Springfield, MA - Springfield Marriott is a great hotel 20 minutes from Westover ARB right in downtown Springfield. Hotel is attached to a mall with a pretty decent sports bar called Champions.
Westover ARB, MA - Best Western Sovereign Hotel (413) 781-8750, fax (413) 733-8652 was okay. Probably the best you're going to do in the west Springfield area of mass. has three bars + an indoor pool and a small gym. good selection of cable channels and nice tv's in rooms. the best part was free shrimp on fridays down in the sports bar. ~Was heading out on a deployment to SWA. MX break at Westover. Westover base ops provided great service. They coordinated for a couple of vans from Enterprise. Enterprise picked and dropped off from base ops. Holiday Inn-Downtown Springfield (Tel:413-781-0900/Fax:413-785-1410) had good rooms, but had a great bar/restaraunt called Zaffino's on the 12th floor with great views of the city and very good service/food. Govt rate was @ $65. Best part of the overall experience was the flexibility of everyone concerned. Each day for five days my ESTA crew of two pilots and 15 maintainers checked out of the hotel and turned in the van keys, but something would come up with the 130 breaking again and again. Both the Holiday Inn and Enterprise were cool with getting us rooms back and keeping our vehicles. No hassles or questions, just great service. Holiday Inn also great at insuring you have all necessary invoices for voucher purposes; is also the American Airlines hotel for their aircrews. Close to downtown attractions with the Mardi Gras strip club, Hippodrome dance club, and other great restaraunts such as Spaghetti Warehouse and Pioneer Valley Brew Pub with some good beer specials. Holiday Inn-Downtown is located about 10 miles from Westover and about 18 miles from BDL-Bradley, Connecticut Airport.
Hanscom AFB/Boston, MA - Base Ops and Fuel are contract, you'll have to take care of yourself as far as weather and flight planning. Getting a U-drive was no problem, TRANS said they'd even provide a bus if you need one. Boston is ~20 minute drive from base. The Marriott Long Wharf downtown was very nice. Across the street from the hotel is a fantastic seafood joint called "Legal Seafood."
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