Meet Boston — Attraction in Boston

Beware of Boston. On a recent trip into the city I was staying at a downtown/Back Bay hotel for one night. The next morning when we went to leave I got our Bill for our stay. We were paying $359 for the night, but the time we left our bill was almost $500! It was because of all the fees and taxes that are added on by the City, County and State.

Here is the list of everything that was added onto our bill:

State Tax City/Local Tax Conv Ctr Tax Tourism Assessment State Tax City/Local Tax Conv Ctr Tax Tourism Fee Destination Fee County Tax

You would think the economic impact of having visitors come to your city would be enough to boost their economy. If I am going to pay this much more on top of what the hotel and lodging tax comes to, then make it a better experience. The City of Boston needs to realize it's not Paris, London, Tokyo or NYC. In fact, NYC doesn't have all these additional fees.

We could of drove to Montreal and paid a hell of a lot less for a better...

DO NOT BOOK ANYTHING THROUGH THEIR WEBSITE!!! Awful experience!!! Being the Visitors Bureau you would think it would be the place to book a tour... the "book with confidence" adds insult to injury because as soon as I made my reservation instead of getting a screen with a confirmation I got a "booking reservation failed" message and immediately after that I got an email stating they were going to refund my money in 10+ days!!! If it "failed" why did they charge?... checked my account and sure enough, the charge was...

The workers here are the best. Very friendly and knowledgeable. Marina Smith and Natalie Weiss were so helpful. Natalie booked our Duck tour for us and called the people to let them know we had a wheelchair. The other workers were kind and helpful as well. High recommend if ever in Boston head to the visitor center in Boston Common....