I travel frequently to Boston and have had very good luck many times with Enterprise at the airport.

I am flying into BOS on a Sat. afternoon in July; I need to rent a car and drive to Northampton, where my daughter is attending a summer program. I'll be returning the car the next evening, spending the night in airport Hilton and flying out the Mon. a.m. Online reviews for the various hotel suites in downtown chicago car co.s are terrible. I would be grateful for any advice (most convenient pick-up and drop off; most decent cars; least rude service).
I travel frequently to Boston hotel suites in downtown chicago and have had very good luck many times with Enterprise at the airport. We were just there last week and had a great customer service rep. We arrived very late (11:30 pm) and the guy couldn't have been nicer. I reserved a mid-sized car but with four of us and lots of luggage, hotel suites in downtown chicago we really hotel suites in downtown chicago needed a larger hotel suites in downtown chicago car. I asked for an SUV and got an upgrade for just a little more than the price we had reserved. I've been upgraded there several times before as well. There was no pressure to take their insurance coverage or other BS. They also had the best price (this was a last-minute reservation reserved an hour before landing when I realized I'd forgotten to get a car and luckily there was Wifi on our Southwest flight!)
The major rental car companies are all grouped in the same area of the airport very close to the termials (you take a frequent shuttle that goes to all the agencies). Logan is now building a central rental car facility similar to what they have in Las Vegas. Unfortunately, now you have to wind your way through a lot of construction to return the car and the signage isn't the best, but that's the same for all the rental agencies.
For a good price, you might see if your airline has any deals through their website - I got mine on Southwest.com linked to my air travel. I've also used Kayak.com 's car rental quotes to compare as well.
Car rental in Boston hotel suites in downtown chicago during the summer is high. We have sometimes hotel suites in downtown chicago booked a car rental that we can cancel without penalty and then continue to look for a lower rate. Try www.hotwire.com a discount broker or you can look on www.rentalcodes.com
When leaving the airport, you want to follow signs to Mass Turnpike (you can only go west from the airport unless you are driving to Northampton, England). If you are confused at any point and need more time to think, just follow signs that say "terminals" and you will go in another circle loop around the airport.
I can't give you specific directions to Pike from airport since I do not know exactly where the car rental places are - but I would ask the guy at the rental company and they can give you easy directions to Mass Pike from lot.
The Northampton Inn is an older, historic hotel - if you get one of the rooms that opens onto the shared balcony you can sit outside in the summer and view the town. I prefer it to one of the generic chain hotels in the town.
It's worked well for me. When someone else scratches up the car or dents it, the insurance covers it. Someone rear-ends you the damage is covered. Any damage to the car and it's covered. Driving on winter roads, you slip on ice and get the car into a ditch damaging hotel suites in downtown chicago the car, it's covered. Over the years, the small amount that I paid for insurance more than made up the needed repairs to the rental cars. The additional ~$15 per day also gives me peace of mind, knowing that if anything happens to the car, it's covered.
One time, as I was renting at Enterprise, there was a woman who started screaming that the huge dent on the top of the rental SUV was not her fault. It looked like the repair would cost thousands. She probably didn't hotel suites in downtown chicago buy insurance, otherwise, she could have just walked away.
tekwriter is bang on about the crooked and one-way streets in Boston. If you're just getting hotel suites in downtown chicago into and out of Logan to visit your sister, then you just need to get on I-90 and keep going. However, if you plan on doing any driving in Boston itself, be sure to have a WORKING GPS or Tom-Tom.
gail - your advice to keep going through terminal loop is really great, especially b/c I have a tendency to panic; Thanks about the Northampton Inn, unfortunately I've already booked a Holiday Inn Express in Hadley at a nonrefundable rate.
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