Priceline Hotel: May 1st - 3rd NYC Help

[malbrax]

First time travelling to NYC so I am not familiar with any of the areas/zones so would like some help booking, I will be arriving on May 1st and have a flight May 3rd  out of JFK

I would like to tour NYC so need to find a decent hotel with my budget of 130-160$.

 Which zones should I be looking?  hoping to have quick access to transit and a safe area

I have some credit with another travel site so I might be looking for just 1 night ( May 1st-2nd)

[AaronJB]

Welcome to Betterbidding. :)

What would be your desired star rating?

 

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[malbrax]

Thank you :)) 

 

3star or higher if possible

[thereuare]

Since you won't be able to rates/available thru the site you have credit with until closer to your stay, are you willing to commit to a solo nite purchase at this time... or what will be the deciding factor if you will book one hotel for both nites OR change hotels mid-trip?

Currently you can likely get something well located near the upper end of your budget, perhaps another $10-$15/nite to be certain... but $130 is not likely going to be enough for this time of year, which is considered to be high-season in NYC.

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[malbrax]

I don't mind changing mid trip as I will most likely have to do that anyways , upper end of my budget is fine ( Canadian traveller here. Exchange rate is bad ) saw a hotel in Hoboken for 158 4 star .. But it seems far from the city .. Which areas I should be looking at ?

[thereuare]

Are you only looking for the first nite, May 1, at this point in time? Would something like The Wellington be acceptable?

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[malbrax]

Unfortunately for the date I want the hotel is way out of my budget , yes I am only looking for May 1st at this point

[thereuare]

At a rate of ~$160/nite... would that property be acceptable?

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[malbrax]

Yes, that would be good

[thereuare]

PRICELINE EXPRESS has this 3 star Central Park South property with Restaurant, Business Center amenities listed... my guess for this property would be the Wellington Hotel.

Do you want to take this PRICELINE EXPRESS offer or try bidding on PRICELINE for a lower rate? The trade-off of bidding on PRICELINE for a lower priced hotel is that you have to be willing to accept any hotel in the zone(s) that you choose... it may or may not be the hotel we have guessed above.

If you want to try bidding let us know which zone(s) are acceptable and we will suggest a strategy for you to follow.

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Let us know how it goes or how we can be of further help.

[malbrax]

Hi,  Apology for the late reply. I won't have much internet access from now till May 1st so will try and grab the best available. I wouldn't mind PRICELINE EXPRESS if its pretty much a guarantee for the wellington ( which I am assuming to be a nice hotel?) Thank you for your help with this!

[thereuare]

I've never stayed there, and i generally prefer higher rated hotels, but the location is very good.

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Let us know how you'd like to proceed and how it goes or if we can be of further help.

[malbrax]

I was looking into a 3 star long island city hotel,  125$ a night on PRICELINE EXPRESS for May 1-2nd, any idea which that might be?

[AaronJB]

Please provide the amenities showing and we would be happy to take a look and try to ID the above listing.

 

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[malbrax]

breakfast , fitness centre,  free internet and business centre 

[thereuare]

The Verve Hotel would be my best guess for this 3* PRICELINE EXPRESS offer.

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Let us know how it goes or if we can be of further help.

[malbrax]

Necroing this thread just to say we didn't end up going

 

Thanks,

 

 

[thereuare]

Thank you for closing this thread with your decision.

 

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