Hurricane Sandy Stay at the Commonwealth
Despite their great location, excellent service, comfort and three restaurants within the perimeter of the hotel property, their lack of human compassion and common sense was apparent during the passing of Hurricane Sandy. My wife and I were staying at the Hotel Commonwelath visiting our daughter who is a law student at Boston Univ during the weekend of Oct 26-29,2012. As it is known Hurrican Sandy roared into the Northeast Corridor on October 29, 2012. All of the flights from and to Boston as well as the Northeast corridor were cancelled. Logan Airport was not opened until the afternoon of October 30 and our flight back to San Juan, PR was scheduled to fly out of Logan on October 31, 2012. We asked the hotel if it was ok to stay for the nights of the 29th and 30th of October which they said yes, but charging us @ $359.00 per night. I asked if there was some type of compassion rate due to the fact that we were stuck in Boston. They said no. As I read on the Boston Globe, other hotels in Boston and Cambridge offered compassion rates at lower rates than the Hotel Commonwealth. Hotels such as the W, the Omni offered better rates. We could have moved but we would be far away from our daughter's student dorm.