Hotwire Hotel: Help Identifying 2* NYC Hotel - JFK Area

[Bruce]

Hotwire lists the amenities as Breakfast, Shuttle and Internet. When you click on continue it gives you the details and says it has a Tripadvisor rating of 3 of 5 with 60+ reviews, with the latest being October, 2008. The Comfort Inn, Jamaica has a 3 rating - but only 16 Reviews (and I wouldn't want to stay here). The Sheraton also has a 3 rating, but I'm sure this wouldn't be a 2* Hotwire Hotel and it also only has 12 reviews. Any other ideas? Could they round down 3.5 ratings? The 2 1/2* hotel (Which I assume to be the Ramada Plaza) has a 1.5 trip advisor rating. Any help would be appreciated. I need a room with 2 beds, otherwise I would give Priceline a try.

[slick_gd]

Based on the tripadvisor traveler rating you give, the one hotel that I have found that matches is the Red Carpet Inn with a 3/5 rating based on 71 reviews. That would be my guess.

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[thereuare]

What are the date(s) of your stay?

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[Bruce]

The Red Carpet Inn isn't within the JFK Zone, is it? It also doesn't say that it offers Shuttle service to the airport.

My dates of stay are 11/26-11/28. And like I always do, I will use the HOTWIRE Link from the better bidding pages.

[slick_gd]

You're right. I may have jumped the gun earlier. Although the Red Carpet Inn matches the rating it is not in the zone.

Here is where it gets a little tricky. There is no hotel in the JFK zone that exactly matches the tripadvisor rating of 3/5 based on 60+ reviews, however, the Days Inn is the closest with 3.5/5 based on 64 reviews.

The reason I think it could be the Days Inn is that the very latest review was a 5/5 which could have been enough to tip the rating up to 3.5 from 3 seeing as how there are a relatively few amount of reviews.

It also matches the 2* rating and the amenities of internet, free breakfast, and a shuttle (which is a surcharge at this location).

The Days Inn would be my guess.

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[thereuare]

Before looking at the above further, can i ask the purpose of your stay? If you're looking to stay in the JFK area as a cheap alterative to NYC and commuting in it's really not that convenient or worthwhile, imo... are you intending to use this area to commute to Manhattan or do you have reason to stay in this zone?

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[Bruce]

We're spending 3 nights in the city at the NY Hilton. We're doing family stuff on Thursday (Thanksgiving) - and actually JFK is the most convenient place for where they live. Then we have an early morning flight on Friday.

I made a reservation at the Sheraton JFK. It's only 7,000 points per night, so I may stick with that.

"The reason I think it could be the Days Inn is that the very latest review was a 5/5 which could have been enough to tip the rating up to 3.5 from 3 seeing as how there are a relatively few amount of reviews."

Don't you think the TripAdvisor ratings would be linked from that website so any changes would be reflected in the HOTWIRE site?

[thereuare]

The TripAdvisor review information shown on HOTWIRE's website is not dynamic and only updated preiodically (i've seen as quick as 2-3 weeks or as long as 6-7 weeks)... so the information can often be 'off' depending upon the number of reviews received for a given hotel and/or how long since the last update.

We're spending 3 nights in the city at the NY Hilton.

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It's only 7,000 points per night

Not sure how many points you have or how you value them, but most value a point at least .02, which would make these nites a $140 value... not sure just how much time you'll be spending with family, but if you would have any free time away from family for these two nites (and don't need to make trips back and forth more than once) i would consider staying in the city for the additional two nites where i think (haven't researched it yet) you could get a 3.5* or better for less than $140/nite.

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[Bruce]

Sorry, I made the Hilton Purchase through an employee family program. Once we leave the city all of our activity will be on the Island within a 10 mile radius of Kennedy. I always figure the value of my points (I have plenty) as 20,000=free coach ticket=$450, or .02125, very close to your 2 cents per point.

A 3* hotel at Kennedy is $113/night (for 2 adults and 2 children) - and I have to assume it to be the Holiday Inn Express which I wouldn't call 3 stars.

[dahammer]

I always figure the value of my points (I have plenty) as 20,000=free coach ticket=$450, or .02125, very close to your 2 cents per point.

since I use PRICELINE often, my point balance is insignificant, so when I consider booking a reward, I have to trade off the value of the reward night against making a conventional booking or using an opaque service such as PRICELINE or HOTWIRE. Also, redeeming points is for pleasure travel, not business, so if I use an opaque service, I have to consider the possible risk of not getting a room that will fit 4.

That said, you could book this Sheraton JFK room for about $200 per night plus tax, so the value of 7000 points is closer to $.03 per point in this case. Starwood's program allows you to exchange one Starwood point for one airline mile.

[thereuare]

That said, you could book this Sheraton JFK room for about $200 per night plus tax, so the value of 7000 points is closer to $.03 per point in this case

Which would this stay a good use of points... unless an alternate property was acceptable at a cost of ~$150/nite or less.