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Sun Oct 28, 2007 9:28 pm  |
Staying in Manhattan is always expensive, no matter what time of the year you visit. If it's cheaper then it's probably not a place you want to be, unfortunately. I would recommend staying in a hotel in Queens or Brooklyn (Brooklyn Heights Marriot is really nice, and it's right over the Brooklyn Bridge - only 10 minutes into Manhattan via subway.)
Definitely take a look at priceline, too. |
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Tue Oct 30, 2007 8:30 am |
| I will be there the same period. It is the X-mas holiday perios and even when I went to Priceline I got $600. You need to know someone to get better (I got something through a friend who is a high muckidy muck in a big company but still using one of their rooms it is $380/night. I usually stay at the Parker-Meridian (has a pool for dd). The prices are MUCH cheaper at other time periods (at least half). The only suggestion is to go to the city edges.. There are many nice hotels near subway or PATH lines just outside the city (20min. ride). We did this last Xmas. |
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Tue Oct 30, 2007 10:48 am |
| Hrmm..I'm not sure if I would suggest staying in Newark. It's not such a nice area, in my experience. If you want to waste 40 minutes traveling into Manhattan you can always stay in a nicer part of Long Island. Having said that, double check any hotels you book through an online site, because I did a search for hotels in the "New York City Area" and some of the areas that showed up were very much not NYC! I can't imagine how many disappointed travelers book their discounted NYC hotel only to find they are in the middle of nowhere... |
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Mabsy
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Fri Nov 02, 2007 8:56 pm |
Have a look at Priceline.com, in particular in combination with biddingfortravel.com to see what the current winning bids for hotels are. I have used Priceline a number of time for NY accommodation. Last time (March) I got my mum a room at the Rockefeller Centre Hotel for about $130 instead of the $500 rack rate. The time before that, I got her the Hilton (TS) for not much more during Thanksgiving!
Best results with Priceline.com are usually had a bit closer to your travel date. I'd start looking about 2 weeks before I go. Make sure you read the bidding strategies on biddingfortravel.com to get the best price for a higher * hotel. HTH |
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