving. $14 per person round trip, plus $4 to park.

Boston locals, does that sound about right?

Sounds about right, but just wondering--why stay in Burlington?

Also, you won't be able to stay out past midnight

[FRH Dave]

Originally Posted by Nich

Sounds about right, but just wondering--why stay in Burlington?

Cost. We paid $89 / night for a suite. Even after considering mass transit, that's still almost one-third the cost of staying at the Sheraton in Boston. Funny story, too: when we first registered, the Sheraton's standard nightly rate on Travelocity, Orbitz, and Expedia was only $189 / night.

I can make that $400 go a loooooooong way in advertising.

Also, you won't be able to stay out past midnight

True. Look at it this way: We'll just stick around in the city and get a super-early start on the next day. Besides, the bars close at 2, so we won't be missing a whole lot.

[Kahalan]

This con is at least alittle better then most other

[Brandon-RS]

Originally Posted by floor9

I think we're going to wind up driving to the Anderson / Woburn station (from our hotel in Burlington) and taking the Lowell line to North Station, then take the Green C line to Hynes. Looks like it's about 70 minutes, but at least we'll be relaxing on the train and not driving. $14 per person round trip, plus $4 to park.

Boston locals, does that sound about right?

Beats this http://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-...23499148_n.jpg

I work down the street from Anderson Station, that's 93 North @ exit 37c at 5 oclock, took about 10 minutes from the start of the onramp to the actual highway.

[FRH Dave]

Originally Posted by [x10]Brandon

I work down the street from Anderson Station, that's 93 North @ exit 37c at 5 oclock, took about 10 minutes from the start of the onramp to the actual highway.

Wow! Our morning commute will be a short hop along 95 East to 93 North to the station, so hopefully it won't be that bad. Looking at that picture, I almost wonder if it would be better to get off 95 at 38 and take back roads to the station.

Either way, thanks for cementing my decision to use public transit!

[Brandon-RS]

Originally Posted by floor9

Wow! Our morning commute will be a short hop along 95 East to 93 North to the station, so hopefully it won't be that bad. Looking at that picture, I almost wonder if it would be better to get off 95 at 38 and take back roads to the station.

Either way, thanks for cementing my decision to use public transit!

Yeah, back roads from 95 to 38 arn't that hard. Either way plan accordingly lol traffic sucks in MASS

[alvingiovanno]

come to indonesian

[FRH Dave]

Originally Posted by [x10]Brandon

Yeah, back roads from 95 to 38 arn't that hard. Either way plan accordingly lol traffic sucks in MASS

We definitely will. I'd rather get downtown way ahead of schedule and walk around the city for a while than stroll in an hour late. How's the Lowell line during late nights? Any safety concerns?

[Brandon-RS]

Originally Posted by floor9

We definitely will. I'd rather get downtown way ahead of schedule and walk around the city for a while than stroll in an hour late. How's the Lowell line during late nights? Any safety concerns?

Not really sure I never use Public Transit. I don't hear much on the news though !

[Nich]

Originally Posted by floor9

How's the Lowell line during late nights? Any safety concerns?

Where are you staying again? I take the commuter rail daily into/out of North Station, but not the Lowell line. Safety seems fine, just might see some drunk people if it's the last train out.