Visiting NYC

[tpk-nyc]

Originally Posted by flying_sky

thank you guys for your suggestion. I have used Priceline before and more than likely will use it again for this trip.
Odd thing is, according to my research, winning bids for long island city hotels seems more expensive than Madison Square Garden area hotels. Is Madison Square Garden a good area to stay, in terms of conveniency to and from most famous site-seeing places?

It’s very convenient, if a but drab. There are more rooms in Midtown than anywhere else in the city. Thus, you can get a good deal if you wait until the last minute and there are rooms available. Of course, it’s a risk.

[UpsonDowns]

RE the Garden area, I would check the lists at betterbidding to see what the hotels are that folks are winning in the area. There are a few doozies. But as the pp said, it's a good jumping off spot for seeing the city with excellent transit access, even if the neighborhood itself is dull.

[PsychDoc]

Use the bidding feature on priceline.com to get a room in Manhattan. You can easily get a room at a 3* hotel in Manhattan fpr about $110-120/night. I do it all the time.