Thanks for the reply. I am looking around Times Square, hoping for $250 range. I saw a winning bid for $178 for TS right around our travel time. Guess that was bought earlier. I could expand the area- we are going to a concert at Madison Square Garden. Not sure what the hotels are like in that area. We love walking, and don't mind taking subways, so distance is not a problem. I'm afraid to drop down to a three star because I know one of those is the POD and they have very small rooms, but suppose we could hack it for 2 nights to save some $$. Bottom line is I better do it now, right?