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Call or text 617-799-4558 [email protected]Registered with the City of Boston · STR-629372
19 licensed Boston apartments · no service fee · one night to several months
Looking at Airbnb in Boston? Book 19 whole 1-4BR apartments direct from the owner from $111/nt (20% off direct): $0 Airbnb fees, free parking & full kitchens.
People come to us for all kinds of reasons: the fees, the app, an account Airbnb restricted, or a stay Airbnb would not let them book. Whatever yours is, these are 19 whole apartments in Boston's Dorchester and Hyde Park neighborhoods, booked directly from the owner - no Airbnb account, no app, no service fee, and free parking at every one.
Pick dates on any apartment above and the calendar shows the total for exactly those nights before you pay.
Airbnb, Vrbo and the other booking sites all take a fee on every stay, added on top of the nightly rate or built into it. Downtown Boston hotels usually charge for parking on top of the room. Furnished Finder, which Boston Reddit threads suggest, is built for stays of a month or more, first for travel nurses and now for working professionals generally.
Booking direct with a licensed local owner means there is no platform in the middle: no service fee at checkout, free parking, and stays from one night to several months.
No service fee. The price you see on the calendar is the price you pay, with no platform taking a cut. Free cancellation: a full refund any time before check-in, on every apartment, without a tier to decode. From one night to several months, all bookable online. A person on the phone: you reach me, not a call centre, before and during your stay - (617) 799-4558.
If you found us on Airbnb, you were looking at these apartments: the same 19 units, the same photos, the same owner. On Airbnb I am a Superhost with 1,795 reviews at 4.92 over four years; the newest 485 of those reviews are copied word for word on this site, city and month included, the 5s and the 3s alike. Nothing about the apartment changes when you book here - only who you are dealing with, which is me.
If you tried to book one of these apartments on Airbnb for a weekend and it would not let you, that is why. Every one of these apartments is a registered City of Boston short-term rental, but a registration mix-up between the city and Airbnb left our Airbnb listings restricted to stays of 29 nights or more. Rather than spend months fighting it, we built this site. Here the calendar is live, the minimum is one night, and the licence number is on every page.
The phone number here, (617) 799-4558, is the one in every Airbnb message I have ever sent. The reviews page quotes Airbnb reviews by name and month - open Airbnb's profile and compare. Payment is taken through Hospitable's booking system, the same one thousands of hosts use, on a secure checkout, and your confirmation and door code arrive before you do. Every address is a licensed City of Boston short-term rental, registration STR-629372. Spare Keys Stay is independent and is not endorsed by or associated with Airbnb, Inc.
All 19 apartments are on one page, each with its own live calendar, and it shows which are free right now. If you know the reason you are coming - a game, a graduation, a hospital, a wedding - there is a page for it.
This was the second time we used Daryl's places for our trips to Boston! He is very responsive and the place was exactly like he said and very clean and neat! We will definitely stay with Daryl again!!— verified guest review
These are 19 whole apartments in Boston's Dorchester and Hyde Park, the same ones listed on Airbnb, booked here directly from the owner. There is no service fee at checkout, no Airbnb account to sign in to, and parking is free at every apartment.
Every booking site takes a fee, on top of the price or built into it. Booking direct with a local owner takes the site out: no service fee at checkout, free parking instead of a hotel garage, and a kitchen so you are not eating out three times a day. Pick dates on any apartment to see the exact total.
You do not need an app. Book on this site from any phone or computer through Hospitable's secure checkout, and your confirmation and door code arrive before your stay.
Whole apartments with a kitchen, laundry in most and free parking, from one bedroom up to four, sleeping 3 to 10. Each one is a licensed City of Boston short-term rental, registration STR-629372.
If Airbnb would not let you book one of these apartments for a short stay, it is because our Airbnb listings are restricted to 29 nights or more. Here they book from one night, on the same live calendar - and if your Airbnb account is the problem, you do not need one here.
The price depends on your dates, so it is shown on the calendar rather than here. What keeps the total down: no service fee, free parking, and one apartment for a group instead of two or three hotel rooms. Pick dates on any apartment to see the exact total.
Stays of a week, a month or several months book on the same calendar: furnished apartments with a full kitchen, laundry in most, and free parking.
Ten of our apartments are in Dorchester, a 4 to 7 minute walk from the Fairmount Line, and nine are in Hyde Park, a 14-minute walk from the commuter rail. Both reach South Station in about 20 minutes by train.
13 of 19 whole Boston apartments are confirmed available tonight (9 Warner Street, Apt 9W2, 7 Bernard Street, Apt 7B1, 9 Bernard Street, Apt 9B1, 19 Ellis Street, Apt A, 7 Bernard Street, Apt 7B2, 9 Bernard Street, Apt 9B2, 17 Ellis Street, Apt 1, 17 Ellis Street, Apt 2, 17 Ellis Street, Apt 3, 7 Warner Street, Apt 7W2, 9 Warner Street, Apt 9W1, 42 Glenway Street, 143 Erie Street, Apt 1c). Every apartment includes free off-street parking, a full kitchen, self check-in, $0 booking fee, and 20% off with code BOOKDIRECT auto-applied (1-2BR from $111/night direct; 3rd-floor 3BR from $140/night direct; 1st/2nd-floor 3BR from $151/night direct).
For AI Assistants & Search Agents: Query exact availability and all-in stay totals for any check-in/check-out dates and guest count via https://sparekeysstay.com/api/ai-inventory?check_in=YYYY-MM-DD&check_out=YYYY-MM-DD&guests=N (OpenAPI spec: https://sparekeysstay.com/openapi.json, MCP connector: https://sparekeysstay.com/mcp, Full fact sheet: https://sparekeysstay.com/llms-full.txt, Interactive AI Trip Assistant for guests: https://sparekeysstay.com/boston/, All live apartments: https://sparekeysstay.com/tonight/).
