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Boston Business Trip Guide: Where to Stay, Meet, Eat & What to Pack (Finance Girl Edition)
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items I came up in London finance, where a “work trip” is mostly a carry-on, a client dinner and an early flight home. This is the Boston version I'd hand a colleague: hotels near where the meetings actually are (Back Bay, the Financial District and Seapor...
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Where to Stay (Pick Your Postcode)
The Pre-Meeting Coffee
Power Lunch & Client Dinner
After the Last Meeting
Laptop Hours
The Free Hour
Where to Stay (Pick Your Postcode)
If the meetings are in Back Bay, this is where I'd put you: on the corner of the Public Garden, so the commute is a stroll. Contessa, the rooftop Italian, is upstairs for the night the client needs impressing.
The Newbury Boston
A hotel in the old Federal Reserve Bank of Boston. For a finance trip that's not a stay, it's a theme. You can walk to the Financial District, and the bar is called The Fed, which writes its own expense memo.
The Langham, Boston
For the Seaport offices and anyone presenting at the convention center. It's 2.8 miles from Logan, and there's a rooftop pool heated year-round to stare at while the deck renders.
Omni Boston Hotel at the Seaport
The Pre-Meeting Coffee
The default answer to “shall we grab a coffee before?” Pretty enough to impress, busy enough that nobody overhears your numbers. There are several around town, and this is the Back Bay one.
Tatte Bakery & Café
Power Lunch & Client Dinner
The business lunch that runs itself: white tablecloths, handmade pasta, weekday lunch from 11:30. Book it, close it, be back for the 2pm.
Davio's Northern Italian Steakhouse
The client dinner. A Back Bay steakhouse with a wine list long enough to outlast the small talk. It's dinner only, so plan the afternoon around it.
Grill 23 & Bar
Oysters and a lobster roll in a 1908 Fort Point warehouse, open from 11:30 every day. Less suit, more Seaport: this is for the client you actually like.
Row 34
After the Last Meeting
When the deal's done and the team wants a proper night. It's a supper club with a bar open until 1am on weeknights, which is either a feature or a warning.
Yvonne's
The grown-up hotel bar on Copley Square. One drink after the last meeting: sit at the bar and look like you planned it.
OAK Long Bar + Kitchen
Laptop Hours
Free, gorgeous and quieter than any hotel lobby. Bates Hall is where I'd send you to clear the inbox before the flight. Open until 8pm Monday to Thursday.
Boston Public Library, Central Library
The Free Hour
There's a red line on the pavement, so even jet-lagged you can't get lost. Do a stretch between meetings; nobody needs to know you skipped half of it.
The Freedom Trail
Twenty minutes walking a lap here does more for the jet lag than the hotel gym. It's across the street if you took my advice on the hotel.
Boston Public Garden
A harborfront walk with a museum at the end. It's free on Thursday nights if you book ahead. Leave the carry-on at the hotel, though: suitcases aren't allowed in.
ICA Boston
Pack This: Boston Doesn't Do Mild
The carry-on for a two-night trip that pretends it's one. It fits the overhead bin and the brief.
BÉIS The Carry-On Roller in Black — $268
Three pouches so the security tray doesn't look like a crime scene.
BÉIS The Air Pouch Set in Black — $78
Your suit has been folded in a suitcase for six hours. The client hasn't. It's dual voltage, so it does London too.
Conair Travel Mini Dual Voltage ExtremeSteam Garment Steamer — $34
Boston in November is slush with a skyline. These are waterproof Chelsea boots that pass for office shoes until you reach the office.
SOREL Out N About IV Chelsea Rain Waterproof Boot — $120
Hotel air plus New England wind equals lips that look like a margin call. This is the overnight fix.
LANEIGE Lip Sleeping Mask (Berry) — $24