2 nights in NYC in July. Likely a Friday and Saturday night. (Four nights in NY total, but only two in NYC.) First: Where to stay in NYC? What's the best value place? Near where I want to be but not too expensive. Second: What should I do? I've only been once before when I was like 13 and my wife has never been. TIA
A couple of times we have stayed in the La Quinta right across from Macy's and near the Empire State building. Reasonably priced and clean. If I remember, the rooms are noticeably smaller than normal, but we weren't in them that much.
Hotel rooms in Manhattan are tiny... so don't worry too much about amenities, worry more about location. I once had to pay $700/night for a tiny room at a Hilton in the financial district. Rates can get pretty ridiculous so book ASAP. EDIT: Sorry, I lied - it was a DoubleTree (a Hilton Hotel) and it was $600 a night before the crazy taxes and fees. <blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-version="4" style=" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);"><div style="padding:8px;"> <div style=" background:#F8F8F8; line-height:0; margin-top:40px; padding:50% 0; text-align:center; width:100%;"> <div style=" background:url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAAGFBMVEUiIiI9PT0eHh4gIB4hIBkcHBwcHBwcHBydr+JQAAAACHRSTlMABA4YHyQsM5jtaMwAAADfSURBVDjL7ZVBEgMhCAQBAf//42xcNbpAqakcM0ftUmFAAIBE81IqBJdS3lS6zs3bIpB9WED3YYXFPmHRfT8sgyrCP1x8uEUxLMzNWElFOYCV6mHWWwMzdPEKHlhLw7NWJqkHc4uIZphavDzA2JPzUDsBZziNae2S6owH8xPmX8G7zzgKEOPUoYHvGz1TBCxMkd3kwNVbU0gKHkx+iZILf77IofhrY1nYFnB/lQPb79drWOyJVa/DAvg9B/rLB4cC+Nqgdz/TvBbBnr6GBReqn/nRmDgaQEej7WhonozjF+Y2I/fZou/qAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); display:block; height:44px; margin:0 auto -44px; position:relative; top:-22px; width:44px;"></div></div> <p style=" margin:8px 0 0 0; padding:0 4px;"> <a href="https://instagram.com/p/nq-h9PFehs/" style=" color:#000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none; word-wrap:break-word;" target="_top">This is all $600 a night gets you in Manhattan.</a></p> <p style=" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;">A photo posted by Brad Groux (@bradgroux) on <time style=" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;" datetime="2014-05-06T22:05:54+00:00">May 6, 2014 at 3:05pm PDT</time></p></div></blockquote> <script async defer src="//platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js"></script>
I stayed at The Manhattan in January when I went. Like others have said, rooms are small but you'll hardly be in them. It's in time square, walking distance from several museums and Central Park. If you can get a reservation to go inside the Statue of Liberty that would be cool.
If you stay in downtown queens/lic/Queensboro you are a short hop from midtown on 7 train and it's way cheaper.
There's a Hilton garden Inn in Tribeca that has decent prices and the room is about what you would expect
Where do you want to be near first of all? If it's your wife's first time in NYC, go geek out and be the touristiest person you can be. Empire State building etc. You can be a hipster next time you come back and go visit the unwashed masses that is Brooklyn.
Hotel in the heart of NYC? Acfordable? Enjoy the complimentary bed bugs and ungodly high taxes and fees.
To be honest, you'll get the best deal by not planning at all and booking the same day you arrive using the HotelTonight app. Remember, unless there's a huge conference/event in town, NYC is in no shortage of hotel rooms, so it works in your advantage to book last minute (unlike airfare). Check your rep for my HotelTonight $25 off code. For anyone else that wants the $25 off code, it's Spoiler MCHEEMA1 .
Alright, just a helpful reminder. I've been to NYC 2x. and each time I got a call between 12a and 2am in the hotel room...they claimed to be the front desk and they didn't have my card on file. They said if I didn't give them the card number they'd evict me from my room. I said try it and went back to sleep. Needless to say it was a scam. Moral of the story, be wary of scammers in NYC.
You're in NYC for 2 nights and you really haven't been as an adult. Stay in Manhattan. I checked hotwire. Midtown Central area hotel is $182 a night before taxes for a 4.5 star hotel. 95% recommended. Easy call, imo.
I stayed in East Village when I went. Forgot the name of the hotel though. We were pretty close to everything. The subway wasn't very far, plus there was a couple restaurants around the corner of our hotel. Lots of pizza places too. Oh and I paid around 150 a night I believe
Probably a good choice. I stayed at Yotel, which is walking distance from Time Square, and price was $170 something a night. Subway is best way to get around, IMO, you just need to understand it. Statue of Liberty/Ellis Island & Empire State/Rockefeller are probably the most important destinations along with Central Park. Unless history lesson on the Empire State Building is important to you, I'd pick Rockefeller, since there is more to do at the Rockefeller center in addition to going to the Top of the Rock. If your wife likes shopping, and you can handle it, go to Macys & Saks 5th Ave (The clothes/shoes at Saks are only for the very wealthy), which are bigger than any mall I've ever been to. There are restaurants/wine places/coffee shops in both. And go to Chinatown so she can buy some much more affordable purses/sunglasses/etc from shady secretive underground groups. Quite literally, a random Chinese person will ask you if you want purses and then whisk you away to work out a deal. For me, Broadway and the Rockettes were quite disappointing, but if you and/or your wife enjoy lively entertainment like that, I recommend going to eat at Ellen's Stardust Diner (enjoyed the food, but not so much the desserts). The staff was very good and very entertaining (we went twice in the week we were there we enjoyed it so much). Edit: And don't forget WTC memorial. There are actually 2 different 9/11 museums. We went to the one that isn't at the actual WTC site, but near it. It is a good place to hit same day as the Statue of Liberty as they both are downtown.
The Sheraton in Times Square (53rd and 7th) is an amazing location and is one block from Halal Guys, the iconic chicken and rice cart.
