<p>Planning a trip to quick NYC in early December and will be looking for a hotel in the Theater District. We’d like to be able to walk to our show and enjoy the sights and sounds of NYC when it’s all decked out for Christmas. Any hotel suggestions for that area of the city would be appreciated.</p>
<p>Sounds great. Budget? Number of rooms and number of people? </p>
<p>The millennium broadway</p>
<p>Whatever your choice…book ASAP. That is a very busy time in NYC.</p>
<p>We’ll need 3 rooms, 2 double and a single. Not looking to spend more money than necessary. Decent hotel, but not looking for luxury.</p>
<p>Will check out the millennium, zooser. Thanks~</p>
<p>Yes, thumper, we need to get going on this. Show tix in hand. Accommodation still up in the air.</p>
<p>For a relatively inexpensive, but clean and completely adequate, hotel, we stay at the Fairfield inn by Marriott Times Square. It’s right across from the Port Authority. </p>
<p>I like both the Westin and Sheraton Times Square. </p>
<p>I did a very quick search for you, most hotel rooms are sold out. Not sure if they are blocking them out or they are really sold out.</p>
<p>How are you traveling to New York? There is also a Fairfield Inn near Penn Station.</p>
<p>We held a family reunion about 10 years ago at the Casablanca. It’s on 43rd, just east of Broadway. Included breakfast buffet and evening wine/snacks. Felt like an intimate European hotel. It continues to get reviews as one of the top boutique hotels in NYC.</p>
<p>There’s also a Residence Inn on 6th ave in the high 30s. Not middle of Times Square like they advertise it to be, but close enough and near Macy and L&T. Comes with a great breakfast buffet and full kitchen, so you can make your own lunch/dinner if you want. I’ve had colleagues stay there and say it was nice.</p>
<p>We liked the Iroquois on W44th between Fifth and Avenue of the Americas, but we really prefer staying out of midtown. It’s easy enough to take the subway or a cab after the show, and it’s great to be out of the throngs of tourists. There are several hotels on the quieter, more residential UWS; we’re looking at the Lucerne for our next trip.</p>
<p>Out of the Time Square area… but I have stayed at the Park 79 a few times and been very comfortable. <a href=“http://www.park79hotel.com/”>http://www.park79hotel.com/</a> </p>
<p>The UWS location is easily accessible to Times Square. Some of the rooms have a shared bathroom with other guest rooms, but they also have rooms with a private bathroom en suite. The rooms were not large, but comfortable and nice. </p>
<p>I lived in NYC for years and have friends and family who I usually stay with when I am there. However the times I have been there on business with colleagues I have stayed at the Park 79, The New Yorker (<a href=“http://www.newyorkerhotel.com/”>http://www.newyorkerhotel.com/</a>), and the Best Western Seaport Inn (<a href=“http://www.seaportinn.com/”>http://www.seaportinn.com/</a>). </p>
<p>I dislike Times Square, and usually go in and out as quickly as possible when I need to go to the AEA or SAG building, or am seeing a Broadway show. So, I have always avoided staying in that part of town if possible. The subway to midtown is very easy to navigate, and if you are uncomfortable with the subway the buses are another option. If you are not staying too far out of the Times Square area the walk is not bad. I have walked from Times Square to both the New Yorker and the Park 79… it just depends on how far you want to walk. Would take the subway to the Seaport. Taking a cab to the New Yorker or Park 79 from Time Square would not be too much. Down to the Seaport would be more. </p>
<p>Applecore Hotels are a good deal. The Hotell at Times Square is decent, so sre the other ones not too far away.</p>
<p>A little bit south of the theatre district there is a Hilton Garden Inn on 35th ST off 6th and a Hampton Inn on 31st St between 6th and 7th… I would book any hotels in NYC for holiday season quickly. You can also check the group of hotels that are over on Lex and 50th St… one I know is a Doubletree. </p>
<p>In the theatre district itself you can check the Novotel besides the Marriot Marquis, Sheraton, Doubletree, etc.</p>
<p>We usually stay at the Crowne Plaza or the Renaissance, or if my H is with us, the Michelangelo because that’s his favorite. Tons of choices, just depends how nice a place you want and how much you’re willing to spend. I will echo to book ASAP. Many will already be fully booked for December dates.</p>
<p>Since your tickets have been purchased, do not worry about staying within walking distance. Since Oldfort found that many of the hotels may be already booked, you just need to find a decent place to stay.</p>
<p>Manhatten is pretty easy to get around. My D lives in the UES a half block off of Fifth Ave. H and I have taken a subway to the theater district. Had to change trains. No big deal. Took a taxi home.</p>
<p>Also, all along Fifth Ave., from 47th up is where you see all the windows. Rockerfeller Plaxa is between 49th the and 50th. So there are many hotels , north and south of Times Square, that would allow you easy acces to a variety of things to see.</p>
<p>How about a low budget place for the grown kids (approx Dec 20, probably 2 nights) ? They don’t like sharing a bed but are ok taking turns on the floor. They are probably ok on youth hostels, which they liked on their travels in Taiwan and Singapore. </p>
<p>Has anybody stayed at “Pod 39”? (It is similar to their other location, Pod 51). <a href=“http://www.booking.com/hotel/us/the-pod-39th-street.en-us.html?aid=330632;label=msn-J8vE2hRGn52VP2rM*HzuDQ-3466688111;sid=8d75e900f70e7389fc6172ee8e2c8221;dcid=4;ucfs=1;srfid=eaad2c09f5018ab7351d83505a171c34ec532415X1;highlight_room=”>http://www.booking.com/hotel/us/the-pod-39th-street.en-us.html?aid=330632;label=msn-J8vE2hRGn52VP2rM*HzuDQ-3466688111;sid=8d75e900f70e7389fc6172ee8e2c8221;dcid=4;ucfs=1;srfid=eaad2c09f5018ab7351d83505a171c34ec532415X1;highlight_room=</a> </p>
<p>The kids booked a mini bunk room (tiny room, private bath). It seemed a good way to get convenient location, reasonable cost, and separate beds. The total including tax for 2 nights is $293. Cancellations allowed until prior day.</p>
<p>My 2 cents: look at downtown Brooklyn. There’s a Marriott essentially next door to Jay Street station - which is a huge metro stop - and you hop on a train, like the F, and it drops you in Times Square, etc. in 15 minutes. And the area is interesting: walk along the promenade in the Heights (a few blocks away), up Court Street into Cobble Hill and Carroll Gardens with all the neighborhood shops, etc. And there’s a Hampton Inn about 2 blocks away with rooms for under $120 a night. Plus other hotels cheaper than Manhattan. Put $10 or $20 on a metro card. (My kid lives in this neighborhood and we love it.) BTW, there’s a TKTS directly next to the hotel and Jay Street station, though I prefer using the TixToday app for discounted tickets (which they’ll often hand deliver outside the theater). </p>
<p>I wish we’d bought a place in the area. Now it’s over $1k per square foot all over and luxury buildings are opening right and left. </p>
<p>OP here, we ended up staying at the Shoreham–4-5 blocks from Rockefeller Center, between 5th and 6th. It was a great location for walking around, etc. but we ended up taking a taxi to the theater but walked home. Weather didn’t help us–rainy and cold–but that’s December in NYC! Overall, it was a great weekend!</p>