New York cheap?

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Foppo

2,344 posts

123 months

Saturday 27th September 2014
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RedWhiteMonkey said:
djsmith74 said:
I"m going to New York for a week in mid-October and am staying at this place....

http://www.thejanenyc.com

Looks pretty quirky but cool, and doesn't really come with any fancy mod cons which is fine as I'm out and about all day. Total cost for 7 nights comes to around £590 which isn't too bad.
Good part of town that.
Looks good sensible price well done.>;)

fizz47

2,663 posts

209 months

Monday 29th September 2014
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Am off to NYC on Thurs for a 4 day trip...

This is the thrid time am going and I would agree that you will only spend a limited time in the hotel howver location for me plays a big part...coming back to a central hotel makes it very convieinient to freshen up before you head out for dinner in the evening again.

I found the Westin near Grand Central is good location and reasonably priced for manhattan -

Though I would say unless you are willing to pay through the nose the hotels are not that great in relation to what you pay.

A tip - Try and book a hotel part of the Hyatt group ( they have some excellent locations in Manhattan. They do a price promise where they will match the price of a hotel room PLUS and extra 20% of the lower price. In NYC I easily found a few websites that beat the Hyatt price- I got them to price match and on this trip am staying at the Andaz 5th Avenue for a really good price.


As others have echoed I would personally stay away from Times Square - You have to visit but wouldnt want to stay in that area...


Intercontinental Barclay is a great location but was very disappointed with the hotel...


Must visit places:

Shake Shack
Top of the Rock (better than empire state building)
Grimaldi's
Normas at the Parker Meridian for great brunch
Lukes for Lobster Rolls
Per Se ( though generally for a special occasion as its extortionate pricing)

Shopping - At both Bloomingdales and Macys we managed to get an extra 10% off by being foreign visitors so take your passport with you





Soir

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2,268 posts

238 months

Monday 29th September 2014
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fizz47 said:
Am off to NYC on Thurs for a 4 day trip...

This is the thrid time am going and I would agree that you will only spend a limited time in the hotel howver location for me plays a big part...coming back to a central hotel makes it very convieinient to freshen up before you head out for dinner in the evening again.

I found the Westin near Grand Central is good location and reasonably priced for manhattan -

Though I would say unless you are willing to pay through the nose the hotels are not that great in relation to what you pay.

A tip - Try and book a hotel part of the Hyatt group ( they have some excellent locations in Manhattan. They do a price promise where they will match the price of a hotel room PLUS and extra 20% of the lower price. In NYC I easily found a few websites that beat the Hyatt price- I got them to price match and on this trip am staying at the Andaz 5th Avenue for a really good price.


As others have echoed I would personally stay away from Times Square - You have to visit but wouldnt want to stay in that area...


Intercontinental Barclay is a great location but was very disappointed with the hotel...


Must visit places:

Shake Shack
Top of the Rock (better than empire state building)
Grimaldi's
Normas at the Parker Meridian for great brunch
Lukes for Lobster Rolls
Per Se ( though generally for a special occasion as its extortionate pricing)

Shopping - At both Bloomingdales and Macys we managed to get an extra 10% off by being foreign visitors so take your passport with you
Great suggestions, will certainly add some of the food places to the list. Great tip on the shopping!
Priced Hyatt but bit expensive

Looking at Hampton Inn, Soho - is this location pretty central?

Thanks again & any other tips greatly appreciated

RedWhiteMonkey

6,806 posts

181 months

Monday 29th September 2014
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Soir said:
Great suggestions, will certainly add some of the food places to the list. Great tip on the shopping!
Priced Hyatt but bit expensive

Looking at Hampton Inn, Soho - is this location pretty central?

Thanks again & any other tips greatly appreciated
I stayed at Hampton Inn, Soho four years ago. The rooms are relatively small but have everything you need and were clean, comfortable, etc. It is a pretty good location, plenty within walking distance and there are cabs and the subway for further a field.

Soir

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2,268 posts

238 months

Monday 29th September 2014
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RedWhiteMonkey said:
Soir said:
Great suggestions, will certainly add some of the food places to the list. Great tip on the shopping!
Priced Hyatt but bit expensive

Looking at Hampton Inn, Soho - is this location pretty central?

Thanks again & any other tips greatly appreciated
I stayed at Hampton Inn, Soho four years ago. The rooms are relatively small but have everything you need and were clean, comfortable, etc. It is a pretty good location, plenty within walking distance and there are cabs and the subway for further a field.
Thank you

majordad

3,600 posts

196 months

Monday 29th September 2014
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Worth a visit is The High Line, an elevated walkway, takes circa an hour or less.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Line_%28New_York...

And Chelsea Indoor Food Market

Petrus1983

8,521 posts

161 months

Tuesday 30th September 2014
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majordad said:
Worth a visit is The High Line, an elevated walkway, takes circa an hour or less.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Line_%28New_York...

And Chelsea Indoor Food Market
They're both very good suggestions. That whole area is great.

Soir

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2,268 posts

238 months

Tuesday 30th September 2014
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Will be going to these (thanks to Fizz47 for the recommendations:

Shake Shack
Top of the Rock (better than empire state building)
Grimaldi's
Normas at the Parker Meridian for great brunch
Lukes for Lobster Rolls

Any other suggestions for food? Looking for maybe good steak place & an Italian (decent but not michellin level)

NormalWisdom

2,139 posts

158 months

Tuesday 30th September 2014
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For Steak try Smith & Wollensky, Sparks or Palm/PalmII (ordered by my preference with S&W top).

