Lodging

Planning a summer 2009 trip to Boston? Are you feeling lucky?  Then mark your calendar for July 14, 2009. This is when the Copley Square Hotel is running a special promotion to celebrate its 118th birthday, with room rates as low as $18 a night.

Copley Square Hotel Bedroom

No, that’s not a typo – $18 a night for a queen bed room. But you have to be fast, because the sale only runs online for 118 minutes, or until all the allotted sale rooms are gone.

Here are the details:

• The sale starts at 1:18 p.m. and runs until 3:16 p.m. on Tuesday, July 14, 2009.
• Dates available to book are from July 14, 2009 until September 24, 2009.
• At least 5 rooms per night during this time period are available at the $18 rate and this is for a queen bed room.
• Other sale rates include $38 for a king-bed deluxe or $68 for a king-bed premiere room.
• Once those low-rate rooms are gone for a date, there will be rooms on sale for $118 to $168 a night for these dates.
• Rates do not include taxes or incidentals. These are room-only rates.
• This sale is only being conducted online at the special promotional link of www.copleysquarehotel.com/birthday/. They will not accept any telephone bookings for this promotion.

The Copley Square Hotel originally opened on July 4, 1891, and recently underwent an $18 million renovation, reopening as a boutique hotel in January 2009. It is centrally located amongst all of Boston’s most visited attractions, including Fenway Park (home to the Boston Red Sox) and Beacon Hill, not to mention all the chic shopping areas nearby.

I have not had a chance to stay at this hotel for a review, but from other guest reviews, it’s a lovely hotel. Not to mention, I don’t even know if you could get a hostel room for $18 a night in Boston.

So mark the date, bookmark the weblink above and good luck!  If you manage to nab one of the low-rate rooms, let us know.

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Copley Square Hotel
47 Huntington Ave
Boston, MA 02116
617-536-9000

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[photo courtesy of Copley Square Hotel]

A sleek new design that

The Colonnade Hotel has a stylish new attitude.

After a $20-million renovation, The Colonnade in Back Bay is a major player in a hip new scene. The design is sleek, edgy, and thoroughly modern.

A short stroll will get you to Fenway Park, the Museum of Fine Arts, and Copley Square Mall. Check out Newbury Street–”the Rodeo Drive of the East.” Salons, boutiques and eateries fill in the spaces between eight blocks of 19th Century brownstones.

Go up to the roof top to lounge by the pool while enjoying a panoramic view of Boston. It’s the place to be for an afternoon cocktail. Maybe you can catch one of the Roof Top Pool Live Concerts. It’s one of the most unique spots in Boston for performers.

Enjoy breakfast in bed with view of the Prudential Center.

Have breakfast in bed among mounds of down pillows and fine Egyptian cotton sheets. Enjoy a movie on a 42″ flat screen HDTV, or just enjoy the view looking over the Prudential Center through the floor to ceiling windows.

And while you’re there, take in a Red Sox Game. A trip to legendary Fenway Park is a crucial part of a true Boston experience.

Be part of the hip new scene of Boston, and stay at a hotel that has attitude. Enjoy the luxury of The Colonnade in Back Bay.

Photos courtesy of The Colonnade

The Colonnade
120 Huntington Avenue
617-424-7000