Hotwire Hotel: Need help

[UT3]

Hi! Attempting to plan our family vacation 7/16 - 7/25, and would appreciate assistance identifying the following hotel...

3-star hotel in Empire State Building Area

Hotwire hot Rate

Area map and details Empire State Building Area area details

This hotel features the following amenities:

Smoke Free Rooms

Fitness Center

Restaurant(s)

Business Center

High-speed Internet Access

Any suggestions for the best area to stay in - we've never visited New York before.

[thereuare]

Unfortunately this property has not yet been identified.

If you do end up going for this please let us know what it is so that we can add it to the Hotwire Hotel List.

How many rooms/guests are you searching for? Do you need to be in this particular zone or was it the price that was attractive to you?

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

[retfar]

Actually, it's been identified as Wyndham Garden Chelsea. It's on a couple of previous recent threads. :)

[thereuare]

OOOPS! THANKS for that!!

There is a list of about 50-60 hotels that accumulated while i was on vacation that still need to be added/updated and just haven't had the time... should be done within the next week. I'll at least add this one now.

Thanks for the correction and helping out the OP.

[UT3]

2 adults/2 children (both 13) - we've never been to New York and would like to stay in an area central to most of the must see sights - any suggestions on a zone would be greatly appreciated!

[thereuare]

What is the quad occupancy rate (2adults/2chidren) that HOTWIRE is offering?

Also, there is so much to see/do in Manhattan, that nothing is central to 'all the sites', but if you let us know what you intend to see/do during this stay we'll at least try to make sure that most of what you want to do is conveniently accessible.

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

[UT3]

For some reason when I selected the option to "watch this trip" it reverts to double occupancy, which is currently priced at 144.00 - I went ahead and reentered all information including the children and the current price is 159.00. As for what we plan on doing - Empire State Bldg, Central Park, Times Square, a Broadway show, MoMa, shopping in SoHo, Statue of Liberty - the works! We plan on staying for 9 days, but because of travel we are limited to 7 days for sightseeing and taking in as much of Manhattan as possible. Because we will not have a rental and in effort to minimize cab fare - we probably won't visit the Brooklyn zoo - which also something I'd really love to experience.... any transporation recommendations.

[AaronJB]

Personally, I'd recommend getting up as early as possible, as there's an energy to NYC in the early morning hours that I thought was enjoyable to soak in. Maybe it's just me, but I liked Times Square most at about dawn, when all the lights are on against the early morning sky and there's not too many people around.

Walking shoes - best method of transit. I don't mean that to sound harsh, just personally when I've been to NYC, I prefer to just get into the atmosphere of the various neighborhoods and come across little shops rather than subwaying across town. If you need to, definitely take the subway. However, I recommend wearing some serious walking shoes and seeing as much of the city as possible on foot. I walked 15 miles in one day on my last visit, and I'm not the most athletic of people - I'm not sure I'm even up to the level of least athletic - but when you're walking in NYC, it's easy to get further when you're into exploring the city and don't realize how far you've ventured.

A "must" that I recommend to everyone going to NYC is the Intrepid Museum, which is a giant Naval Aircraft Carrier that has been turned into a museum, and which sits on the Hudson River. Not only is the museum itself fascinating, but the experience of standing on the deck of an aircraft carrier and getting remarkable views up and down the river is remarkable.

There's also some sights that you can take in relatively quickly (the Flatiron Building, for example.) I think 7 days is really very good in terms of getting a lot done. I was able to get the main things on my list done last time in 5 days.

As for hotel, I think the potential Wyndham Garden Chelsea (3* ESB) on HOTWIRE is pretty good; it's not too far from Times Square, and it gives you a head start (although there's still a trek) if you're walking South towards Soho/Downtown sights. The Flatiron Building is essentially around the corner from that hotel.

Not sure what your thoughts are on splitting your stay between hotels, but I do see a deal for "Stay 4 Nights, Get 2 Free" at Starwood hotels here:

Stay 4 nights, get 2 free

Click on the above link, then search for 7/16-22 for New York City. One of the hotels should be the Westin Times Square - select that, and then search for a room with 2 adults. One of the options should be a room w/2 beds for $329 for the first four nights, last two nights free = $219 average per night. This is a non-refundable promo.

You could do the HOTWIRE 3* ESB that's the potential Wyndham Garden for the other 3 nights.

If the HOTWIRE deal is the Wyndham Garden Chelsea, the retail price for these dates is $269 on Expedia.com.

Please use the site's link to HOTWIRE if you decide to book.

[thereuare]

.... any transporation recommendations.

Get an unlimited 7 day metrocard which allows you unlimited use of all the subway and busses (except express busses which are basically commuter buses to Brooklyn/Queens anyway).

You don't need, or want, a rental car in Manhattan... and you coudl get to the Bronx Zoo via mass transit as well, so no need to cross that off your list if that's something you'd like to do.

[UT3]

Thank you for all the great info - we'll definetly use the PRICELINE and HOTWIRE links associated with this website! I love this website - it's by far the best thing we discovered in 2008!!! As soon as we purchase the hotel nights, I'll post the information. Have a great Sunday!