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Since when was New York a part of Europe?
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> There is a nice place called The Leo House at the following address: > 332 West 23rd St, New York, N.y. 10011-228 > Fax # (212) 366-6801 Tel.: (212) 929-1010 > It is not expensve and very well kept. Good luck. >I just returned home from a ten day stay in New York to hear opera and >classical concerts. I stayed at the West Side YMCA (e-mail address: than any >centrally located hotel in New York City, and is only about two blocks from >Lincoln Center, where most of my activities were centered. A lot of Europeans >seem to stay there, and it’s clean, though hardly luxurious (also, there are >no phones in the rooms). If you’re willing to share bathrooms, you can get by >for less than US$100 per person per night. The rooms are very small, and >there are no amenities like mini-bars, but they do provide the now nearly >standard combination-lock safe in each room (also, you are given a key for the >clothes closet, so even your clothing is reasonably safe from pilfering) and >the beds are firm and comfortable. I don’t recommend their cafeteria – the >prices are no higher than elsewhere in the city, but even for their >comparatively low prices, you can do better elsewhere, in terms of quality. >Accomodations are limited, so it’s a good idea to make your reservations as >far in advance as possible (but they will not accept them more than three >months before your stay). Hope I’ve been of some help. >> From 2-9 December I’ll be staying with my friend in New York. I would like >> to >> receive some good tips to stay somewhere preferably downtown and not too >> expensive (for 2 persons). >> Who can help me? Thanks a lot! >> Gerard Wieggerink >> Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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http://www.larchmonthotel.com/ A number of my friends have stayed there and liked it. The rooms are small but pleasant and it’s a great neighborhood. Expect to share a bathroom. Lana
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> From 2-9 December I’ll be staying with my friend in New York. I would like > to > receive some good tips to stay somewhere preferably downtown and not too > expensive (for 2 persons). > Who can help me? Thanks a lot! > Gerard Wieggerink > Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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> I stayed in the Harald Square Hotel in Mid-town. Could barely > recommend it. If I go back to NYC, I’d seriously consider staying in > Brooklyn or NJ and training into Manhattan. Anyway I wouldn’t stay in > mid-town again, too noisy.
Training from Brookly or NJ is a particularly poor idea, unless you don’t mind fighting your way through rush-hour crowds, or timing your journeys in to Manhattan to avoid them. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> —
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> http://www.larchmonthotel.com/ > A number of my friends have stayed there and liked it. The rooms are > small but pleasant and it’s a great neighborhood. Expect to share a > bathroom.
I also stayed once in the Larchmont and liked it very much. However, I’ve never succeeded in reserving a room there again, despite trying several times. Once I tried over a month in advance and found it fully booked up for the date I had in mind. If you want to stay there, book early and good luck. Barbara
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I just returned home from a ten day stay in New York to hear opera and classical concerts. I stayed at the West Side YMCA (e-mail address: centrally located hotel in New York City, and is only about two blocks from Lincoln Center, where most of my activities were centered. A lot of Europeans seem to stay there, and it’s clean, though hardly luxurious (also, there are no phones in the rooms). If you’re willing to share bathrooms, you can get by for less than US$100 per person per night. The rooms are very small, and there are no amenities like mini-bars, but they do provide the now nearly standard combination-lock safe in each room (also, you are given a key for the clothes closet, so even your clothing is reasonably safe from pilfering) and the beds are firm and comfortable. I don’t recommend their cafeteria – the prices are no higher than elsewhere in the city, but even for their comparatively low prices, you can do better elsewhere, in terms of quality. Accomodations are limited, so it’s a good idea to make your reservations as far in advance as possible (but they will not accept them more than three months before your stay). Hope I’ve been of some help. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – > From 2-9 December I’ll be staying with my friend in New York. I would like > to > receive some good tips to stay somewhere preferably downtown and not too > expensive (for 2 persons). > Who can help me? Thanks a lot! > Gerard Wieggerink > Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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I probably shouldn’t answer because it’s not relevant to this newsgroup, but anyway: http://www.frommers.com/features/articles/0010_2a.html Frommers Budget travel did a great article on cheapie NY hotels. They list over 10 hotels that are under $100/night, most with shared baths. One’s as low as $59/night for a single with shared bath. Jennifer
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> I probably shouldn’t answer because it’s not relevant to this > newsgroup, but anyway: > http://www.frommers.com/features/articles/0010_2a.html > Frommers Budget travel did a great article on cheapie NY hotels. They > list over 10 hotels that are under $100/night, most with shared baths. > One’s as low as $59/night for a single with shared bath. > Jennifer
Good point Jennifer!! I would have thought that Evelyn should know better. Tom
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> But he’s traveling FROM Europe – doesn’t that count?
