Hotel Information
Arisia '12, and '13 will be held at the Westin Boston Waterfront.
Please note, the entire Westin is smoke-free (including the hotel lobby).
For more information about the hotel itself, but NOT reservations, you can visit the hotel's web site.
2011/12/22: At the moment, the Westin is sold out. If you would like to get on our Waiting List, please use the Hotel Request Form. You may also book a room at one of our overflow hotels at Logan Airport, a short ride away on the Silver Line.
Reservations
All of Arisia '12 functions and parties will be at the Westin Boston Waterfront Hotel. Arisia has blocked most, but not all of rooms at the Westin so we will be sharing some of the guest room floors with non-Arisia guests.
The following room types were available at the Westin: King - one king-size bed; Double - two double beds (the Westin has more Kings than Doubles) and these are available as "Traditional" and "Deluxe" rooms. Deluxe rooms are slightly larger than Traditional rooms. (note if you make a special room request you might be assigned a Traditional room)
King (one bed) rooms are $119 per night. Double (two beds) rooms are $144. All rooms are charged 14.45% tax.
The Westin does not permit more than four people to share a hotel room.
The Westin does not permit smoking anywhere in the hotel, there will be a $200 cleaning fee charged for smoking anywhere in the hotel (including guest rooms).
Cooking food in hotel rooms is not permitted. The hotel guest rooms do not have the necessary ventilation do deal with the cooking odors. The only exception is for medical needs.
We have an Active block (noisier, parties) and Quiet block (rooms further away from parties), both of which are arranged to include all types of rooms. While we will have some floors that are all active rooms, every hotel floor (including those that are mostly quiet) have suites that might contain parties.
If you want something other than a normal room, please read the entire page before making a reservation.
Please do not call the Westin to make or change a reservation, instead, please use Westin's URLs below make a reservation, or the Special Request form to change your reservation.If you are Arisia Staff and would like a room in the Staff Block, please go to the Arisia Staff website.
If the information below doesn't answer your questions, please contact us at innkeeper@arisia.org
Party Hosts
If you would like to host a party (open or closed) please fill out the Party Host form (even if you've emailed us). You must have a reservation and fill out the form in order to host a party. If your party is approved by our Party Czarina, your reservation will be moved to the Party Host block.
If you have any further questions, please contact parties@arisia.org.
Suites
Suites at the Westin are limited and will be allocated in November. Please fill out the Party Host Form (even if you're not hosting a party) by November 1 if you are interested in reserving a suite (please make a normal reservation before you request a Suite). All suites have King beds. Some of the couches in the suites fold out.
You can find descriptions of the suites at the Westin's website.
The initial round of suite allocation will take place around the beginning of November.
Special Requests
Handicap Access
The Westin has two types of handicap-accessible rooms. All have
accessible fixtures in the bathroom. The hotel has 22 King
Rooms, and 16 Doubles marked as Accessible. Half of these have roll-in
showers, the rest have tubs and hand bars.
You can not directly reserve Access rooms from the hotel. If you need an accessible hotel room, please make a standard reservation and then request the room through the Hotel Request Form
For more information about accessibility at Arisia, please see our Access page.
Cots/Rollaways, Cribs, Mini-Fridges, etc
King rooms can have a single cot added to them (Doubles can not). Any room can have a crib. You can bring your own inflatable bed if you're staying in a King room.
A limited number of fridges (~25) are available upon request for medical needs.
All guest rooms have empty mini-bars that can be used to keep beverages slightly cool. Do not use them to keep food safe.
To request cots, cribs, ... please fill out the Hotel Request Form.
Connecting Rooms
All connecting rooms in the hotel connect from a room in one block to another room in the same block. No more than two rooms connect anywhere in the hotel (except for two suites). All rooms connect directly through a door in the shared wall. Connecting rooms alternate King and then Double, so you can't get two Doubles or two Kings that connect. Before requesting a pair of connecting rooms, please make two different reservations, one for a king room and one for a double room.
Special Placement (Shabbat, Staff, etc)
If you would like your reservation to be placed on a low floor, be close to the Staff Den, or be close to babysitting, please use the Hotel Request Form to let us know.
Room Cancellations
If you wish to cancel an existing reservation, please send email to innkeeper@arisia.org with your name and confirmation number. Reservations can be canceled up 6pm the day prior to arrival.
Please contact innkeeper@arisia.org to cancel a room, not the Westin. This way we can assign your room to the next person on the waiting list.
If the information above hasn't answered your questions, please contact us at innkeeper@arisia.org
