Boston. Very early in our trip planning, we began to realize that staying in Boston had a pretty high price point. Not only was there the cost of the room, plus associated taxes and fees, but there was usually a daily parking fee also. With a family of five, almost any hotel room would have been pretty close quarters too. We like each other, most of the time, but should we push that?? No, we didn't think so. Here's what we would recommend: Rent a house outside of the city through VRBO or Airbnb. We chose this charming little cape cod in Waltham , MA, which is about 30 minutes east of Boston. Purchase the pass for the T (That would be the subway and bus system governed by the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority - but everyone simply refers to the the system as "the T").We drove about 15-20 minutes from Waltham to the red line in Alewife and rode that into the city. Start with an Old Town Trolley Tou...