I’m heading to NY and hate the tiny little rooms at places like The Royalton. Some of them I can’t even stay in. So, I was wondering if there were some hotels that might have high ceilings, to make the room feel bigger. also, if there was a hotel that generally had more spacious rooms.
Thoughts?
I’ve only been to NYC once, so take my advice with a pinch of salt, but I booked the London NYC because I’d heard the rooms were larger than average. In the event we got upgraded to a suite, which was enormous by city standards, but even the standard rooms seemed a decent size.
I’d certainly recommend it.
What’s your budget?
It’s hard to say you need to check specific sites. I’ve worked in hotels almost my whole life and I opened up a bunch of new hotels in Manhattan. One thing I found in the converterd hotels versus the new construction was the two converted hotels were actually designated landmarks. It is very difficult to get permits to change the building even knocking down walls to make a bigger room. Also in NYC bigger rooms don’t really make sense you lose a room to sell.
I would ask this question at City Data (dot) Com in the NYC forums. Maybe some locals can help you with specifics
I stayed at the Millenium Hilton near the WTC site last time I was in NYC. It was a reasonably sized room, with big windows and didn’t feel cramped at all - even though it was far from large.
The New York Times just had an article on the hotel boom in Brooklyn. These hotels are far cheaper than their counterparts in Manhattan, and because they’re brand new they’re less likely to try to squeeze rooms into odd small spaces like the older hotels did. Some budget hotels are among them.
As others have said, unless we have some idea about what you’re willing to spend and whether you have constraints on transportation that limit where you stay, it’s really hard to pick recommendations out of the air.
Thanks for the info. Budget-wise, I’d like to keep it around the $400 range, if possible. I cold go higher if necessary/warranted.
$400 total? For how many nights? You could possibly look for a furnished sublet and stay in an actor’s (or whatever) apartment… lots of people here do that.
I’ve stayed here and found it a good place:
Per night.
I love AKA Central park (www.hotelaka.com). Depending on the season, you can get a one-bedroom suite for less than $500 a night or a spacious standard room (seriously, I do a lot of travel and these are as nice as anything I’ve seen) for $300-400. Bathrooms are excellent, with tasteful tilelwork showers and no tub. Staff and service are excellent. The location, at the southeast corner of Central Park, cannot be beat. I hesitate to recommend it only because I want to go there again and again, and econ 101 and all that.