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child-friendly hotel/B&B in NYC

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chris_tin_a

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Mar 15, 2013 2:15 AM
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child-friendly hotel/B&B in NYC

hi there,

my husband and i will be travelling to NYC in may for one week with our toddler (boy, 14 months old); we are looking for a nice stay within NYC with reasonable prices - can anyone recommend a good and child friendly hotel or B&B?

thanx so much in advance!

ciao ciao christina (austria)

markfawkner

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Mar 15, 2013 2:33 AM
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Hi ya. Welcome to TT.

By NYC are you talking the boroughs which are not Manhattan? Often/sometimes people say NYC when they mean Manhattan.

Reasonable is a relative term and by most standards won't be found on Manhattan. What kind of USD price range are you looking at?

bzookaj

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Mar 15, 2013 4:44 AM
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reasonable prices
What is "reasonable," in numbers? My "reasonable" may be your "unreasonable," and your "reasonable" may be unrealisitc.

or B&B
Read FAQ 235.

SoloHobo

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Mar 15, 2013 4:55 AM
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Most B&B's do not allow small children for obvious reason, and NYC does not have a great B&B selection, its a major city.

You fail to mention price, how are we to offer advice?

Did you look at Expedia, Priceline or Trip Advisor?

I would think access to where you are going would be most important, so any io the major hotels in Midtown are usually fine for most. NYC is one the most expensive lodging cities in the world. What research have you done? What time of year are you going?

$250 is the average price of a decent room, plus tax.

chris_tin_a

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Mar 16, 2013 7:31 AM
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Hi, yes boroughs included, does not have to be manhattan. By reasonable i mean between 100 and 200 dollars per night per room ... Has anyone experienced a nice and good one? Thx

johnsang

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Mar 16, 2013 6:52 PM
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Yes, I found a great place on airbnb.com. You can find many different situations there and I am sure some would be child friendly.

bzookaj

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Mar 17, 2013 6:17 AM
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I found a great place on airbnb.com.
Be aware that full apartment rentals less than 30 days are illegal in NYC.
Please do not support illegal activities.
I don't know how feasible it would be to rent only a room with a baby, so consider NJ if you want to go this route.

Also see FAQs 241, 247 and 259.

I just recently stayed at the Four Points in Long Island City. Rates usually under $100, but a few blocks to a subway station. The Holiday Inn is closer to the subway, but don't know their rates.

Powerlurker

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Mar 18, 2013 9:23 AM
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You may also want to consider staying across the river in Jersey City or a nearby location and taking the PATH to Manhattan. I would consider that to be more convenient than coming in from Queens.

johnsang

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Mar 18, 2013 8:57 PM
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"Be aware that full apartment rentals less than 30 days are illegal in NYC"
I consider this sentence to be much less than full disclosure.
In New York City, as I understand it, unless the property is exempt or outside the ordinance for some reason it is a housing code violation for the owner or lessee to rent a unit or part of a unit to someone else for less than 30 days, unless they also live in the same unit. This rule is not aimed at or enforced against tourists or travelers and is barely enforced against owners. It is NOT illegal for a traveler or tourist to rent one of these places. There are many legal places to rent in NYC, they just have to fall outside the law and/or fall into the proper code classification. Airbnb has thousands of units listed on their site for NYC, many of them for around $100/night.
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