No Evelyn, he could have been travelling from anywhere. Tom
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But where are they located? I’m sure it’s the same as anywhere else insofar as hotels closest to the center of the city are most expensive. Being inexperienced with public transport (in L.A. everyone drives) and old enough to sometimes have difficulty walking, the location of the Y made it ideal for my purpose. (Also, prices keep going up – how old are those quoted in Frommers? The Y was only $60 for shared bath, not so long ago – now it’s about $80.) As to "knowing better", Tom, this was my first ever trip to New York, and I wouldn’t even have known about the Y if a fellow opera lover here in L.A. had not told me that’s where they stay when they go to New York for the Met! I’ve only recently begun to travel – until my Mom left us (at 102) I was always duty-bound to vacation by visiting her in Minnesota. Now I’m making up for lost time. (;->} – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> I probably shouldn’t answer because it’s not relevant to this > newsgroup, but anyway: > http://www.frommers.com/features/articles/0010_2a.html > Frommers Budget travel did a great article on cheapie NY hotels. They > list over 10 hotels that are under $100/night, most with shared baths. > One’s as low as $59/night for a single with shared bath. > Jennifer > Good point Jennifer!! I would have thought that Evelyn should know > better. > Tom
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There is a nice place called The Leo House at the following address: 332 West 23rd St, New York, N.y. 10011-228 Fax # (212) 366-6801 Tel.: (212) 929-1010 It is not expensve and very well kept. Good luck. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – >I just returned home from a ten day stay in New York to hear opera and >classical concerts. I stayed at the West Side YMCA (e-mail address: >centrally located hotel in New York City, and is only about two blocks from >Lincoln Center, where most of my activities were centered. A lot of Europeans >seem to stay there, and it’s clean, though hardly luxurious (also, there are >no phones in the rooms). If you’re willing to share bathrooms, you can get by >for less than US$100 per person per night. The rooms are very small, and >there are no amenities like mini-bars, but they do provide the now nearly >standard combination-lock safe in each room (also, you are given a key for the >clothes closet, so even your clothing is reasonably safe from pilfering) and >the beds are firm and comfortable. I don’t recommend their cafeteria – the >prices are no higher than elsewhere in the city, but even for their >comparatively low prices, you can do better elsewhere, in terms of quality. >Accomodations are limited, so it’s a good idea to make your reservations as >far in advance as possible (but they will not accept them more than three >months before your stay). Hope I’ve been of some help. > From 2-9 December I’ll be staying with my friend in New York. I would like > to > receive some good tips to stay somewhere preferably downtown and not too > expensive (for 2 persons). > Who can help me? Thanks a lot! > Gerard Wieggerink > Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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But he’s traveling FROM Europe – doesn’t that count? – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> From 2-9 December I’ll be staying with my friend in New York. I would like > to > receive some good tips to stay somewhere preferably downtown and not too > expensive (for 2 persons). > Who can help me? Thanks a lot! > Gerard Wieggerink > Amsterdam, the Netherlands > Wrong NG .Please ask in rec travel usa etc. > Tom
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From 2-9 December I’ll be staying with my friend in New York. I would like to receive some good tips to stay somewhere preferably downtown and not too expensive (for 2 persons). Who can help me? Thanks a lot! Gerard Wieggerink Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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Investigate www.quikbook.com or www.180096hotel.com.
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I stayed in the Harald Square Hotel in Mid-town. Could barely recommend it. If I go back to NYC, I’d seriously consider staying in Brooklyn or NJ and training into Manhattan. Anyway I wouldn’t stay in mid-town again, too noisy. —
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> From 2-9 December I’ll be staying with my friend in New York. I would like > to > receive some good tips to stay somewhere preferably downtown and not too > expensive (for 2 persons). > Who can help me? Thanks a lot! > Gerard Wieggerink > Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Wrong NG .Please ask in rec travel usa etc. Tom
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From 2-9 December I’ll be staying with my friend in New York. I would like to receive some good tips to stay somewhere preferably downtown and not too expensive (for 2 persons). Who can help me? Thanks a lot! Gerard Wieggerink Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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Investigate www.quikbook.com or www.180096hotel.com.
