Hi Marion,

I can recommend a couple of places. Both are in the Empire State Building area - at 2 to 3 blocks from the building itself.

Hotel Grand Union

Hampden Inn - Manhatten Square Garden - includes a small buffet breakfast

Both places offered simple and clean rooms. I paid about $160 to $200 USD plus taxes per night for late May/Early June. I recommend you book right away. Prices don't get cheaper but more expensive as your travel date gets closer. Below are some sites I prefer to use:

www.kayak.com

www.hotwire.com

www.expedia.com

www.orbitz.com

www.hotels.com (I pick the .com vs the .de version)

I find these sites tend to offer rooms at cheaper prices than european sites.

Best of luck and enjoy your time in NYC.

Chris

Manhatten Square Garden should read Madison Square Garden

book early....

Hi,

I have stayed at Madison Square Gardens Hampton Inn too - great location, basic but clean.

The Ibis at Times Square is also a good bet. Rooms are small but you can't get a better location.

Alternatively, visit LAterooms.com for a last minute deal.

Good luck.

Hi Chris,

Just want to say thank you for your reply. It will would help me.

Cheers,

M.

Priceline.com name your own price is very good. I have booked all inclusive resorts in Mexico for 30% of the full price, as well as rooms in Chicago, London (70 instead of advertised 230 gbp), and Vienna

To do it, you select the city , the area of town you want, as well as the star (4 stars give the best discount percentage wise).  I normally start with 50% of the advertised price, if that gets rejected up the rate by 5% each time.

Hi,

Thanks for the information but it's only working from the US can not make a booking with a departure from GVA for example. Too bad.

Cheers,

M.

On hotel you should be able to.... I did one for Vienna last week and I am here in Nyon....

But it doesn't work for flights

I will try thanks again for the tip.

Hello,

"$160 to $200 USD" is cheap?

For NYC it is yes. 

I highly recommend Hotel Metro to fit your "cheap but nice" brief. It has art deco styling so is a bit quirky, room rate includes buffet breakfast and there's a stunning view of the Empire State Building from the roof terrace.

Location is similar to those already suggested, it's 1 block from the Empire State Building, 1 block from Macy's and about 6 from Times Square. It's also close to about 3 different subway lines so it's really easy to get about the whole of Manhattan. 

Booking with one of the sites suggested would be the best way to go rather than booking with the hotel direct.

Have a great trip!

For visiting NYC, unless you absolutely have to, I would not recommend staying anywhere in Midtown (lets say 32nd street up to 50th street). Yes, that area has "all" the major tourist attractions (Times Square, Empire State Building, main drag of Broadway). But culturally the area is mostly dead and if you want to experience NYC pretty much any other area (even Spanish Harlem can be fun if you know the right people) would give you a better taste of what NYC is about.

And if you are an exhibitionist there is always The Standard.

Hello

We stayed in amsterdam inn during our week in NY. It is part of NYinns which I think is a group a 3 hotels in Manhattan. It is quite cheap (especially for Manhattan) but clean and nice for a short visit in big apple. I would definitely go back there when I return to NY.

http://www.nyinns.com/

i let you check their website if you are interested. Hope this helps.

Enjoy NY :)

Hi,

Thanks very much for the information would be very useful.

Have a nice day,

Marion.

If you're looking for cheap, go to couchsurfing.org.

Hello! 

I currently live in New York City and will be moving to Geneva this summer. 

My observation has been that the closer you are to Times Square, the more $$$ you're going to pay. Manhattan is fairly small in terms of square milage, and I would recommend looking around lower Manhattan or somewhere on the Upper West Side - don't go too north, though, as you'll want to avoid Harlem. Again, if you're by Central Park, you're going to be shelling out some $$$. 

A train ride is only $2.25 USD each way, or you can take a cab , which is more expensive, but worth it in the long run if you're saving that much money on your hotel. 

Hope that helps! Overall, NYC is pretty expensive. Hope you find something that works!

-Liz

Liz,

Wait until you get to Geneva, it is wayyyyy more expensive here versus NYC.  I'm from Westchester and have to say Manhattan is cheap compared to Geneva.  Eating out, groceries, even a beer in a pub will run at least twice what you pay back home.  Drop me a line once you get here and we can grab a drink.

Good luck with the move!

-Matus

Also try hotwire.com.  Book a room in the lower west side if you want to visit art galleries, SoHo to shop in the boutiques and the lower east side for the bar scene. With hotwire you should be able to get a 4-star room for about $100/night, more or less.  This def beats full price rooms which run $350-$600/night at standard 4-stars in midtown.