The Upton — Hotel in Boston

I loved staying in Laura’s beautiful condo.

Laura was great at communicating the entire rental process. She was there when I needed her via messaging and that’s usually how I prefer to communicate with Airbnb hosts. I was torn between this location and another condo a block from Boston Common, and I am so glad I picked this one.

Location: The location is central to all of Boston. Super safe to walk to different neighborhoods in the area, and if you love charming tree-lined neighborhoods (like Brooklyn) you will adore South End. Close to coffee shops and some of the highly rated up and coming restaurants and bars. ‍‍‍‍

Crowd: Based off the five nights I stayed here, id say the neighborhood is very safe. There are always families playing (lots of playgrounds in the area and parks), Mother’s pushing strollers, people jogging or walking their dogs and very fashionable/hip folks going out for a night out on the town. It was great people watching without it being too busy like it would in the heart of the City.

Condo: Great natural light. Love the bathtub for a good soaking after the end of a long day. Comfy bed. I appreciated the details such as the sparkling water in the fridge and the Netflix/Hulu TV. The condo is very modern but also has some historic character (wooden floors, beautiful windows). Beware that there are a couple flights of narrow stairs you’ll have to take to get to the top floor...but the views are worth it.

Also, thanks to Laura for helping me take the luggage down when she spotted me leaving and struggling with my heavy luggage! Check-in: super easy, just read the instructions. Laura was kind enough to offer me a place to store my luggage since I was going to arrive before standard check-in time. I lucked out and she had the room ready for as early as 11am!

I would recommend this place again. One of my favorite stays using Airbnb! Thank...

Reserved a reservation around early October for a stay in this place off of the website opposed to Airbnb due to cheaper price (our mistake). I am active duty military and around this time was when the government was close to shutting down, not receiving funding until a day before our stay. To make matters worse, I received orders to a mandatory military training overlapping with the trip a week before we had our trip booked. We reached out to the owners regarding a cancellation and though it was very slow responses we did come to an agreement that if it was booked for our dates we would be refunded, which we thought was fair. We kept tabs on the booking and it was scooped up within a day or two. We reached out regarding the refund and crickets. After a few days of trying to get in contact we finally got a response to which they stated they were refunding $600 of $1200 which was not the agreement set in place. Not only did they take our money for the stay we gave up, they made money off of the new guests at a higher rate!!! The host then stated she was helping us out by giving us any money back at all and a full refund was never in the cards. One of the worst experiences i’ve had with a hotel in regards to...

This place was beyond my expectations! I even extended my stay here! The apartment is located in the best location! It is located in a very clean and safe neighborhood with coffee shops, restaurants and shops on the street. It is walking distance to most anything I wanted to see or visit in Boston. There is even the blue bike (city bikes) stand on the street which is really convenient when I wanted to take a bike ride around the city or venture a little further away. The apartment and building itself is super charming, cute, well maintained and very clean. It is on a lively but not noisy street. I had cute views of a picturesque New England street from one window and a view of the John Handcock building and city skyline from the other window! Inside was everything I needed for a comfortable stay and a sound sleep! Laura and Olivia are very sweet and very helpful in answering any questions I had during my stay. Definitely would recommend and stay...