Boston is a world class city attracting millions of visitors throughout the year offering everything you can ask for but with this list of don’t and do’s it is a city that doesn’t have to come at a world class price.
Touring the city: For those that don’t wish to walk the city, although that is the only real way to see the city, there are many tours that will get you wherever you want to go.
Tours of Boston – the city offers multitudes of tours whether by foot, bus or boat, although walking is the true way to enjoy Boston, here are some you can sit back and enjoy the ride:
DO use that $216 and buy a ticket for the Hop On – Hop Off Bus, tickets to ride this bus are $50.00 per person and it takes you all over the city to every historical site and you’re able to get off the bus and spend as much time as you want until another bus arrives to take you to the next destination. You can cancel up to 24 hours and your ticket comes with $50 worth of discounts to restaurants and other attractions, value wise the Duck Tour sinks.
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DON’T waste your money on a Duck Tour, it is $54 per person for an eighty-minute ride around the city driving by the city’s most historical landmarks. The only highlight is a ride on the Charles River weather permitting.
DON’T waste money buying a ticket for the Freedom Trail
DO get a map and go at your own pace, without the history lesson.
DON’T waste money on cabs or Uber instead buy a T pass for the amount of time you will be here. The Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority (The T as it is known throughout the city will get you where you want and depending on the time of day, faster than a taxi or Uber. The four lines will connect you to the entire state so DO buy yourself a T pass and save yourself money.
Museums:
FREE, FREE, FREE!!!! The traveler’s favorite word and in Boston three of our top museums depending on the day and time are just that. The Museum of Fine Arts is free admission every Wednesday from 4pm – 10. The Institute of Contemporary Art 17 and under are free and on Thursday nights from 5 p.m. – 9 p.m. it is free for everyone. The Children’s Museum is not free but every Friday from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. it is $1 person during the day it is $17 per person so at the price it might as well be free so DON’T pay to visit these museums wait for any of the given day or night and enter for free.
http://www.bostonchildrensmuseum.org/
Lodging:
Like any world class city Boston can come at a world class price. For the six percent that can travel with money not being an issue there are four and five star hotels everywhere. Now for the remaining ninety-four percent there are hotels that won’t take all of your money. There are boutique hotels, bed and breakfasts and rental apartments. Look into staying at hotels in the suburbs, outside of the city where hotels are cheaper and with the ‘T’ running from five a.m. to midnight getting in and out of the city or wherever you visit on any given day will not be a problem.
And after a day of seeing this amazing take a walk on the Charles River.
And here are a few things to consider when you visit this beautiful city and when it is over your wallet will still love you.
DO visit BOSTON and DO have a great time.