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motel room has a New England’s hostel hand-holding. Many of
color TV, heat and air network is sparse but the properties have their
conditioning, and private some hostels can be own cooking and laundry
bath room. More modern found at prime locations, faci lities, which can save
places usually have two including Boston and both time and money.
double beds, making it Cape Cod. A list of mem- Government-operated
easier to fit the whole ber hostels and their campgrounds in state and
family in a single room. locations is available from national parks and forests
Some chains permit Hostelling International/ tend to operate late May
under-12s to stay free. American Youth Hostels to mid-October, while
Most American lodgings (HI/AYH). The HI/AYH private campgrounds
that identify as B&Bs are Eastern New England may extend the season
variants on the country Council provides infor- in both directions if the
inn, with private en-suite mation on hostels in weather cooperates.
rooms and a hot cooked New Hampshire, Maine, Sites will vary from
breakfast at a communal and Massachusetts. primitive (with run ning
table. Country inns, on the Boston International water and toilets) to
other hand, are usually Youth Hostel is also a rather posh, with hot
more like small boutique good hotel resource. showers, facilities for
hotels in the countryside. AirBnB has drastically cooking, and electric
Some have attached enlarged room inventories and sanitary hookups for
restaurants and may have throughout New England motor homes. The Maine,
swimming pools or gar- with offerings that range New Hampshire and
dens. The websites of the from a room in an apart- Connecticut Campground
New England Inns and ment to entire apart ments Owners Associations are
Resorts Association, Bed or houses. Read postings useful resources. Also
and Breakfast Associates carefully, as some locations make sure to check the
Bay Colony, and Bed & can be inconvenient or in camping sections on
Breakfast Agency of mar ginal neighborhoods. conservation department
Boston have useful B&B AirBnB is for travelers and national and state
and inn listings. who do not expect much park websites.
DIRECTORY
WHERE TO STAY Connecticut Maine Campground
AirBnB Campground Owners Owners Association
∑ airbnb.com Association 10 Falcon Rd,
1728 Route 198, Suite 1, Lewiston,
Bed & Breakfast Agency Woodstock, CT 06281 ME 04240
of Boston § 860 521 4704 § 207 782 5874
§ 800 248 9262 or 617 ∑ campconn.com ∑ campmaine.com
720 3540; 0800 895128
from the UK Hostelling New England Inns and
∑ boston-bnbagency. International/American Resorts Association
com Youth Hostels PO Box 1089,
8401 Colesville Rd, 44 Lafayette Road,
Bed and Breakfast North Hampton,
Associates Bay Colony Suite 600, Silver Spring, NH 03862
PO Box 57166, Babson MD 20910 § 603 964 6689
Park Branch, Boston, MA § 301 495 1240 or 800 ∑ newengland
§ 888 486 6018 or 617 909 4776 innsandresorts.com
720 0522 ∑ hiusa.org New Hampshire
∑ bnbboston.com HI/AYH Eastern New Campground Owners
Boston International England Council Association
Youth Hostel 218 Holland St, PO Box 1074,
12 Hemenway St, Boston, Somerville, Epsom,
MA 02115 MA 02144 NH 03234
§ 617 536 9455 § 617 718 7990 § 800 822 6764
∑ bostonhostel.org ∑ hinewengland.org ∑ ucampnh.com

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