<p>The Inn at Harvard shows rooms available for late August at $179-199. It’s a wonderful hotel right in Harvard Square.</p>
<p>Marite…Unfortunately we have plans to be there Aug. 1 & 2. The Inn at Harvard looks great, however, and hopefully another visitor can benefit. I checked and they do have some rooms at the beginning of Aug. as well, – but they were $279 per night!!! $560 plus tax to sleep two nights is beyond our budget. I LOVE Bnb’s, but with 4 in our group, they tend to be beyond the budget as well, because you typically need more than one room. The prices we’re finding in combination w/ so many booked hotels led us to believe there must be some event happening at that time. I assumed that it was too early for students to return, but perhaps not. Does anyone know what is going on so early in August? All your help has been incredible, however. We do have a couple alternatives, just more distant ones for now. I’m also assuming we need to brace for a crowded Boston ;-)</p>
<p>kjofkw:
Be aware that most of the T parking garages fill up with commuters by 8:00 am on weekdays. Weekends are no problem though. Alewife is an especially busy parking garage.</p>
<p>I was able to locate two conferences going on in Boston during that week. One is the 33rd International Conference and Exhibition on Computer Graphics and International Techniques. If you go to the conference website: <a href=“http://www.siggraph.org/s2006/[/url]”>www.siggraph.org/s2006/</a> you can find a listing of various hotels for the conference. Prices are also listed. Maybe you could call some of those hotels/motels to see if any rooms are still open. There were about 20 different places listed. Most appear to be in the city. Some I recognized, some I did not. I’m not sure if this will help or not, but I hope it does.</p>
<p>kofkw:</p>
<p>Sent you a PM.</p>