Boxboro Regency — Hotel in Boxborough

You’d honestly have to be desperate to stay at this place for anything other than events.

When we got there they informed us they didn’t have housekeeping so yeah no clean room unless your staying more than a day.

Also if we wanted towels or any soap replenished we would have to go to the front desk to get them. There’s even a little sign telling you to bring your old towels to get fresh ones. Literally the most dingy things ever.

Half this place is not ADA compliant.

The whole place smells like mold so much so that I (who only have about one asthma attack a year) have now had two attacks.

Their “room service” is essentially take out you have to get it from the front desk. Do not expect that anything will be cooked to your liking. Hash browns had been sitting for hours, my over easy eggs were hard, my “toast” was warmed bread, and the coffee was truly awful.

Hotel restaurant closes at “8” which was more like 7 and all food places nearby close at 11. So don’t expect to late night indulge in anything.

The bathroom looked like some of the hoarders houses I’ve cleaned out after the cleaning. Peeling wall paper. Ants, and an overwhelming pool smell over everything. Sheets had tiny blood spots but my bedbug check overturned no concerns. Honestly this felt like just above camping with less good pillows. There was a single hanger in the closet so I couldn’t hang anything I didn’t bring hangers for. Every ceiling was a popcorn ceiling including the one rotting over the tub.

Not one vent in this place was clean.

What’s worse is they’ve made a lot of efforts to like cover up the issues without actually fixing anything.

The alarms and beeping started at 7 am and didn’t stop all day on a Saturday.

The ceiling of the atrium has water damage in about 8 places.

When asked about any of their policies the answer was “we haven’t gotten any of our staff back” so literally everyone I talked to is severely underpaid and overworked to like a fault.

In other words it’s a dump. It’s a cheap dump which allows events that have less money to exist and so they do but it’s a dump.

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The absolute worst hotel I have stayed at in my entire life.

The hotel is tucked away well off the road and looks very dilapidated from the outside - something out of a horror movie. I was expecting Michael Myers from Halloween or Jason from Friday the 13th to jump out from the bushes and lunge at me.

The real horror movie begins when you step into the lobby and even moreso, when you step into your room.

To say the decor is dated is being kind. The entire hotel is firmly stuck in the ‘80s for decor and furnishings. Don’t be fooled by the pictures on the website. They do not accurately represent this hotel.

Even if you can look beyond the dated decor, the worst part is the complete and total lack of cleanliness.

This is evident from the stained carpets in the hallways (surprised not to see a chalk outline next to a stain) to the hotel room.

My room was dimly lit, smelled musty and moldy and was filthy. Dusty furniture, nasty carpet, dirt on the bathroom floor. It was located on the “VIP” floor but there was nothing “VIP” about it.

At check-in, the young guy at the front desk handed me hotel information which touted their personalized service and cleanliness, but then told me there would be no housekeeping service during my stay.

It doesn’t look like there’s been housekeeping service anywhere in that hotel since 1989.

I was here for a music convention and was so surprised that any convention or event would be held at such an absolute dump. This place should be condemned.

Some of the staff were very kind, except one lady monitoring convention entrants at the door. She made a comment to me which was either a borderline insult or a bad attempt at humor.

If you like a contemporary and clean hotel, avoid this place.

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If you love Schitt’s Creek and want to experience the real life Rose Motel for yourself, this is the place for you.

You’ll feel like you’re in a escape room, looking for clues to help you navigate your way through the 80’s carpeted rooms of intrigue. Need the refrigerator? Just have your friends help you move a 100 pound dresser to plug it in. But wait, you’re not there yet! You’ll also need to turn on the light switch by the door to power that refrigerator and make it oh so mildly cool, a la Clark Griswold.

Are you more interested in murder mysteries? You’re in luck, just examine the splatter marks on the curtains and carpet. Is it coffee? Is it blood? Did someone meet their end here? We’ll never know.

Are you traveling alone and want some company? Good news, there are live bugs to entertain you. Not the ones in the bathtub, those are dead. I’m talking about the freakishly large stink bug crawling around the headboard. We talked into the wee hours of the night. I made a new friend. Who says traveling alone is lonely?

If anything described above keeps you from having a pristine 8 hours of rest, just remember that complimentary coffee is only available from 7 to 9:30. Unless they run out earlier and you need to plead for them to make more. It’s like the Hunger games! Try your hand at knocking an old man down in the elevator to get your brew. It’s so fun, you’ll want to volunteer as the coffee getter tribute for your entire floor.

From the surly desk attendant to the weird smell coming from the mini fridge, there’s something for everyone. I’ll never again stay at a lodging that was touched by an interior designer after 1983. I only hope I brought home some bedbugs so I can keep the memory of this wonderful place...