Hotwire Hotel: help please with 4* NYC hotels 18-22 Dec

[tessaday]

Hi

After two happy and one not so happy experiences with HOTWIRE, have decided to take my daugher to NYC to celebrate her birthday, but want everything to be great, so any help identifying the hotels on offer would be great. These are the ones I am interested in (using your link of course):

4-star hotel in Times Square - Theatre District $203

Fitness, restaurant, business centre, high speed internet

Trip Advisor 4.0 out of 5 Based on 520+ customer reviews (Last reviewed September 2008)

4-star hotel in Midtown Central $166

Fitness, restaurant, high speed internet

No TA ratings

4-star hotel in Empire State Building Area $204

Boutique, complimentary breakfast, restaurant, business centre, high speed internet

3.5 out of 5 Based on 100+ customer reviews (Last reviewed September 2008)

4.5-star hotel in Midtown Central

Fitness, restaurant, business centre, high speed internet

4.0 out of 5 Based on 60+ customer reviews (Last reviewed October 2008)

Hope someone can help

Thanks to all ........

[thereuare]

We've indicated below our best guess for each:

4-star hotel in Times Square - Theatre District $203

Fitness, restaurant, business centre, high speed internet

Trip Advisor 4.0 out of 5 Based on 520+ customer reviews (Last reviewed September 2008)

Millenium Broadway

4-star hotel in Midtown Central $166

Fitness, restaurant, high speed internet

No TA ratings

Algonquin

4-star hotel in Empire State Building Area $204

Boutique, complimentary breakfast, restaurant, business centre, high speed internet

3.5 out of 5 Based on 100+ customer reviews (Last reviewed September 2008)

Morgans **NOTE: the number of reviews (based upon the Tripadvisor information) doesn't match, but when going to Tripadvisor you'll see the reviews for this property only start in Sept '08 (and the htoel has been around since before then) so i'm guessing that this may still be the hotel and for some reason some reviews were removed from this listing

4.5-star hotel in Midtown Central

Fitness, restaurant, business centre, high speed internet

4.0 out of 5 Based on 60+ customer reviews (Last reviewed October 2008)

Royalton

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Let us know what you decide and how it goes or if we can be of further help.

[tessaday]

Wow, that was very speedy - thank you so much for your response.

I have a question - is it best to go for it now, or should we wait until just before we go - are the options likely to increase or decrease?

There is one more hotel I was wondering about:

4.5-star hotel in Midtown Central $309

Fitness suite, restaurant, business center and hi-speed internet

4.0 out of 5 Based on 60+ customer reviews (Last reviewed October 2008)

Advice on these two issues would be gratefully received.

Many thanks ...........

[thereuare]

I have a question - is it best to go for it now, or should we wait until just before we go - are the options likely to increase or decrease?

HOTWIRE only shows one hotel at each star rating per zone, so the offers may change, but you wont be given more to choose from at each star level (unless a zone is not currently showing a hotel at a given star level and one becomes available... likewise an offer in a current zone may disappear and not be replaced with a different hotel if no other hotels at that star level are offering inventory to HOTWIRE). As far as "when to bid" see the related link in our PRICELINE FAQ.

4.5-star hotel in Midtown Central $309

Fitness suite, restaurant, business center and hi-speed internet

4.0 out of 5 Based on 60+ customer reviews (Last reviewed October 2008)

I'm not seeing any hotel offered for your dates with a Suite icon, so i'm assuming this is part of "fitness"? If so, isn't this the same property as the last one you asked about above?

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[AaronJB]

The free breakfast at Morgans is a nice bonus.

Is it just you and your daughter? If you are only a party of 2, I see some great deals via regular rate services.

[AaronJB]

Via Orbitz.com (if any of these are of interest, please use the site's link to Orbitz.com)

Le Parker Meridien - $230.09 on sale - 10% additional off per night using FABSAVE10 coupon.

W The Court - $249 on sale - 10% additional off per night using FABSAVE10 coupon.

Via Quikbook.com (if any of these are of interest, please use the site's link to Quikbook.com)

Tudor Hotel - $174

Roger Williams - $194

Via Expedia.com (if any of these are of interest, please use the site's link to Expedia.com)

Carlton on Madison Ave - $194 ($259 for the first and third night, $129 for the second and fourth) - use coupon code FAN50 for $50 off the total.

Hudson - $177 use coupon code FAN50 for $50 off the total. Rooms are small, but your daughter may like the hip atmosphere if she's in her teens.

Beekman Tower Studio Suite - $160 - use coupon code FAN50 for $50 off the total.

[tessaday]

Yes, it is only my daughter and I - we often come to NYC (well often for someone living in the UK) and usually book our hotels the conventional way, but thought we would try HOTWIRE this time (don't quite understand the PRICELINE method and not sure if you can do it from the UK).

Thank for the info about the deals - I will check them out.

Have now found another hotel on HOTWIRE, which I don't think I have seen before. Still for 18th to 22nd December:

4-star hotel in Central Park Area $202

Boutique Hotel, Fitness Centre, Restaurant, High Speed Internet

No Trip Advisor ratings.

Any ideas

Kind regards

[thereuare]

The 4* Central Park Area is a match for the Empire Hotel so that would be our best guess.

You can use PRICELINE if you follow the address technique in this Priceline Non-US thread.

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[tessaday]

The 4* Central Park Area is a match for the Empire Hotel so that would be our best guess.

You can use PRICELINE if you follow the address technique in this Priceline Non-US thread.

Please use these PRICELINE and HOTWIRE links to begin your travel purchases.

[tessaday]

Hi

Still looking, and asking questions I am afraid. Any ideas on the following - 18 - 22 December

4 -star hotel in Midtown Central $163

Fitness suite, restaurant, business center and hi-speed internet

Tripadvisor 4.0 out of 5 Based on 320+ customer reviews (Last reviewed September 2008)

4-star hotel in Midtown East $165

Fitness suite, restaurant, business center and hi-speed internet

Tripadvisor 3.5 out of 5 Based on 580+ customer reviews (Last reviewed October 2008)

Also, the following matches Morgans Hotel which I asked about last week, but the price is quite a bit lower. Is it still Morgans do you think?

4-star hotel in Empire State Building Area $169

Boutique, complimentary breakfast, restaurant, business centre, high speed internet

TripAdvisor 3.5 out of 5 Based on 100+ customer reviews (Last reviewed September 2008)

Sorry for all these questions, but a bit nervous about things ........

Kind regards

[AaronJB]

The 4* in ESB would still likely be the Morgans Hotel.

The 4* MTE would likely be the Doubletree Metropolitan. 4* MTC is possibly the Warwick.

[thereuare]

Sorry for all these questions, but a bit nervous about things...

Exactly what aspect are you nervous about?

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[tessaday]

Exactly what aspect are you nervous about?

Please use these PRICELINE and HOTWIRE links to begin your travel purchases.

Hi

We were really grateful for all the help, but in the end we got a good rate for the Courtyard Marriott Times Square South by going directly to Hotel Manager. It's my daughter's favourite hotel, and so we went with that. Got upgraded to a suite too (as we had the previous time), so very happy.

But thank you for all your advice, and we will certainly be using HOTWIRE (via your link) again on future trips to the US.