The Merchant

“Perfect Winter weekend getaway”

We travel fairly frequently and this was one of our favorite hotels. The location is absolutely perfect. We took an Uber from BOS (about 45 min and $40-$50) and never regretted not having a car, especially with the very limited parking available in the city. Everything is within a 15 min walk and m… lisää

We travel fairly frequently and this was one of our favorite hotels. The location is absolutely perfect. We took an Uber from BOS (about 45 min and $40-$50) and never regretted not having a car, especially with the very limited parking available in the city. Everything is within a 15 min walk and most things are 5-10 min. There are numerous restaurants, bars, shopping, liquor/wine, drug stores as well as all of the Salem must-see sights. The hotel is absolutely beautiful. Don't let it's lack of bar or restaurant deter you. We walked to the store and bought drinks and they always have snacks available (chia pudding, overnight oats, chips, pretzels, yogurt parfaits, egg bites, hard boiled eggs, tea, coffee). We were there during a very snowy and cold weekend (the weekend of Salem's So Sweet Festival) and we loved hanging out in the lobby by the fireplace. We were surprised other guests didn't do the same. It felt like we had the whole place to ourselves even though we were told the hotel was sold out. Our room was large and we loved having the fireplace. We were in room 10 (king deluxe). The heated floors in the bathroom were nice give the extreme cold weather. There are no USB plugs, just a regular outlet on both sides of the bed so be sure to bring a plug. Breakfast each morning was a self-serve frittata and scones (along with all of the other snacks provided 24 hours/day). You'll want to pop the frittata in the microwave. It's set out at 9a and stays there until it's gone! And don't miss the homemade chocolate chip cookies at 4p each day. They use a Nespresso and had a few coffee varieties available for that, a good selection of hot teas, but no hot chocolate :-(. The staff is very friendly and helpful. I had a bit of an issue communicating with them by email (they said they responded, I never got it......I believe them but don't know if the issue was on their end or mine) but once I got a text from them the day before we checked in, they were very responsive and helpful (thank you Kaleigh!). If we ever return to Salem, this is absolutely where we'd stay.

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