Me and 2 friends want to stay at or near Times-Square the first weekend in December 2008. Any recommendations on a place to stay? Everything I%26#39;ve looked at is $600+ per night. Way out of our budget. Looking for something more like $300/night.
Don%26#39;t necessary have to stay at Times-Square though. Even perhaps near Central Park and museums.
This is a great board!
Hotel at or near Times Square....any recommendations
Timing is everything. Early Dec. is very expensive and you%26#39;ve picked probably the single most expensive weekend of the year. Hotels that are normally $250/night will be $600 that weekend.
Looking on kayak.com the Comfort Inn Chelsea has a room with 3 single beds (something I didn%26#39;t think existed!) for $312/night plus tax. I think it%26#39;s cancelable (doublecheck). If so, I%26#39;d book it and keep looking. There are a number of new hotels that will open b/w now and then that might yield more options.
You might also consider coming a different weekend. If you come on the weekend before Xmas, something like the Residence Inn Times Square is $309 plus tax.
Hotel at or near Times Square....any recommendations
Thanks, I am seeing how much more expensive it is to come that weekend. I%26#39;ll have to start searching for November. I was hoping to take friends to see the City decorated for Xmas and they want to stay at Times Square.
Any suggestions on a better weekend to come?
Thanks
The weekend before Xmas is what I suggested. Another good time to come is the first week in Jan. The city is much quieter, Xmas decorations are still up and hotels are much cheaper. The decorations come down the first weekend in Jan.
NYC is stitched together by its mass transit. Subways offer quick passage north and south at any time of the night or day.
You ask about Times Square. Why not take a hotel that is a train-ride away?
When working in person with visitors, I recommend one subway line in particular: the Broadway line. The N and R trains travel from the southern tip of Manhattan right up to Times Square directly under Broadway.
You might want the older hotels that clustered around Penn Station early in the 20th Century. They are older iwth less showy rooms, but adequate and not overly expensive. Consider this: The Marriott Marquis has a polished-stone 8th-floor lobby with an open ceiling, sushi bar, revolving rooftop restaurant and a Broadway theater within the hotel walls. Of course they charge high!
The older hotels from a time when people got off a train (Penn Station) and walked to the hotel are okay, if not ultramodern. GoogleMap the corner of 6th Avenue and 32nd Street, with expansion 5 blocks north and south, and key it for hotels. You%26#39;ll notice many, and probably none go for $600 a night.
Though, judging from many posts on here, you may want to avoid the Pennsylvania.
TourguideStan
Radio City Apartments gets good reviews on here and has worked out the best value for us for our Oct. trip, check it out.
C
Dont know the prices for the weekend you want to go but last time we stayed at the Novotel Broadway which was perfect great location and lovely hotel were also going back to The Edison Hotel in August which was strps from times square and you couldnt fault the hotel
As NYWHIZZ says the 1st week in Dec is really expensive. I am visiting New York between 19th %26amp; 23rd Dec. I have managed to book into Jolly Madison Towers on Madison and 22nd street. Cost about 拢5oo for the 4 nights.
Jolly Madison is at 38th st %26amp; Madison (not 22nd). ;)
We are staying at the Super8 Times Square...has continental breakfast and free internet....rooms look decent in size compared to others I have seen...you can view pics of the hotel from travelers here on trip advisor....it is right in times square...just what we wanted since we will be doing a lot of things on Broadway at night, within walking distance....rooms look good for a budget, and if you don%26#39;t plan to spend time in the room...check it out...I got it for $199/night on www.super8.com
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