Priceline Hotel: 4* NYC (CPS) Le Parker Meridien

[IBDP]

I tried this on Priceline for over a week (most every day) with the same results. I finally decided to go for it and included MidTown East and Central Park South, bid in increments up to the chosen $240.00.

I am not used to paying these high prices? any theories? One of mine is that throngs of Europeans and Asians are pouring into NYC; their Euros and Yen go a long way in the good old US of A. Any others?

Regards,

Donna

[AaronJB]

New York has become vastly more expensive in the last five years or so. In 2003, I stayed at a very basic hotel in Midtown whose price range was generally around $100 a night. The same hotel - which, once again, is really quite basic - is now an average of about $250-300 a night. NYC hotels actually seemed a touch less expensive this year than the year prior, but rates are still astronomical. It's unfortunate, because NYC is a wonderful place and the current rates put NYC out of the price range of many. There are many cases where people could stay a week in a hotel in Chicago or Miami or somewhere else for the cost of 3-4 nights in an NYC hotel.

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[thereuare]

NYC is always expensive... just sometimes it's a little less expensive than other times :)

I think it's a combination of factors... the economy had gotten stronger from 5 years ago, and although the economy has been experiencing a slowdown for the last few months, a lot of business travel, plus conferences and events, have already been booked. As well, we are seeing a BIG increase in the number of overseas visitors... the weak dollar has put traveling to North America a good deal and many are taking advantage of it.

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