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I stayed in the Harald Square Hotel in Mid-town. Could barely recommend it. If I go back to NYC, I’d seriously consider staying in Brooklyn or NJ and training into Manhattan. Anyway I wouldn’t stay in mid-town again, too noisy. —
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> From 2-9 December I’ll be staying with my friend in New York. I would like > to > receive some good tips to stay somewhere preferably downtown and not too > expensive (for 2 persons). > Who can help me? Thanks a lot! > Gerard Wieggerink > Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Wrong NG .Please ask in rec travel usa etc. Tom
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http://www.larchmonthotel.com/ A number of my friends have stayed there and liked it. The rooms are small but pleasant and it’s a great neighborhood. Expect to share a bathroom. Lana
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> From 2-9 December I’ll be staying with my friend in New York. I would like > to > receive some good tips to stay somewhere preferably downtown and not too > expensive (for 2 persons). > Who can help me? Thanks a lot! > Gerard Wieggerink > Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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> I stayed in the Harald Square Hotel in Mid-town. Could barely > recommend it. If I go back to NYC, I’d seriously consider staying in > Brooklyn or NJ and training into Manhattan. Anyway I wouldn’t stay in > mid-town again, too noisy.
Training from Brookly or NJ is a particularly poor idea, unless you don’t mind fighting your way through rush-hour crowds, or timing your journeys in to Manhattan to avoid them. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> —
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> http://www.larchmonthotel.com/ > A number of my friends have stayed there and liked it. The rooms are > small but pleasant and it’s a great neighborhood. Expect to share a > bathroom.
I also stayed once in the Larchmont and liked it very much. However, I’ve never succeeded in reserving a room there again, despite trying several times. Once I tried over a month in advance and found it fully booked up for the date I had in mind. If you want to stay there, book early and good luck. Barbara
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I just returned home from a ten day stay in New York to hear opera and classical concerts. I stayed at the West Side YMCA (e-mail address: centrally located hotel in New York City, and is only about two blocks from Lincoln Center, where most of my activities were centered. A lot of Europeans seem to stay there, and it’s clean, though hardly luxurious (also, there are no phones in the rooms). If you’re willing to share bathrooms, you can get by for less than US$100 per person per night. The rooms are very small, and there are no amenities like mini-bars, but they do provide the now nearly standard combination-lock safe in each room (also, you are given a key for the clothes closet, so even your clothing is reasonably safe from pilfering) and the beds are firm and comfortable. I don’t recommend their cafeteria – the prices are no higher than elsewhere in the city, but even for their comparatively low prices, you can do better elsewhere, in terms of quality. Accomodations are limited, so it’s a good idea to make your reservations as far in advance as possible (but they will not accept them more than three months before your stay). Hope I’ve been of some help. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – > From 2-9 December I’ll be staying with my friend in New York. I would like > to > receive some good tips to stay somewhere preferably downtown and not too > expensive (for 2 persons). > Who can help me? Thanks a lot! > Gerard Wieggerink > Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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But he’s traveling FROM Europe – doesn’t that count? – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> From 2-9 December I’ll be staying with my friend in New York. I would like > to > receive some good tips to stay somewhere preferably downtown and not too > expensive (for 2 persons). > Who can help me? Thanks a lot! > Gerard Wieggerink > Amsterdam, the Netherlands > Wrong NG .Please ask in rec travel usa etc. > Tom
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I probably shouldn’t answer because it’s not relevant to this newsgroup, but anyway: http://www.frommers.com/features/articles/0010_2a.html Frommers Budget travel did a great article on cheapie NY hotels. They list over 10 hotels that are under $100/night, most with shared baths. One’s as low as $59/night for a single with shared bath. Jennifer
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> I probably shouldn’t answer because it’s not relevant to this > newsgroup, but anyway: > http://www.frommers.com/features/articles/0010_2a.html > Frommers Budget travel did a great article on cheapie NY hotels. They > list over 10 hotels that are under $100/night, most with shared baths. > One’s as low as $59/night for a single with shared bath. > Jennifer
Good point Jennifer!! I would have thought that Evelyn should know better. Tom
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> But he’s traveling FROM Europe – doesn’t that count?
