Looking for cheap, safe motel to stay in Boston proper or in a close Boston suburb?

<p>One of the hugest traffic jams that I have ever been in my entire life was in Boston on a Saturday of Labor Day weekend Sept 1, with a Yankees Red Sox day game… We had a family wedding southeast of Boston on Sunday so we came on Thursday night, toured Brandeis and Tufts on Friday, did a Harvard Square/MIT drive-by on Saturday morning and made a major mistake when DH decided to do a drive-by look at BU… </p>