Everything & Anything New York City

KK22_2

Which hotels were you looking at in particular? Some trip advisor reviews can be taken with a pinch of salt but at least you changed your mind after the reviews before you booked anything!

broonbear

radisson on broadway, the empire and park central , i'll just be patient and browse a little more going to concentrate on madison square garden area.

M4RKM

broonbear wrote: »

radisson on broadway, the empire and park central , i'll just be patient and browse a little more going to concentrate on madison square garden area.

Really? There isn't much around Madison Square Garden, apart from the concrete donut that is Madison Square Garden. Oh, and traffic, and more traffic.

The Park Central keeps cropping up as options, and I've not heard people say bad things about it. If you want, you could look in Murray Hill area, a little more residential, but a few good hotels are there, things like the St Giles - The Court and St Giles - Tuscany.

A lot of brand new hotels are cropping up more south of 14th Street, you have the Trump Soho just opened last year, The Mondrian Soho, is opening this month, and in April, there is the nolitan.

broonbear

madison square area on kayak is looking promising, DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel New York City - Chelsea looks good or the holiday inn on 6th avenue

M4RKM

The Doubletree - Chelsea - is in Chelsea in the loosest possible sense.. about 5 blocks too far north. It's not in the prettiest kinda area, but near some subway lines so useful for getting out and about.

Chelsea itself offers some great areas for food, drink, and sightseeing though, just head south west a bit, and you'll be in chelsea.

I love how inventive some hotels are with their locations.

scottishgirl87

Edit: Never mind

waxxy

cant wait i fly too new york this wednesday weve got somethings planned but still open to some last minute ideas for plces too visit or places to eat and things which are essential too visit were going fot 5 days so we got quite abit of time there and weve taken $1600 too spend its gonna be a good blow out nd i need it after getting mega stressed out at work lately i need to go a recharge my batterys

waxxy

one other thing ive noticed is just how sly some money changers are being there advertising things like $1.59 to each £1 but you need to spend £400 then they give you just $620 thats justhappened too me as i started to walk away i questioned it saying its wrong they said no its not its correct goodbye so i said ok let me check it on my mobile phone as well as tell you its $636 i should be getting he was still adiment it wasnt then i had to prove him wrong before hed give me the correct exchange ..same went for goin places--first choice--thomsans all were giving the wrong end total for what youd give them there ripping people off ..

M4RKM

waxxy wrote: »

one other thing ive noticed is just how sly some money changers are being there advertising things like $1.59 to each £1 but you need to spend £400 then they give you just $620 thats just happened too me as i started to walk away i questioned it saying its wrong they said no its not its correct goodbye so i said ok let me check it on my mobile phone as well as tell you its $636 i should be getting he was still adiment it wasnt then i had to prove him wrong before hed give me the correct exchange ..same went for goin places--first choice--thomsans all were giving the wrong end total for what youd give them there ripping people off ..

Don't bother with the high street chains. Look for a Cheque Centre, or a place that offers the service from no1 currency. $1.55 ain't bad, but you'll have got a better rate with a fairfx card, or a nationwide account, etc etc.

bb69

Try searching here

http://travelmoney.moneysavingexpert.com/

You can reserve online.. I got some $ for 1.60, the rate has gone up slightly