No Evelyn, he could have been travelling from anywhere. Tom
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But where are they located? I’m sure it’s the same as anywhere else insofar as hotels closest to the center of the city are most expensive. Being inexperienced with public transport (in L.A. everyone drives) and old enough to sometimes have difficulty walking, the location of the Y made it ideal for my purpose. (Also, prices keep going up – how old are those quoted in Frommers? The Y was only $60 for shared bath, not so long ago – now it’s about $80.) As to "knowing better", Tom, this was my first ever trip to New York, and I wouldn’t even have known about the Y if a fellow opera lover here in L.A. had not told me that’s where they stay when they go to New York for the Met! I’ve only recently begun to travel – until my Mom left us (at 102) I was always duty-bound to vacation by visiting her in Minnesota. Now I’m making up for lost time. (;->} – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> I probably shouldn’t answer because it’s not relevant to this > newsgroup, but anyway: > http://www.frommers.com/features/articles/0010_2a.html > Frommers Budget travel did a great article on cheapie NY hotels. They > list over 10 hotels that are under $100/night, most with shared baths. > One’s as low as $59/night for a single with shared bath. > Jennifer > Good point Jennifer!! I would have thought that Evelyn should know > better. > Tom
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There is a nice place called The Leo House at the following address: 332 West 23rd St, New York, N.y. 10011-228 Fax # (212) 366-6801 Tel.: (212) 929-1010 It is not expensve and very well kept. Good luck. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – >I just returned home from a ten day stay in New York to hear opera and >classical concerts. I stayed at the West Side YMCA (e-mail address: >centrally located hotel in New York City, and is only about two blocks from >Lincoln Center, where most of my activities were centered. A lot of Europeans >seem to stay there, and it’s clean, though hardly luxurious (also, there are >no phones in the rooms). If you’re willing to share bathrooms, you can get by >for less than US$100 per person per night. The rooms are very small, and >there are no amenities like mini-bars, but they do provide the now nearly >standard combination-lock safe in each room (also, you are given a key for the >clothes closet, so even your clothing is reasonably safe from pilfering) and >the beds are firm and comfortable. I don’t recommend their cafeteria – the >prices are no higher than elsewhere in the city, but even for their >comparatively low prices, you can do better elsewhere, in terms of quality. >Accomodations are limited, so it’s a good idea to make your reservations as >far in advance as possible (but they will not accept them more than three >months before your stay). Hope I’ve been of some help. > From 2-9 December I’ll be staying with my friend in New York. I would like > to > receive some good tips to stay somewhere preferably downtown and not too > expensive (for 2 persons). > Who can help me? Thanks a lot! > Gerard Wieggerink > Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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Since when was New York a part of Europe?
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> There is a nice place called The Leo House at the following address: > 332 West 23rd St, New York, N.y. 10011-228 > Fax # (212) 366-6801 Tel.: (212) 929-1010 > It is not expensve and very well kept. Good luck. >I just returned home from a ten day stay in New York to hear opera and >classical concerts. I stayed at the West Side YMCA (e-mail address: than any >centrally located hotel in New York City, and is only about two blocks from >Lincoln Center, where most of my activities were centered. A lot of Europeans >seem to stay there, and it’s clean, though hardly luxurious (also, there are >no phones in the rooms). If you’re willing to share bathrooms, you can get by >for less than US$100 per person per night. The rooms are very small, and >there are no amenities like mini-bars, but they do provide the now nearly >standard combination-lock safe in each room (also, you are given a key for the >clothes closet, so even your clothing is reasonably safe from pilfering) and >the beds are firm and comfortable. I don’t recommend their cafeteria – the >prices are no higher than elsewhere in the city, but even for their >comparatively low prices, you can do better elsewhere, in terms of quality. >Accomodations are limited, so it’s a good idea to make your reservations as >far in advance as possible (but they will not accept them more than three >months before your stay). Hope I’ve been of some help. >> From 2-9 December I’ll be staying with my friend in New York. I would like >> to >> receive some good tips to stay somewhere preferably downtown and not too >> expensive (for 2 persons). >> Who can help me? Thanks a lot! >> Gerard Wieggerink >> Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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