Hotel
Marriott Rooms Available * * Westin Info * * Directions to the Hotel * * Parking Your Car * * Finding Your Way Around the Westin
Reserving a Room at the Westin
Boskone is February 17-19, 2012, at the Westin Boston Waterfront, 425 Summer St., Boston, MA 02210. We hope you'll join us there!
Rooms at the announced rate for Boskone have been sold out. You may still be able to get a room in the hotel; call the Westin at 800-937-8461.
Check-in and Check-out: Check-in begins at 3 pm. Check-out time is 12 noon. A late check-out of 2 pm may be available. You can avoid morning check-out lines by pre-paying as early as the night before!
Westin Shuttle
The Westin has a shuttle, but it runs only between the hotel and Faneuil Hall. It is still available 5:00pm-7:30pm Monday-Friday and 4:00pm-7:30pm on Saturday and Sunday.
Parking Your Car at the Westin
The hotel rates are $43 a day for valet parking, $33 a day for self parking.
There is cheaper parking over the weekend in lots nearby.
Getting to the Westin
Directions, including detailed information on mass transit and getting to the hotel from Logan.
Finding Your Way Around the Westin
If you walk in the main door of the Westin, the registration desk for the hotel is across the lobby to your right. If you take the elevator up from the garage, take a right into the hallway, then an immediate left into the lobby. If you walk in from the D Street lobby, take the escalator up one flight and go right to get to the registration desk.
All Boskone activities are in the same wing as the City Bar and M. J. O'Connor's Pub; just take the escalators.
Take the up escalator to the second floor for Registration, most Program, most Events, Anime and the Saturday night activities.
Take the down escalator to the Galleria level for all Exhibits (Hucksters Room, Art Show), Services (Volunteers, Information, Office), Program Desk, Gaming, DragonsLair, demos, Friday events and the Boskone Reception.
Marriott Rooms Available
The Marriott Renaissance, Boston Waterfront Hotel is only a couple of blocks away (on the other side of the T stop from the Westin) and has rooms available. There a Marriott rate (available to anyone in the Marriott program; doesn't need status, and it's free to join) of $144. And if people don't want to join the Marriott program, there's a AAA rate of $152. These rates start Thursday, and end Sunday night (Mon checkout).