If you're visiting New York City on a budget and aren't lucky enough to have a friend's sofa to surf for the week, several hotels provide a true New York experience without strapping you of all your cash since you'll probably be out most of the time, anyway, exploring the theaters, clubs, museums, historic sites and restaurants of the world's largest city.
The Days Hotel Broadway, a Days Inn, is located at 94th Street on the Upper West Side, near Columbia University. The hotel is within "easy walking distance" from Central Park, and is two express subway stops to Times Square and the Theater District. The Days Hotel also offers free wireless Internet, coffee, use of a hairdryer and safe, iron and ironing board. There's also a business center and fitness room. Guests also receive a discount at a nearby parking garage, basic TV and rooms with wheelchair accessibility, roll-away cribs, bellman service or a refrigerator, on request.
Non-smoking rooms are available. As of fall 2010, a double occupancy room is $146.46 a night, including taxes.
Days Hotel Broadway
215 W. 94th St.
New York, NY 10025
212-866-6400, 800-834-6400
dayshotelnyc.com
The Fresh Hostel offers private rooms and baths, or shared dormitory-style rooms and bathrooms. It calls itself a "boutique hostel," near Central and Riverside parks, with rates starting as low as $15 a day, as of fall 2010. The hotel is air conditioned, has a 24-hour front desk clerk, bike and kite rentals, a game room, and is 2.4 miles from St. Patrick's Cathedral. The hotel also provides fresh towels daily, and makes the beds. The hotel's lounge becomes a hostel hang-out at night, with music, a billiards table and snacks. There are no curfews and no "lockouts." While online reviews are mixed, Fresh Hostel also offers a multilingual desk staff, room cleaning, free soap, wireless Internet, and is located a block from the subway and bus stop.
The Fresh Hostel
330 W. 95th St.
New York, NY 10025
212-866-1420
nychostels.com
The Manhattan Broadway Hotel claims to be "Manhattan's best value," economical, comfortable and centrally located in the Garment District, halfway between Times Square and the Empire States Building. The Manhattan Broadway is non-smoking, has a 24-hour front desk staff, pre-pay Internet, wireless Internet for $3 a day, and special daily rates for nearby parking. Rooms feature cable, a hair dryer, iron and ironing board, a private bathroom in each room, a marble bathtub and telephone. As of fall 2010, a double occupancy room for one night is $149, taxes included.
Manhattan Broadway Hotel
273 W. 38th St.
New York, NY 10018
866-539-0036
nymbhotel.com
