> It doesn't have to be cheap, but it doesn't have to be expensive either. Check out this Residence Inn, a two-minute walk from Kendall Square: http://www.marriott.com/dpp/PropertyPage.asp?MarshaCode=BOSCM Don't know if you'd call it cheap, but it ain't expensive either, as far as hotels in the Kendall Square vicinity go. It is a walking distance from the MIT campus.