Ramada by Wyndham Boston

This hotel offers a free Logan airport (BOS) shuttle to and from the airport, but it took over an hour to be picked up

This hotel charges an additional $100.00 upon check -in for a refundable damage deposit which you are suppose to get back within about a week after checking out. I have never heard of such a policy; I thought I was staying in a hotel not renting a property. I have stayed in hotels throughout the would and have NEVER come across this policy; is this the new normal ??? Has the USA, or Boston, or the clientele to this hotel, or this neighborhood in particular become so "rough" that this is needed? I suspect not, but that rather this has become a new revenue stream for this hotel. My guess is that about 1% or the time this refundable deposit is not returned and often the client just overlooks and forgets this charge. I am sure the hotel can cite some legitimate examples where damage, or a stolen towel, or similar incident, can justify this but to implement such a global policy seems outrageous. I do not think "Ramada by Wyndham" is a suffering international company. More likely some Wyndham CEO has just implemented a new policy so as to increase his bottom line.

We had read the reviews of this hotel and found them to be mixed but this means the hotel has quite low scores. The hotel itself is really nice, decent lobby area, the breakfast was the best we had anywhere in the states. It was manic in there on Sunday morning but the staff constantly got everything refilled. The room was lovely. Ok so the only window looks out first onto the corridor but to be honest if it had looked any other way the noise would have been bad and so would the view!! There was no microwave in the room but we used the one in the breakfast room whenever we wanted. Some people have been negative about the situation of the hotel. Do your homework before you book. When I priced hotels in the centre of Boston some cost hundreds a night and having been into the city I really don't think there were many nice situations downtown either. The shuttle is brilliant, free, runs promptly and quickly one to the subway and a separate for the airport. Two an hour. Across the road from the hotel, go left and under the railway bridge and there is a footbridge across the busy road, there are shops, supermarkets and an amazing fabric shop.

Maybe a bit cheaper would have been even better