Priceline Hotel: Help needed: New York from 21/3-26/3

[Tracy Yip]

Hi,

I intend to be in New York from 21/3-26/3 (5 nights). My budget is $90-120 per night for a 3.5-4 star hotel.

As I am a single traveller in NY for the first time, I prefer a well lit and crowded area. Looking at your Priceline NYC Zone Descriptions, it seems that Midtown West and Midtown East are the safest bets.

Any advice on bidding strategy?

Thanks.

[AaronJB]

Good morning :)

If you search on HOTWIRE.com for 3/21-26, there is a 4* in Midtown East with the amenities: fitness, business, restaurant, internet, tennis for $129, which would appear to be either the Intercontinental Barclay or Grand Hyatt.

Given the HOTWIRE price and the time you have before your trip, I would bid $100 for a 4* in the MTE area. If that is not accepted, I would try $105 24 hours later.

You should certainly be able to get a 4* for your price range, though.

Please use the site's HOTWIRE or PRICELINE links to start your purchase.

Let us know how it goes and if you have any questions.

[thereuare]

I would think you'd be fine with just about any Midtown zone, although there are areas within most which contain hotels that are on 'non-thoroughfare' streets which may get quiet late at nite, although i wouldn't necessarily consider any of them 'unsafe'. However, if you're looking for crowds you may also want to consider the (Times Square - Theatre District) zone as that would likely be the busiest/most crowded zone of them all (followed by MTW).

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

[Tracy Yip]

My apologies for forgetting about closing this thread. I ended up not bidding as my NY trip got canned due to personal emergencies.

[AaronJB]

Thank you for the follow-up to close the thread. Hope everything turned out okay. :)