My name is Tom. I have lived in this area all of my life. Personally I would make sure that you do not include Jersey City as an option in your search result. Jersey City is NOT new york or does it have any touristic benefit. An argument could be had to stay in Hoboken ... although for a tourist trip to NY you want to stay in manhattan. The thing is that there is absolutely nothing to do in JC. No bars, no music, no restaurants. Nothing. Hoboken has a ton of stuff but still nothing compared to Manhattan. What JC is: Jersey City is a dangerous place with one of the highest per capita murder rates in the country. it is inconvenient to get from Jersey City to NY and the Path train is over crowded, dirty, often late, often not functioning and just overall inconvenient for someone on vacation or for business. Jersey city is a very dangerous place and has a very corrupt and rouge police departments in the US. It is probably one of the least pleasant places to stay in all of the US. If you are going to stay in NY for tourism I would try to find something in Manhattan. Times square has most of the hotels but is really tourist central you will pay a premium on everything. In my opinion NY is all about places like: tribeca, west/east village, soho, st marks. For museums stay on the upper east side. I think even brooklyn may be a better bet than Jersey City. DO NOT STAY IN A HOTEL IN JC. If you do it is at your own risk. If you decide to stay in JC ... please post something about your experience here.