any Cheap hotels in new york???

vannistelrooy10

can anybody reccomend a cheap hotel in nyc that is not in a dodgey part of the city. but doesnt have to be manhattan, just accesable
thanks

Real

We stayed in the President Hotel on W38th St - right besided Times Square. We payed about $60 per night in January but Im sure it would be more in the summer. Have a look http://www.hotelpresidentnewyork.com/

chump

I'm hitting the Cosmopolitan Hotel Tribeca, from 27th -> 1st (in a few weeks)...

V. good reviews on tripadvisor ...

twinkletoes

We are goiing to stay at the Metro hotel which is very close to the empire state building and I didn't think it was too dear by new york prices (for august).It has excellent reviews on trip advisor-wherever you are thinking of choosing check its reviews first on trip advisor.

www.hotelmetronyc.com
www.tripadvisor.com

Good luck!!

pokermonkey

not sure how long you're staying, but if its only a few days, try and make it around the weekend. its far cheaper.
the pennsylvanian is cheap, and smack bang in the middle of manhatten,. rooms are crap, but considering most of the time you're there you'll be asleep, that shouldnt matter.

gl

decbuck

I am off to New York for the new year and booked the stanford hotel

www.hotelstanford.com

I have never stayed there, but got good reviews on trip advisor, rooms are from 99 a night and it is very very central

vannistelrooy10

i am not too up on ny but from films like the warrirors etc you get an idea of the areas to avoid, arnt the slumbs just off times square??? i might be wrong just dnt want to get murdered or somthing

beller b

Its not that bad..Kepp away fron central park & the underground at night.The one thing to do is always look as if you know where you are going...

vannistelrooy10

yea and then stumble into harlem after sombody sticks 'i hate ni..ers' on my back just like mr mc clane!!!! thanks for the advice oh yea how far is jfk from ny centre

pokermonkey

i wandered all over manhatten, even into areas where you feel a little, edgy, but its fine.
as for the mcclane analogy, just dont go above 90th street (i think).
to be honest, if you feel uneasy, just uturn and go back where you came and get a taxi.
oh, and stay of the underground at night as the above says.

as for jfk, its miles away from manhatten, if you dont want to pay the 45 dollars standard rate to manhatten in a taxi, the way i used was getting the monorail (this travels between the terminals in jfk and the nearest railway stns) to Jamaica station, from here you can get a regular train into penn station, which is smack bang in the middle of manhatten. this is far cheaper but will take between an hour or two.

hope i helped
great city, you'll have a class time.

gl

vannistelrooy10

pokermonkey wrote:

i wandered all over manhatten, even into areas where you feel a little, edgy, but its fine.
as for the mcclane analogy, just dont go above 90th street (i think).
to be honest, if you feel uneasy, just uturn and go back where you came and get a taxi.
oh, and stay of the underground at night as the above says.

as for jfk, its miles away from manhatten, if you dont want to pay the 45 dollars standard rate to manhatten in a taxi, the way i used was getting the monorail (this travels between the terminals in jfk and the nearest railway stns) to Jamaica station, from here you can get a regular train into penn station, which is smack bang in the middle of manhatten. this is far cheaper but will take between an hour or two.

hope i helped
great city, you'll have a class time.

gl

so is it worth staying in jfk as it is cheaper than in manhatten, on second thought manhatten is prob safer as i would have to use the underground at night. maybe if i dress up like a warrior i might get away with it..................................................................................................
thanks for the info i will have a great time!!!

BuffyBot

so is it worth staying in jfk as it is cheaper than in manhatten

Ermm, you really don't want to spend your holiday at a hotel out near JFK - it's a reasonable trip in and back. It's not exactly a thriving locale in the evenings either..

pokermonkey

to be honest, if you wandered aound manhatten in a warrior costume, you'll probably be grand, especially if you stare straight ahead, give an odd twitch and shout "tchviskitit - honauuuuuuuu" on the odd occasion.
doing this will defo make your trip rememberable. lol

vannistelrooy10

pokermonkey wrote:

to be honest, if you wandered aound manhatten in a warrior costume, you'll probably be grand, especially if you stare straight ahead, give an odd twitch and shout "tchviskitit - honauuuuuuuu" on the odd occasion.
doing this will defo make your trip rememberable. lol

defo would be more exciting lol. i take it u havent seen the film.... get it it is a classic even my ma likes it and it about gang war

b3t4

Can't give advice on a hotel as I stayed with relatives of a friend but I can give some advice on NY.

A note about the monorail from JFK to Manhatten, you do not pay for the train journey till you get off at the other side. (This confused us when we arrived at JFK and used the monorail)

Also, if you are going to use the subway (who doesn't in NY) and are staying there for around a week it would be worth your while to get a weekly ticket. It costs $25 and we found it invaluable. It can be purchased at one of the ticket machines in the subway stations. With that ticket you can take as many journeys as you like on the subway for a week.

Also, regardless of what you might read we found the New Yorkers to be lovely. On a number of occassions people stopped to help us out with directions.

A.