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Hi

Am boggled looking for accommodation in NYC. Want to visit from 28th Nov to 3rd Dec and cant afford the extortionate prices for the even basic hotels - there seems to be either hostels or hotels with shared bathrooms and affordable prices (although expensive for shared bathrooms) or ridiculous prices. Would pay up to $100 for a bed and breakfast type place or a private bathroom but less for shared facilities. Am not opposed to hostels (have done plenty in my time) but definately want a private room.

Any ideas - would love a brown stone B%26amp; B place but they seem to be booked / expensive.

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Hello Tiggy O,

Unfortunately most B %26amp; B are usually booked at least 3 months in advance and are usually the first for of accommodations that are booked before hotel.

I think you might have to rething your budget for what you are looking for. This is an expensive time of year, not only that but hotels and places of accommodations are increasing their prices all arount due to the low dollar (baasically taking advantage of it) hotel prices are at a all time high.

In any event - try http://www.thepodhotel.com/

or you might have to consider staying outside of Manhattan - maybe at Newark airport.

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Tiggy - bad timing looking for a %26#39;deal%26#39; in NYC - as you noted through your research prices are high.

I GOOGLED YMCA and this came up - prices in the $60-80 range - check it out...............

%26gt;Total of 430 rooms; No minimum stay, maximum stay is 25 days upon availability. West Side YMCA (Co-Ed) (212) 875-4100 5 West 63rd Street%26lt;

Good Luck

Poppa

The budget is real low even for a shared or private bathroom. The only place that comes to mind is in jersey near the path train is the Holland Motor inn that is clean and decent but travel is involved. Other than that you are going to have to up the budget or deal with a shared bathroom and still pay over budget.Hotel 17 is decent for a shared bathroom.

other budget hotels and they will still be over your budget is the

walcott

Travel inn

wellington

Park south

chelsea lodge- most likely is booked

second home - can see if anything available , but no private bath

I would look for deals on travel zoo or try priceline but the budget is still too low.

good morning tiggyO

So what would you get for 30-40 pounds in the heart of London? You won%26#39;t get anything as nice here for that amount. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but that is the truth. if they have rooms avaiable the Larchmont Hotel is reasonably inexpensive: http://www.larchmonthotel.com/rates.htm (don%26#39;t forget prices in the US are almost always +tax, add 13.375% and an additional $3.50 per night to get the total price; $80=$94.20, $100=$116.88) The average price for a hotel in New York (Manhattan) is about $300, more during busy season, and the weekyou have chosen is one of the busiest of the year.

Sorry, don%26#39;t mean to lecture you. I would try for hotels in Queens, (an outer borough of the city) near a subway line. Prices at some of the hotels furthur out from the city seem to be about $175/night for that period and you can get a weekly pass to the subway/bus system for $24.

I%26#39;d bet money you are not going to find anything with a private bath for $100/night which means about $88 before taxes in Manhattan.

Since you sound like a young person, the Super 8 motel in North Bergen, NJ will work for you. They have rooms starting at $90/night for your stay.

Afternoon

I have booked two rooms in April next year at the Sutton Residence. There is only one review and in French but it is good - and the Residence is perfectly situation in mid town. For $120 for a room sharing a bathroom with one other seems the best deal I can find. Worth a try, I%26#39;m certainly going to. Good luck!

The Sutton Residence may be a good idea, but you%26#39;d be sharing a bathroom there too. It%26#39;s 6 bedrooms with 3 bathrooms.

You might contact citylightsnewyork.com who do ';hosted'; apartments meaning you stay with someone in their apartment but will get your own bedroom and possibly your own bath. I still think it will be at least $125/night for a decent place. Your budget is unrealistic for what you want. You might find something for that price outside Manhattan (Brooklyn, New Jersey) but for 6-7 nights at the busiest, most expensive time of year, I%26#39;m not hopeful. Some people bid on Priceline for a 3* Jersey City hotel (found in the NYC area airport section) and get the Hyatt Regency or the Doubletree Club-usually for under $100/night. Look on biddingfortravel.com for more info.

You might contact Leo House but my guess is they%26#39;re booked already.

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Do a search for b %26amp; b%26#39;s in Brooklyn. You might find something there. Just check here first on location b/c some areas of Brooklyn are very far or not very safe.

You might want to check out Carlton Arms. It%26#39;s around Gramercy, close to the Village. It is definately nothing special, very old and with weird art on the walls, but its fairly clean. Most rooms share bathroom, but some have private ones. Rates are around 70-80 for shared bathroom and around 110-120 for private.

Like the previous posters have said: Unfortunately (I wish so bad it wasn%26#39;t so, so I could come to NY more often) your budget is completely unrealistic.

Best of luck, though.

PS: If you%26#39;re a first time tourist, I would go out of my way to stay on Manhattan (or very, very close), so I would go for the crappy room with shared bath on Manhattan instead of a decent room at an airport or way out in one of the boroughs.

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