Priceline Hotel: 3* NYC (MTE) Roger Smith Hotel

[dreinke]

$70 in NYC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Are you freaking kidding me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My buddy and I decided to take a last minute trip up to the city for a show. We were just going to crash at a friend's place but decided to try a low-ball offer.

I saw the $85 winning bid so we got kooky and started at $60 for a 3.5*. I can't recall all of the bids, because we added basically every zone below the park and kept going up $1. At $67 we added 3* and $70 was the winner.

Not sure why this is a 3*, I guess it just got transferred over with all the boutiques. FANTASTIC beds, but otherwise very dated. Does have a cool artistic lobby. Great location! Our room was scorching hot and we could not find a thermostat anywhere; only after being hot all night did we realize in the morning that the heater has an old school valve to turn up/down.

Oh, by the way I parked my car over in Hoboken for free and took the PATH train over and cabbed it up from the 33rd st station. Fairly easy trip, but maybe not recommended if you are bringing lots of stuff. I may have paid almost as much in tolls and parking as we did the room!