The Comfort Inn on the Lower East Side and the Newton on the Upper West Side both had sub-$300 rooms

We are planning a couple of days in NYC in early September. We are going the 9th through the 11th. We thought that with schools starting at that time that we could find some hotel deals, thinking folks would be staying home instead of hitting oasis hotel in cancun The Big Apple for vacay. Was I ever wrong! Wow, are they expensive at that time. I was lucky to book the Pod 39 for $255 per night for one of their teensy rooms. I looked at EVERYTHING and that is the best I can do. ( Post 9/11 while our daughter oasis hotel in cancun was at NYU we could get rooms on Priceline at the Stanhope and Waldorf for under $100 per night. ) Yikes.
Last year NYC had more then 53 million visitors - all looking for decent places at reasonable prices. Perhaps if you had prepaid in the spring instead of waiting oasis hotel in cancun so long you might have had more choices.
Maybe this would be a time to look at hotels in Long Island City, a short subway ride across the river from Manhattan, in Queens. just a thought. Fashion week is huge. I was in NYC two yrs ago at Fashion week time and everyone in my hotel in Soho was there in some capacity for work on Fashion Wk.
The Comfort Inn on the Lower East Side and the Newton on the Upper West Side both had sub-$300 rooms a couple of weeks ago for early September, and the room at the Newton was a suite. So I think you should look a bit harder. The tiny rooms at the Pod Hotel aren't ideal since they have bunk beds.
No bunk beds! That is an option but we obviously did not choose that option. Fashion oasis hotel in cancun Week! So there is my answer. Ooooo, that is kind of cool. It may limit our options to get into any cool restaurants oasis hotel in cancun though. Thanks for the heads-up on the fashion week info!
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