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• Where to stay near Longwood Medical Area in Boston

  A practical guide for patients and families visiting Brigham and Women's, Boston Children's, Beth Israel Deaconess or Dana-Farber: which neighbourhoods work, what to ask for, and what to avoid.

• Why the hotel price you see isn't the price you pay

  Taxes, resort fees and charges collected at the front desk can add 10 to 30 percent to a hotel's headline price. Here is what gets added, where it hides, and how to compare totals.

• Refundable or non-refundable? A simple way to decide

  The free-cancellation rate costs more. Sometimes $2 more, sometimes $100. Treat the difference as an insurance premium and the choice gets easy.

• How Havio picks hotels, and how we make money

  What happens between typing your trip and seeing five hotels: what the AI does, what it is not allowed to do, how places are scored, and where our income comes from.