Seattle vs Boston for Business Travel
Which is the easier business trip — Seattle or Boston? Airports, getting around, and what’s actually there, compared.
Two very different business-travel cities. Here is the honest side-by-side, the airports, whether you can skip the rental, and how much is actually headquartered there.
| Seattle | Boston |
|---|---|
| Seattle-Tacoma (SEA) airport rail available · 16 HQ guides | Boston Logan (BOS) airport rail available · 21 HQ guides · UNBOUND |
Which is easier to get around?
Seattle. The 1 Line takes 38 minutes to downtown on rail that does not sit in traffic. Budget the walk: the station is a 7-to-9-minute walk from baggage claim, and it is on the garage’s 4th floor while rideshare is on the 3rd.
Boston. The SL1 picks up at every terminal and is free from the airport; going back it is the $2.40 subway fare. It is a bus, so it shares the Ted Williams Tunnel with everyone else.
So which is the better business trip?
Seattle, if the schedule is tight. A train on its own alignment is immune to the tunnel backup that makes Boston’s Silver Line unpredictable exactly when you least want it to be.
Boston, if the trip is short and central. Free is free, every terminal is served, and South Station puts you on the Red Line and the commuter rail at once. Seattle asks you to walk nine minutes and remember a floor number; Boston asks you to accept traffic risk. Pick the failure you mind less.
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