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  • 11-01-2010 3:43pm
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    Deadalus
    Registered Users Posts: 230 ✭✭


    Hey all,

    I'm looking for a cheap private room for 2 in New York for the first week in June. Basically the girlfriend and I are heading over to do some travelling around America and really wanna do the accomadation as cheaply as we can. Now something as simple as a double room in a hostel with a shared bathroom for €25 a night would be great but we want a half decent location also. Anything like renting a room in a house for a week for 100 quid would be good too. Can it be done or am I living in a dream world and should just accept that we are gonna have to cough up the cash?

    Cheers for any input.


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    3DataModem
    Registered Users Posts: 4,000 ✭✭✭3DataModem


    Deadalus wrote: »
    Hey all,

    I'm looking for a cheap private room for 2 in New York for the first week in June. Basically the girlfriend and I are heading over to do some travelling around America and really wanna do the accomadation as cheaply as we can. Now something as simple as a double room in a hostel with a shared bathroom for €25 a night would be great but we want a half decent location also. Anything like renting a room in a house for a week for 100 quid would be good too. Can it be done or am I living in a dream world and should just accept that we are gonna have to cough up the cash?

    Cheers for any input.

    The above prices are not generally feasible for a half-decent location in Manhattan.

    For comparison; the YMCA in Upper West Side will give you a bunk-bed room with shared bathroom for $100 per night. The YMCA in Harlem will give you a room for about $532 for the week.

    You could consider one of the other boroughs, but I don't believe the money saved is worth it.


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    Surveyor11
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    Hi Deadulus

    I stayed here a few years back, great location. http://www.tripadvisor.ie/Hotel_Review-g60763-d80081-Reviews-Chelsea_Inn_17th_Street-New_York_City_New_York.html

    You have to be realistic about the price of accommodation in NY, Manhattan especially is crazy even for hostels.


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    viv2
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    Have a look at hotwire.com or priceline.com. Use betterbidding.com to narrow down which hotels you could get.I used priceline last year for a hotel in Boston and it worked out at $82 per night compared to $250 on the hotels website.The people on betterbidding are fantastic and will normally guess correctly the hotel you get before you bid. :)


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