Midtown central or midtown east?

I would like to know which area I should stay in for first visit to NY. I am trying to get good hotel deals off of hotwire and the only description of the hotel is midtown central, midtown east, and etc. The price difference isn%26#39;t much difference but I would like to be closer to all the attractions. Thanks

Midtown central or midtown east?

What do you consider to be ';the attractions';?

New York City doesn%26#39;t have a designated tourist area, though the swamped Times Square comes close. Are you looking for subway access? Walking access? Restaurant access? Broadway access? Shopping access? And to which specific locations?

Midtown central or midtown east?

You need a good guide book or any guidebook with a map - it will define the areas you have described.

As for being %26#39;near%26#39; all the attractions - NYC isn%26#39;t a theme park such as Disneyland, %26#39;all%26#39; the attractions are not in one concentrated area.

Manhattan, with its wonderful public transport system, makes it very easy to travel and see all the attractions that are scattered about the island.

Poppa

Not much difference. I%26#39;ve stayed east (on Lexington and 50th) and central (42nd and Park Ave.) and had no trouble walking everywhere I wanted around mid-town in reasonable time. Mass transit is close by no matter where you stay. Not sure which attractions you mean, but they are spread out all over Manhattan anyway. You will be close enough to walk to everything in mid-town. Anything further downtown like WTC site, Statue of Liberty, Brooklyn Bridge, etc, will require subway, bus or taxi so it won%26#39;t matter where you choose to stay.

Pick the place you like the best with the best price and best reviews here on TA.

If you really want the expert opinions of the folks on here (not me, but the others that are duly noted as experts) list the hotels that you are considering and let them give you their thoughts. I have learned a lot about where to go and where not to go from this forum.

Whatever place you choose, you will have a great time in a great city. I%26#39;m counting down to Nov. 16 arrival!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sorry I should have been more specific. What I meant was walking distance to times square, rockefeller center and etc. This is going to be my first trip to new york city and would like to stay in manhattan and so what do you guess suggest?

I saw on hotwire a backage deal for around $700 airfare and hotel included, the millenium un plaza. What do you guys think about this hotel?

';Not much difference. I%26#39;ve stayed east (on Lexington and 50th) and central (42nd and Park Ave.) and had no trouble walking everywhere I wanted around mid-town in reasonable time.';

Sorry, but I have to point out that Lexington and Park Avenue are one block apart- there%26#39;s not much difference between East and ';Central'; there. Also, there%26#39;s really no such thing as Central Midtown. East and West are divided by 5th Avenue.

That said, the original poster won%26#39;t have much trouble walking anywhere. Tourists seem to flock to Times Square the first time they come here, then lose their fire after that. If you want to save time and money, I%26#39;d wager that you should probably just skip staying in Times Square altogether- especially if it (aka Midtown West) is more expensive.

Most people who live here avoid the area like the plague, and after a brief visit tonight, I%26#39;ll reinforce that. The glut of tourists, overpriced junk, and crowding is dreadful.

Chloe,

In case you haven%26#39;t already, check out the traveller reviews on TA for this hotel. It has some good, recent reviews. tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g60763-d209382-鈥?/a>

In my experience, I have found better deals by booking hotels and airfare separately. Also, check airlines and hotels directly on their own websites. You get the same (or better) prices without any fees.

Alice,

My mentions of the areas (central and east) were based on the terms stated from Hotwire. After further review of Hotwire%26#39;s maps, I see that the places that I have stayed were both classified as east. I will be more careful in the future.

Also, try to be a little less negative to this ';glut of tourists'; causing the dreadful crowding. We are tourists and are coming to visit a place where you live and see on a regular basis. For some, it will be a once in a lifetime experience. Let them (us) decide if Times Square (or anything else in the city) is great or dreadful. Your dislikes are not necessarily everyone else%26#39;s dislikes.

';Your dislikes are not necessarily everyone else%26#39;s dislikes.';

Exactly- which is why I%26#39;d appreciate being advised about how to avoid the most crowded, tourist-heavy areas in places I%26#39;m going to visit.

';Once in a lifetime'; trip or not, not everyone%26#39;s going to want to spend a good chunk of their time stuck in a crowd of hundreds of thousands of people bumping around in Times Square.

I think either location is fine, but not all hotels are. ;)Betterbidding.com has a list of hotwire hotels. If you make note of the amenity icons (business center, fitness, restaurants etc.) you can usually figure out the hotel. If you do that and then either look at the reviews of the 2 hotels or ask for opinions here, we can help. So, in order to figure out a hotwire hotel you need, area, star level and amenities, then check betterbidding list.

I think the Mill UN Plaza is a very good hotel. It%26#39;s one of the few with great views from most rooms. It%26#39;s got a somewhat unusual (for NYC) rooftop swimming pool (indoor). It%26#39;s only negative for some is it%26#39;s a bit further to walk to a subway stop or Fifth ave., but still doable and there are crosstown buses. When is your trip? Btw, I agree that very often you can get a better deal by booking yourself separately air and hotel.

Since everything is walkable or accesible by subway, bus or taxi, go with the better hotel deal.

Also, to gague walking distance, use hopstop.com or maps.google.com

You%26#39;re going to be walking a lot anyway, so not much diff, imho, bwn a quarter or a half mile to Rock Center because you%26#39;ll simply be closer or farther from other things, like say, the ESB.