The location is everything! Literally a 5 min walk from the Porter train station and one stop away from Harvard station. The Boston train system is excellent so it’s super easy to get around. You won’t need a car or lyft. The location is also near a CVS, Target, and super delicious food! I recommend Gustazo Cuban Kitchen and Bar which is down the street from the Airbnb. It’s also near Lesley University and there’s a food court inside with really good Asian food. I got cold Udon at Yume Ga Arukara. I felt super safe walking around at night and there are a lot of young adults and college students in area.
The host was awesome. Super communicative and check in was so easy.
Since this is a shared Airbnb with other guests, the only issues I experienced were other guests being loud at odd hours. The walls are pretty thin so you can hear everything from your neighbor. And someone was playing piano at 6am! The cleaners come in early in the morning after guests check out and they were talking very loudly and the vacuum was also very loud and woke me up. This can’t really be helped because the place needs to be cleaned for the next guests but just a heads up if you’re not a morning person.
Overall, my friend and I knew that we weren’t going to be at the Airbnb much because we left all day to explore Boston. We just needed an affordable place to sleep at night so the place worked out for us. And you can’t beat the location!