Welcome to Boston
Thank God that we didn't go with plan "A". When we arrived in Boston, we stopped at South Station to try to find the closest hotel to the station, while Trent waited in the van. The closest hotel (which was an easy walk away) charged $465 per night for a room that would sleep 5 people. Otherwise, we would have to rent two rooms at $300 apiece. Apparently there is a bylaw in the city of Boston which limits hotel rooms to a maximum of four people. Fortunately, in Cambridge, just outside the city limits of Boston, you can rent hotel room that sleeps five for the low, low price of $239 per night (Ouch!) So, we checked our large luggage at South Station and got dropped off at the Royal Sonesta Hotel (which, admittedly, was a very nice place to stay.) We took a taxi to the train station in the morning. Everything worked out very nicely indeed.