Plenty of good Italians but some can be "too Italian" such as one I went to where I was sat on a table next to a very well heeled guy dining with a one-eared gorilla who had just "done 5 years" to keep his acquaintance out of reach of the Feds.

BigBen

11,610 posts

229 months

Wednesday 1st October 2014
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Carmines on Broadway is a very good Italian, quite far uptown but worth the trip. All served in gigantic 'family' style portions for sharing

Ben

corradokid

126 posts

230 months

Wednesday 1st October 2014
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we Stayed in the barclay intercontinental last year just before thanksgiving for 8 nights at £900 each including flights from heathrow. decent hotel with a good central location. worth a look.

oyster

12,577 posts

247 months

Wednesday 1st October 2014
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All these people staying 6, 7 or 8 nights in NYC? Why on earth do you need to stay so long in a single place?

Granted I've been to NYC possibly 25 or 30 times and only once for pleasure. I've never stayed more than 48hrs.

RedWhiteMonkey

6,806 posts

181 months

Wednesday 1st October 2014
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oyster said:
All these people staying 6, 7 or 8 nights in NYC? Why on earth do you need to stay so long in a single place?

Granted I've been to NYC possibly 25 or 30 times and only once for pleasure. I've never stayed more than 48hrs.
Maybe not 7, 8 or more but I could easily do up to 5 nights in New York. Its a brilliant place with loads to see and do. If you're not a city person I can understand why it wouldn't appeal though.

NormalWisdom

2,139 posts

158 months

Wednesday 1st October 2014
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oyster said:
All these people staying 6, 7 or 8 nights in NYC? Why on earth do you need to stay so long in a single place?

Granted I've been to NYC possibly 25 or 30 times and only once for pleasure. I've never stayed more than 48hrs.
I have been similar, worked there for 6 months too but still go back every couple of years for a few days because I think it is a great city, each to their own of course.

wobert

5,010 posts

221 months

Wednesday 1st October 2014
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oyster said:
All these people staying 6, 7 or 8 nights in NYC? Why on earth do you need to stay so long in a single place?

Granted I've been to NYC possibly 25 or 30 times and only once for pleasure. I've never stayed more than 48hrs.
The 6 nights we spent August we made up follows:

Day 1 - Arrival at 8pm

Day 2 - Reccy downtown and get bearings

Day 3 - Cycling in Central Park

Day 4 - Bryant Park + Top of the Rock

Day 5 - Liberty Island and 9/11 Memorial

Day 6 - Natural History Museum

Day 7 - Empire State plus shopping

Day 8 - Grand Central, shopping and a Show on Broadway

We went on "holiday" and it was pretty much full on. Couldn't imagine going for less time, just means even more rushing around.

jmorgan

36,010 posts

283 months

Wednesday 1st October 2014
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wobert said:
oyster said:
All these people staying 6, 7 or 8 nights in NYC? Why on earth do you need to stay so long in a single place?

Granted I've been to NYC possibly 25 or 30 times and only once for pleasure. I've never stayed more than 48hrs.
The 6 nights we spent August we made up follows:

Day 1 - Arrival at 8pm

Day 2 - Reccy downtown and get bearings

Day 3 - Cycling in Central Park

Day 4 - Bryant Park + Top of the Rock

Day 5 - Liberty Island and 9/11 Memorial

Day 6 - Natural History Museum

Day 7 - Empire State plus shopping

Day 8 - Grand Central, shopping and a Show on Broadway

We went on "holiday" and it was pretty much full on. Couldn't imagine going for less time, just means even more rushing around.
Yep. We found a lot to do. I will probably never go back, only cos I have now been there done that and have the T shirt....

I avoided shopping though, apart from getting dragged through Maceys.


Edit. Not fortunate enough to have a job that lets me do that 20 odd times. Been to many UK places with work but it is in an out, never enough time to look around.

Edited by jmorgan on Wednesday 1st October 18:40

petemurphy

10,108 posts

182 months

Wednesday 1st October 2014
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if you want v cheap the few times ive been to nyc ive stayed in good hostels - the higher end hostels are normally better and still cheaper than low end hotels imho. normally good locations too.

FlipFlopGriff

7,144 posts

246 months

Wednesday 8th October 2014
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Not sure of exact dates but plenty here:
http://www.booking.com/searchresults.en-gb.html?si...
Plenty of places to eat but just be careful when wondering around as its easy to drift down a street you don't want to be on. Should be fine if you stick to the tourist routes.
The subway is fine to use in the day but I wouldn't at night. Its the easiest and quickest way to get around - Manhattan might look small but it isn't.
Wish I was going back - love the place. We went to Coney island and walked the Brooklyn Bridge last time we were there - did the twin towers and most of the tourist stuff the first time. Central Park is worth a visit but you'll need a few hours.
FFG

majordad

3,600 posts

196 months

Wednesday 8th October 2014
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Try the above on a weekend, the PATH does not run and a Ferry to NJ costs only $2.50 each way. And the view from the water is good too.

anonymous-user

53 months

Thursday 9th October 2014
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The Path runs under the Hudson from WTC to Exchange Place on weekdays, costs $2.25, but you'll need to get a MetroCard (can be used on NYC subway and buses too) as Path doesn't take cash - it's refillable and doesn't cost anything to get an empty card.

20 yards walk from the Exchange Place Path station you get this view..



That's an old 'phone image as it's first one I came across. My Jersey City office is on Exchange Place and we always stay at the Hyatt on the Hudson there too...sometimes difficult to concentrate in meetings when you've got that view out the office window..!

Oh, and in response to comment above, don't be worried about using the subway at night - perfectly safe, safer than London's tube, certainly more law enforcement around...never had a problem in many years.